Thoughts & life experiences of a Chicago area graphic artist

23 October 2015

Microbial Man



Microbial Man. Highlighter markers and black thin-line Sharpie marker. © O. Douglas Jennings. All rights reserved.


I sketched this after listening to an interview of a scientist who said the cells in our bodies are 90 percent microbial and only 10 percent human.

So I guess that means our consciousness is riding along on the backs of "plankton". Figuratively speaking, of course. But not by much.

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