Living Crystals, Part 2
Is subjective delight justification enough for making a metaphorical connection between the disparate realms of botany and minerology? Or must there be some instrumental value?
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Living Crystals
Post-Gila journal extract: A meditation on the similarities between plants and crystals.
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Look at just about any cliff or boulder around the American Southwest, and you’ll probably see at least one variety of lichen clinging to the surface, adding a splash of psychedelic color.
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Like cholla, genus Opuntia is a plant that’s specially-designed to inflict pain.
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If you’ve done any bushwhacking around the Southwest, chances are you’ve had at least a couple unhappy collisions with one of the many species of cholla that thrive out here.
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