Monday, January 28, 2008

A Voyage Inside The Cell

David Bolinksky is a medical animator who is the creator of a fascinating movie that recreates the life that goes on inside the basic living cell.He helps people understand truth and beauty in the biological sciences through animation.I think in a sense that he wants people to realize that although we all think we see something when we look at it, we are not really looking at it and truly seeing. Bolinsky wanted to create for medical students "a mental image of the cell as a large bustling city of micromachines". One need only watch the film to see that he certainly succeeded.It is an amazing film showing how the most basic simple thing that is the start of all life is really a network of "micromachines" all working together to provide the cell what it needs to survive and thrive. Without them, there would be no cells, and hence no life. It forces one to really visualize and use their imaginations to realize that nothing is so simple. There is complexity in everything but one must really take the time to look, and see. Upon doing so,one must then be willing to contemplate upon the real wonders of life, its beginnings, and the possibilities and secrets that it still holds.

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