Artist: Russell Beatrous School: North Allegheny |
Notes: This piece represents how each individual person is not a solitary organism, but more a confederation of bacteria, protists, fungi, and others. 40% of our DNA is made of dormant viruses; e. coli in our stomachs make the digestion of carbohydrates possible. Every day, your body works together with countless other life forms, harmonizing with radically different organisms to move, eat, and grow. |