Speaking about "Celebration of Fibre":
" December 8
In 1906 Santiago Ramón y Cajal received the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
He wanted to be a painter.
His father would not let him, so he had to become the greatest Spanish Scientist of all time.
He got his revenge by sketching his discoveries. His drawings of the brain were at par with Miró and Klee:"The garden of neurology sparks incomparable artistic emotions" he liked to say.
He enjoyed exploring the mysteries of the nervous system, but loved drawing even more.
And what he loved most of all was saying out loud whatever was on his mind, well aware it would make him enemies than friends.
Sometimes he would ask in surprise, "You have no enemies? How can it be? Did you never tell the truth or stand up for justice?"
Eduardo Galeno,
Children of the Days
A calendar of human history
Celebrating Fibre around the world: Tuscany
Photo: © Alicia M B Ballard
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