Thank you to the Monserrat College of Art Continuing Education Department. Excellent teachers. Creative atmosphere. Fun.
Simplicity
This morning, a few dew drops on a spider web reminded me to keep things simple. Doesn’t it feel refreshing to declutter?
Photo: Detail of Spanish dancer sea slug.
In our new road show Dazzle: How Nature Uses Colors to Attract, Repel, Disguise, and Fool, we spotlight this Spanish Dancer sea slug (nudibranch) I photographed in the Indo-Pacific.
To predators, the marine mollusk’s dazzling color apparently say STOP! CONSUME AT YOUR OWN RISK. That’s because this red sea slug contains a toxic chemical obtained from a sponge the 6-inch long, soft-bodied mollusk loves to eat.
Backstory: pharmacologists have studied this chemical from the slug—an anti-fungal agent that fights off Candida albicans.
