UMI Miniature Collectable mycelia Not alive as the ancients

Not alive as the ancients saw her

"Elemental Monuments" by Daniel Popper is a captivating photographic journey spanning the last decade of his artistic endeavors

symbolising fungal intelligence and the cycle of growth

Mycelia is named for the delicate fungal threads that form nature’s hidden communication system

UMI Miniature Collectable mycelia Not alive as the ancientsUmi is a woman, a tree, a womb, and a bower. Taking its name from the Arabic word for mother, this figure welcomes visitors into her nurturing shade. Inspired by Gaia; both the goddess of Greek mythology and James Lovelocks concept of the earth as a single, self regulating organism, Umi embodies the idea of the world as alive. Not alive as the ancients saw her, a sentient Goddess with purpose and foresight, but alive like a tree, quietly existing,