Comments on: Inner space http://cheesesammiches.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/inner-space/ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:30:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: elle http://cheesesammiches.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/inner-space/#comment-71 elle Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:20:33 +0000 http://cheesesammiches.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/inner-space/#comment-71 I know, I know, CSF is isotonic so the cells could crenulate, etc. It was late at night and I wasn't going for scientific veracity, I was just struck by the idea of these little cells as explorers, maybe astronauts going off for the first time into space, not knowing whether they could get back for not, but doing it anyway. And also by the serenity of it all - even if they are stuck, they have found some peace away from what must be the excessive noise and bustle of cellular life. I know, I know, CSF is isotonic so the cells could crenulate, etc.

It was late at night and I wasn’t going for scientific veracity, I was just struck by the idea of these little cells as explorers, maybe astronauts going off for the first time into space, not knowing whether they could get back for not, but doing it anyway.

And also by the serenity of it all – even if they are stuck, they have found some peace away from what must be the excessive noise and bustle of cellular life.

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