Month: September 2025
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Mercury
Across cultures since ancient times, mercury has been a substance of fascination and immense utility. Being liquid and shiny, it was commonly known as quicksilver and was associated with the fastest planet, which was named after the Roman god Mercury. In Greek mythology, Mercury is equivalent to the god Hermes, who was the “soul guide,”…
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Tiepolo’s Olympus
The Venetian Giovanni Battista Tiepolo is considered one of the greatest painters of 18th-century Europe, the first master of the Grand Manner, and among the most original artists of his time. His art unites ancient history, myths, and legends into masterpieces of imagination and theatrical interpretation, standing as an exemplification of “pictorial intelligence”, which explores…
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Diamond
As the hardest substance on earth, diamond has come to embody resilience and toughness. The name diamond derives from “adámas,” the ancient Greek word to mean unbreakable. The Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder wrote that “the hardness of adámas is indescribable, and so too that property whereby it conquers fire and never becomes heated. Hence…
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Rose Quartz
My grandma spent her career as a pharmacist. When we think of a pharmacist, we visualize someone managing a pharmacy at the back of a supermarket, dispensing prescripted medicines to patients. Among career-minded folks, it’s seen as a boring, but stable job, with a stable income. But that’s not how it was for my grandma. …
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