Reading a 2013 paper about modelling the wax moth (Galleria mellonella) for Klebsiella infection studies and I'm just wondering how the seed of such an idea is sown in one's mind. I'm sure it requires a lot of reading and interpreting and discussing it with several people, but the process itself, say, of drawing inferences from all such things and finally reaching a desired set of objectives to be pursued, is just so fascinating.
Of course, it involves long mundane periods where you feel like nothing is ever going to work out and that might take a toll on anyone. But to finally see something work, even if for a bit, and then some more, and try to fit it all together. Ugh. So good.
@biologyshyology on my first hour of this tooting thing, somehow I came across you and this post. I have no idea in what context you meant to write this; but it’s pretty much wording my artistic woes. You go down a rabbit hole of obsessions in a rollercoaster with your hands in the air- produce nothing for aaaages. And then suddenly you create a little pebble (for a while this meant a cordyceps obsession)
Anyway: felt like sharing. Thanks for being part of my tentative steps here ☺️
@ErikaDesign Omg such lovely serendipity! The thing you said resonates so much with me, and I suppose that period of obsession is also somehow central to the final result, isn't it? The joy to feel something finally getting out there is something else altogether. (And omg, cordyceps are so mesmerising!)
Thank you for sharing this experience. <3