DR BEN WOODARD, on the philosophy of Slime Dynamics

Macro photo of yellow slime mold (Physarum) forming vein-like network across wet rocky terrain model.

Words by Meritxell Rosell During German Romanticism (the dominant intellectual movement in the philosophy, the arts, and the culture of German-speaking countries in the late-18th and early 19th centuries), there was a turn towards nature and its inspiring mysteries. For romantic literature, music, and art, Nature was a dynamic presence, at once enigmatic and anthropomorphic, engaging […]