![]() ![]() ![]() The exhibits are not about "Xenophora" for example, but about how life progresses. It is a place to meditate on life and death. It is made of some deep thoughts, some random junk and some accumulated stuff that may or may not be valuable. Over the years the museum has taken on its own personality, just as each person does. (img274lookingtowardwindow.psd) or kachina photo? With their interior lights off, the dioramas are dark windows, with shadowy figures behind. ![]() Light comes in a single window and illuminates a jumble of mysterious objects waiting to be placed in their display cases. When it's not open for visitors, the Zymoglyphic Museum is a dark and shadowy place. Dust, cobwebs and blown-in leaves accumulate. Little pools of rust or dirt fall around the base of some of the objects and become as much a part of the museum as the original object. There is no effort to stabilize the displays. Many of the displays contain objects that are rusty, or made of dirt or decaying objects. The museum staff doesn't try to fight this trend, instead they embrace it. The Zymoglyphic Museum is the perfect example of this. Change occurs constantly and the world is new again and again. We all know, at least in theory, that life is not static. When I completed the Zymo 127 project I wrote: ![]()
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