Do you have an experience of imagining some objects when you look at clouds in the sky or abstract patterns of wall, something like that? I remember that I used to be afraid looking at some stain (?) on the bathroom wall of our house when I sit on the toilet. Sometimes it looked like a scary face of ugly guy - especially at night... Even if it is a simple stain, if you keep looking at that and start imagining something... the best imaging acquisition and process hardware/software in the world - the brain start working and make up something out of the simple stain. That is a truly amazing process, which happens so quick.
As I get older, I graduated from being afraid of many imaginary fears. I know that there is no monster around the corner of a dark alley, and there is no ghost wandering around the house. On the other hand, I learn that the real danger in your life can be a human being with bad intention, not ghost or monster.
When I do some measurement or imaging thing - taking pictures of cells or surfaces, sometimes I found very interesting features. They can be a dried-out salt crystals on protein spot or fluorescence image of cells or proteins.
Few weeks ago, I was looking at picture sof erythrocytes - red blood cells and found one funny looking cell. It was a malaria parasite-infected red blood cell. Malaria parasites produce some dark crystals inside of the cells - called hemozoin. This particular cell has three hemozoins, and they look like eyes and nose to me. Also small shadow under them just looks like a mouth.
As I get older, I graduated from being afraid of many imaginary fears. I know that there is no monster around the corner of a dark alley, and there is no ghost wandering around the house. On the other hand, I learn that the real danger in your life can be a human being with bad intention, not ghost or monster.
When I do some measurement or imaging thing - taking pictures of cells or surfaces, sometimes I found very interesting features. They can be a dried-out salt crystals on protein spot or fluorescence image of cells or proteins.
Few weeks ago, I was looking at picture sof erythrocytes - red blood cells and found one funny looking cell. It was a malaria parasite-infected red blood cell. Malaria parasites produce some dark crystals inside of the cells - called hemozoin. This particular cell has three hemozoins, and they look like eyes and nose to me. Also small shadow under them just looks like a mouth.
Well well... you can tell me that that is my imagination. Of course it is. However, look at the below picture. Do you think that it somehow resemble a face? Very round face, eyes, nose, and mouth! No ears and hair... but it definitely looks like a face to me :)
It is good to find a small funny and happy things in daily life... and appreciate them.
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