Mysterious synapses

MyYSTERIOUS SYNAPSES 

Maria Pia Mucci

"The most beautiful experience we can have is mystery. The fundamental emotion that underlies true art and true science"  Albert Einstein  

 The same mysterious fundamental law seems to exist in the branches of trees, in the veins of a leaf, in the threads of a spider's web, in the circuits of the nervous system, in the routes of traffic on the internet, as a common language that connects the microcosm with the macrocosm, the internal world with the external world, the same model that influences inert systems, biological, social and cultural.

During my studies in biological sciences I glimpsed in the evocative microscope images of neuronal synaptic connections, the depiction of the intertwining of complicated and often incomprehensible human relationships, as well as the circuits of the network and the algorithms in the web that lead us to artificial intelligence and I came up with the idea of depicting them with my imagination by combining science and art in the same project.

 In the works of this series between the figurative and the abstract I have tried to capture the essence of neuronal connections that vibrate with energy, to arouse amazement and curiosity in the observer and to push everyone to reflect on the complexity of the mind and human relationships and on the magic of the origin of our thought.