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by miramaze @ Tuesday, 18. Sep, 2007 - 18:12:06

James , this is a bit like the tree I had in mind . Couldn't resist adding the info about the painter - Enjoy !

http://www.tate.org.uk/tateetc/issue1/img/i1_a2_5.jpg

Samuel Palmer
In a Shoreham Garden (1829)
Watercolour
V&A Picture Library

In Western iconography the image of the garden has been shaped and defined by the Biblical story of Adam and Eve, the original sinners thrown out of their paradise for tasting the forbidden fruit, and cast into the wilderness.

It is surprising, however, how little description the Book of Genesis gives of the original garden: The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, away
to the East, and there he put the man whom he had
formed. The Lord God made trees spring from
the ground, all trees pleasant to look at and good
for food; and in the middle of the garden he set
the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil. There was a river ?owing from Eden
to water the garden.

This rudimentary outline has given rise to many interpretations of the mythical garden, often depicted in early religious paintings as a rich, verdant orchard, full of flowers and trees. The imagery was enriched by the florid verses of the Song of Solomon, where the dialogue between bride and bridegroom is a contest of compliments using the metaphor of the garden. The bridegroom calls his love “an orchard full of rare fruits”, and uses the now well-known metaphor of his virginal bride as a secret garden: “My sister, my bride, is a garden close-locked, a fountain sealed.”

read more here : www.tate.org.uk/tateetc/issue1/article2.htm


 
 

Oh my OMENTUM !!!

by miramaze @ Tuesday, 18. Sep, 2007 - 14:01:25

I never knew I had an OMENTUM .... this is an OMENTUM moment ;)

http://images.oprah.com/images/tows/200611/20061102/20061102_103_350x263.jpg

Dr. Oz says there's an organ inside all of us that plays a key role in making us fat—the omentum. "This organ literally pumps chemicals into your body and it holds the secrets … to los[ing] weight."

The omentum is the fat organ connected to your stomach that's only purpose is to catch and store fat. When the fat is stored in your stomach, your body has easy access to it. The fat then creates an inflammatory process that irritates your arteries and puts you at risk for blocked arteries.

A healthy omentum, like the one Oprah's holding, should be "lacy, like stockings," Dr. Oz says. "The omentum, you'll notice, is transparent and thin."

An unhealthy omentum, like the one Dr. Oz holds, is heavy with fat. While the omentum he's holding is thick and fatty, Dr. Oz says the person it once belonged to—who died of heart disease—was just 30 to 40 pounds overweight.

"When someone's beer bellied, you know how it gets that tense, big look? That's this," he says. "That's [the omentum] pushing up against your stomach, and it coils up in there."

The fantastic voyage from food to fat. »

http://www.oprah.com/health/yourbody/slide/20061102/yourbody_20061102_350_103.jhtml

Well I never ! We never learned about this OMENTUM in biology
;))

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