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THE LOTUS EFFECT in material science is the observed self-cleaning property found with lotus plants. Although lotuses prefer to grow in muddy rivers and lakes, the leaves remain clean. Their microscopic structure and surface chemistry mean that the leaves never get wet. Rather, water droplets roll off a leaf's surface like mercury, taking mud, tiny insects, and contaminants with them.
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Laura Flynn has held a deep passion for art since she was young. Serving two masters, Laura studied depth psychology, completing a graduate degree in the field. She approaches her work in psychology as an artist and brings a psychological ground to her art.In her work as an artist, Laura seeks to thin slice the human event, to create images that portray the essential feeling tone of experience. Art, like spirituality, is a transformation of one’s inner experience. With the visiting of the muse, the individualized self is dissolved and the artist enters a moment of essence. Art, with a capital A, is about the essence of the thing. The difference between painting an orange and the essence of all oranges is the spiritual encounter. Like the priest and the shaman, the work of the artist connects us to existence as a whole.“One does not choose to be an artist. The spider bites and demands payment.” -- Laura Flynn 2000