January // 2025

Breathing is hard. Photo by <n>Marcelo Gomes</n>.

<n>The Sirens</n> (1892) by artist <n>John Longstaff</n>.

A cluster of <n>Turkey Tail</n> mushrooms, also known as <n>Trametes versicolor</n>.

Model <n>Shu Pei Qin</n> photographed by <n>Zhong Lin</n> for <n>Wallpaper China</n>.

<n>The Angel</n>, a bronze sculpture by artist <n>Benjamin Victor</n>.

A close-up of <n>Longhorn beetle gnawing marks</n> on tree bark.

A <n>Sophora prostrata</n> plant, also known as Little Baby, presented in the <n>Kokedama</n> style.

Photographic print <n>Absolution</n> by artist <n>Crystal Lee Lucas</n>.

<n>Disconnection Event</n> by <n>Gerald Rhemann</n>, winner of the 2022 <n>Astronomy Photographer of the Year</n> award.

<n>Cerro Gordo</n> (2016) by photographer <n>David Black</n>.

<n>Tatjana Patitz</n> in <n>Tatjana, Crouching, Nude</n> (1989), photographed by <n>Herb Ritts</n>.

A <n>strangler fig</n> envelops a host tree. Photo by <n>Scott Zona</n>.

A surrealist landscape by artist <n>Al Mefer</n>.

Model <n>Shu Pei Qin</n> photographed by <n>Zhong Lin</n> for the September 2023 issue of <n>Wallpaper China</n>.

Ivy covered, an angel statue at <n>Forest Hills Cemetery</n> in Boston. Photo by <n>Doc Searls</n>, 2008.

A detail from <n>Matthias Stom</n>'s painting, <n>The Incredulity of Saint Thomas</n> (c. 1640-1649).

A cluster of <n>Oyster mushrooms</n>, a type of fungi known for its role in bioremediation.