Gradient Green Plant by Christos Georghiou
Fabric of Life by René Campbell
We so often depict genealogy by a tree and define our ancestors as our roots. By imaging the trunk of the tree as the DNA double helix, the artists shows that our ancestors roots feed into our trunk through the DNA they pass onto us. And that we then pass portions of this mix onto our offspring in the branches above. It is fitting that the double-helix represents the trunk as each nuclear family consists of a biological mother and father from which the branches above sprout through their DNA. Albeit they each supply a double-helix chain of amino acids or DNA; and not just one strand / trunk / ladder rail, Some families are not as much Oaks as they are Banyan. Which is likely more appropriate in the larger picture anyway because many of us are related to each other in ways yet to be discovered.
René's original image has three turns of the spiral. As this would not fit into a logo-style image and still be discernible, we originally compacted the trunk to a single turn. But alas, we are not using it at all. And the three turns of the original image we then picked is still distinguishable as is.
External Links
- Gradient Green Plant Forming a DNA Caduceus licensed original image
- Christos Georghiou website
- Fabric of Life original image, and Fabric of Life variations
- Rene Campbell artist website; digital images