arsanatomica: Morphology is the appreciation of life through death. To see is destroy. Onl
arsanatomica: Morphology is the appreciation of life through death. To see is destroy. Only by scoring away layers of tissue can one observe the muscle that once rippled beneath the skin in life. To delineate and excise each part, integral in life…. to separate into discreet elements…… to compartmentalize form and function, is the science of anatomy. But the central fallacy remains that we are not machines and have never been….. Bone flows through the crevices of muscle, tricking like water through it’s nooks and crannies. Anchoring and anchored, sculpture and sculptor. Anatomy has no metaphor beyond the mechanical, but through rending the body into it’s components, we can catch a fleeting glimpse of the whole. Love you to pieces….. January 24th was my anniversary. 10 years ago I signed up to Tumblr and started a blog. This is my very first post.At the time I was kicked out of grad school, and under a small table lamp in my garage, I worked on my thesis, dissecting animals, studying their anatomy, drawing and writing about them. A lot has changed in 10 years, but my love for anatomy, exploration and showing other people my findings has pretty much stayed the same. But, like… I write better now…. all my early posts were so cringy. Love Anatomy to pieces…. and I want other people to love it too. -- source link