BioE blast from the past: A year ago this week. . .

I blogged about Lisa Black's steampunk heart:

Fixed Heart
offal with mixed metal components
Lisa Black, 2008

I blogged about New Zealand artist Lisa Black before, but I can't get over this great piece of hers. What does it signify? Does it represent the gradual replacement of the natural world around us with technology, to the point where our own bodies become artificial? Is it critiquing the reductionist tendencies of neurobiologists who believe our deepest emotions are complex but purely chemical reactions? Is it a steampunk Valentine? I don't know, and I don't really care - it's just cool.

Check out more from Black here.