Lichens - Toward a Minimal Resistance Mande Rohstoffressource und Entertainer

Rohstoffressource und Entertainer

Through many different essays and an extensive abecedarium

Rudolf Gelpke

Texts by Renee Gladman

the twenty-third century BC Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna

Lichens - Toward a Minimal Resistance Mande Rohstoffressource und EntertainerCovering almost 8 percent of the earth's terrain, lichens are living beings which are familiar to everyone, known to no one. They are one of those organisms that seem to offer nothing to hold our gaze. But the more time we spend with lichens, the more they reveal their beauty, their mysteries and their strange power of attraction. Part algae and part fungus, lichens call into question our customary ways of classifying forms of life, and allow us to