Jeremy Narby Microcosms is beautiful work inviting us to open our eyes and look at plants from up close. Wisdom holds that plants speak through their forms, meaning to say their embodiment of being, and so Microcosms allows people to listen with their eyes and ponder what these plants might be up to. The world…

Liam Engel People and plants have grown apart. Science, art and psychoactivity can help grow us back together. Microcosms creates beauty through laboratory instruments and reenchants audiences with the magic of nature. Dr Liam Engel, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University  Engel, L. (2022). The Entheogen Combination Matrix. Entheogenesis Australis. Engel, L….

Mary Olivar To the Shipibo Conibo people of the Ucayali River Basin in Peru, each plant carries a special vibrational signature which can be heard, seen, and felt. The sacred plant songs and designs embody the vibrations of these plant allies and are a foundational part of Shipibo healing traditions. The new visual perspective that Microcosms offers echoes the visual representation of…

Milton Fernando González Rodríguez Microcosms  Microcosms is many things. It is a science-art project that allows us to visualize plants from the intimacy of their own morphologies. The images in this unique Homage to Sacred Plants of the Americas show those structures that are hidden to the human naked eye. In the process, the platform…

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…