Molly Simpson

Like any divination, people today use tarot for different reasons. Some believe the decks offer glimpses into the future; others use the cards as tools for self-reflection or simply as entertainment.

As a meteorology educator, Burris thinks climate tarot readings could be an educational resource for people who wouldn’t take a course on environmental... See more

Last week I planted an acer in the furthest bed from the house, in honour of our new baby. The sapling is as tall as me and, by all accounts, it can grow forty feet tall. So, in thirty years’ time, if we’re still here I can come back and see this tree in its maturity. But the thought depresses me: in thirty years’ time I’ll be in my mid sixties and

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Well, and threading some of these pieces together here, I mean, in talking about how there isn't a playbook for artists, right? I love how in some ways in this conversation, what you're pointing towards is like, what does nature have to say? Like, what is nature's playbook for creating? Right?

And that's the fallow period. And something, you know,

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one of the greatest tricks the devil ever played on humanity is convincing us that there is any such thing as absolute certainty. the only time things are 100% clear are carefully constructed fictions.

anything true, beautiful, eternal requires a leap of faith and pure belief

Abstraction should become core to the way we speak biology, in particular outside of the confines of academia. How can you wonder at the marvel of biology if all you hear is “envelope capsid design”? We need to carefully survey how we present our ideas to the public, such that they can marvel and wonder at the beauty of what we have built.