James Lucas
James Lucas

@JamesLucasIT

23 تغريدة 21 قراءة Nov 18, 2024
Similarities between the human body and nature 🧵
1. Lungs and tree branches x.com
2. A tree stump and a human fingerprint x.com
3. The way the veins of the leaf align on the creases of the hand x.com
4. Blood vessels of a human heart and the river network of the Amazon x.com
5. Walnuts and the human brain
The folds and wrinkles of a walnut inevitably evoke the appearance of the brain, even mirroring its left and right hemispheres.
Walnuts are often nicknamed "brain food" because they're rich in omega-3 fatty acids, essential for brain function. x.com
6. The human placenta resembles a tree
Most of the placental tissue consists of blood vessels, which connect to the baby via the umbilical cord and branch through the placenta like tree limbs.
Many cultures honor the placenta as a symbol of life by burying it under a tree. x.com
7. A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye
Carrots contain beta-carotene, which the body converts to vitamin A, essential for eye health. It can prevent the formation of cataracts and macular degeneration, the world's leading cause of blindness. x.com
8. Lips and a leaf
Photo by Monica Carvalho x.com
9. Hair and grass
Photo by Alicja Brodowicz x.com
10. A finger and a tree stump
Photo by Agnieszka Lepka x.com
11. Eyes and tree roots x.com
12. Hair and a leaf
Photo by Alicja Brodowicz x.com
13. Lightning and a human eye
Photo by Agnieszka Lepka x.com
14. Tree roots and veins
Photo by Alicja Brodowicz x.com
15. A leaf and human skin x.com
16. Skin and a cactus x.com
17. The skin of an elderly person and the bark of a tree
Photo by Agnieszka Lepka x.com
18. The veins of a wrist and the veins of this white rose x.com
19. Moles on the skin and stars in the sky
Photo by Agnieszka Lepka x.com
20. Eye veins and cracks on dry ground
Photo by Agnieszka Lepka x.com
Leonardo da Vinci viewed the human body as a scale model of Earth and saw his anatomical drawings and Vitruvian Man as a "cosmografia del minor mondo" ("cosmography of the microcosm").
He compared the human skeleton to rocks and lung expansion to the ebb and flow of the oceans. x.com
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