Neocortical Column Art

An entire neocortical column lights up with electrical activity. Modeled on a two-week-old rodent brain, this 0.5 mm by 2 mm slice is the basic computational unit of the brain and contains about 10,000 neurons. This microcircuit is repeated millions of times across the rat cortex—and many times more in the brain of a human.

Read the whole mind-boggeling article at Seed Magazine

Kali Goddess Tattoo - Time and Change & a cut off head

The Alchemical Wedding - Tattoo 02 via kwout

Kali - Goddess of time and change

Kali, also known as Kalika (Bengali: Kālī / Kālīkā), is a Hindu goddess associated with death and destruction. The name Kali means "black", but has by folk etymology come to mean "force of time (kala)". Despite her negative connotations, she is today considered the goddess of time and change. Although sometimes presented as dark and violent, her earliest incarnation as a figure of annihilation still has some influence. More complex Tantric beliefs sometimes extend her role so far as to be the "ultimate reality" or Brahman. She is also revered as Bhavatarini (literally "redeemer of the universe"). Comparatively recent devotional movements largely conceive Kali as a benevolent mother goddess.

So, that's my new tattoo sorted.

British Lard

WTF is going on in the British Lard Headquarters?? They even have a cafepress.com/lardstore now where they sell their demented designs.

In Heaven Everything Is Fine