"a human or divine visage"
            a war mask, strategies for reversing desertification, upside down architecture, and ancient Mesoamerican music
        
     
    
            
    
    
        A frozen cluster of gas
            mysterious space clouds, fertility treatments for corals, a village in a volcano, and autonomous clockwork machines
        
     
    
            
    
    
        Research in Progress
            my plunge down a wallpaper rabbit hole, transparent wood, Viking sorcery, and a primer on video game aesthetics
        
     
    
            
    
    
        International Renown
            a reemerging landscape painter, a dress with a secret, a trip to space, and Chief Technology Officer Ada Lovelace
        
     
    
            
    
    
        Escape Blouse
            When basic necessities are scarce, you make do with what you have. This blouse used to be an escape map,
        
     
    
            
    
    
        "...here’s my eye to prove it"
            Eye miniatures: an absurd, delightful niche-within-a-niche. They're hyper-specific, but they also appeal to timeless sentiments, which makes me
        
     
    
            
    
    
        Visualizing Science
            The Pillars of Creation, originally imaged by Hubble, is one of those pictures that fired my imagination as a kid.
        
     
    
            
    
    
        Capturing Light
            Almost nothing is more likely to make me stop and admire a painting than expertly rendered natural light, and Asher