Lewis Daly Microcosms | Commentary I grew up in the English countryside, learning about folk knowledge of plants and birds from my grandparents on a Lincolnshire farm. Trees and hedgerows were endowed with a particular kind of magic and intrigue. These childhood experiences clearly had a formative influence on my brother and me. While I…
Liliana Cortés-Garzón About the website: Microcosms: A Homage to Sacred Plants of the Americas. The website Microcosms: A Homage to the Sacred Plants of the Americas contains a series of plants, which, in a scientific way, are scientifically listed and described; it becomes a reference of great importance for the study of their components, as…
Paloma Celis Carbajal Microcosms: A Homage to Sacred Plants of the Americas is an excellent example of how the harmonious and reciprocally respectful confluence of the exact sciences and the humanities opens an infinite number of new perspectives to better understand the secret life of plants. The marriage between the beautiful images patiently obtained through…
Michael Coe In a world where the lack of plant awareness is increasing while botanical knowledge and nature literacy are in decline, Microcosms emerges with impeccable timing and great promise while highlighting the plant anatomy of sacred plants and shamanic medicines. As such, Microcosms invites the viewer on a deeper journey inward, through botanical domains, to explore…
Azucena Castro Microcosms. A Homage to Sacred Plants of the Americas Why do we turn to plants to think the ecological crisis? How can we communicate with them? What images do they render? What role do the artist and technology play in rendering the vegetal world? What other modes of perception are enabled through plants?…
Carlos Castaño-Uribe Science and art are not only more united today in their methodology, they also reinforce each other through the patterns of human perception that push us to the exploration of the environment around us. Whether it is digital art or scientific microscopy, the approach of the microcosm is a gateway to the fascinating…
Paco Calvo Enacting the bridge between Plant Science and the Arts takes some courage. For one thing, not everyone appreciates the value of transdisciplinarity. Even worse, to most it’s a single-track road: Artists, best-case scenario, benefit or find inspiration in botanical works. Seldom the opposite direction is travelled. And yet Science, writ large, can be…
Susana Bustos Microcosms is a deep exploration into the microscopic intimacy of the plants they teach, revealing hidden worlds of exquisite luminosity, texture, fabric and movement. Worlds that simultaneously display simplicity and complexity, creativity and symbolism, character and intention. Worlds that tell stories and awaken the imagination about the murmur, the unique sound of their…
Ilana Berlowitz Microcosms is a wonderful collection of exceptional plants. Browsing through the artful yet instructive contents and gazing at the otherworldly looking images of earthly plants, the observer’s experience indeed is an allusion to the gifts these plants have been offering or teaching humans since times immemorial – a sudden shift of perspective, an…
Markus Berger Psychoactive plants and their ingredients, or the plants in their holistic manifestation of the one consciousness that we all are, sometimes serve as microscopes to look deep into our inner realities. Steven F. White and Jill Pflugheber’s work Microcosms: A Homage to Sacred Plants of the Americas, which combines art and science in…
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