David Walsh is a pen collector, surgeon and would be artist
These are his ideas, thoughts and images

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The imperfect can become more beautiful
“Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with golden lacquer. It teaches us to embrace damage and flaws.” — ManGill. For most of my adult life I have helped repair the sick. Many had their lives suddenly shattered and altered forever. It was a job at which I was quite good. Recently, the… Read more
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The hip bone is connected to the knee bone
“We can be the new brand of self extincting dinosaurs or we can evolve…” Eden Robinson In 1888, the Cambridge scholar Harry Seeley developed a simple and universally adopted two step system for classifying dinosaurs. Dinosaur hip bones are frequently discovered as an intact fossil record of these animals, so are an excellent choice foe… Read more
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Tiering us apart
“A drop of ink can make millions think…” Lord Byron A tier list is a ranking system of best to worst. A tier is generally associated with fixed characteristics. A tier is easily confused with a level system, where components or skills are continually changing, perhaps improving, maybe deteriorating. Tier systems are essentially independent of… Read more
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