Botany of Desire

Language is often metaphorical. To understand what another individual means to say it is therefore often necessary to be able to see from another’s perspective. This requires empathy and fantasy. In  the wounderful documentary, The Botany of Desire, from 2009, we get a good example of what it may mean to see from the perspective […]

Music for Plants

Mort Garson’s Rhapsody in Green is music recorded for plats. By trial and error he learned what they found must stimulating and sexually arousing. Here is a thrilling sample. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YcKy0vunOk Mort Garson is well known as one of the pioneers of electronic music in the late ’60s; some may have heard of his contributions to quite a few pop […]