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Speciation
The Garden of Earthly Delights TriptychHieronymus BoschCopyright Museo Nacional de Prado “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke Any species that becomes sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from… well, it’s purely indistinguishable. The point here is not to draw a distinction between technology and life. What is biology but organic technology? No,…
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The Test
John Martin, The Deluge, 1834 Bralj straightened up. His spine lengthened. The skin of his wrists was pressed up into folds like the scruff of a cat’s neck, revealing bloody pink murals of capillary sacrifice. Heavy cuffs dug in. They were hard. Unforgiving. Evil. He couldn’t ignore them and succeed. That would make his efforts…
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Mossa
Pieter Lastman, Jonah and the Whale, 1621 “Why does he whimper, Lord?” the assistant asked. The figure was huddled, round, nearly formless in its spot of the floor. At times, its eyes rose, seeking, frantic, but its head lowered again, making no more sound than a breath. It shivered, or shuddered.. or shook? The assistant…
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The Wizard and the Warrior
Gustave Dore, Merlin Advising King Arthur, 1868 “Do you have any idea what I must do to dissolve your pig-headed anathema? And daily, at that.” “Ah, but were it not for my pig-headedness, dearest Zalem, what on earth would you do all day?” “Pah! I have far higher callings, boy, even in the day. Even,”…
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The Visitor
The Nightmare (1781) by Henry Fuseli You know that feeling you get when you start to get old and realize that those things you assumed you would get around to doing are never actually going to happen? Ancil awoke once more in the dark room. “Ok, so why? Are we restoring our relationship? Who are you?…
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