it’s not labeled but the orange things are mitochondria and the green things are chloroplasts
Depicted are a plant cell and an animal cell. The plant cell contains both mitochondria and chloroplasts, while the animal cell only contains mitochondria.
anyways there’s a cute story about two fish in a pond that fits this image well
according to legend, according to myth, when religion was first invented, it was invented by two siblings who sat by a pond and watched what they saw in the water. the first sibling who was very energetic saw a fish in the lake, and upon seeing that beauty, they declared “aaaah, such a beautiful creature. we must make a religion out of it”. that is why the symbol of christianity is a fish.
the other sibling who was more calm also watched the pond, but as they were more calm, they didn’t immediately jump up when they saw the fish, instead they remained seated and continued to watch the pond. after a while, they recognized a second fish in the water. they recognized that one fish represented yang, the other who was darker and therefore more difficult to see represented yin, and together they represented opposites, but only together were they whole. from that insight, came the southeast-asian religions.
that’s why in the western world there is a lot of hot-headed idiots who make a lot of noise about everything while the chinese are more calm and contemplate.
and in biology, the interpretation is that the bright, first fish is the mitochondria but the second, calmer fish is the chloroplasts, representing the consuming and nourishing elements of living beings, as they consume/produce sugar and therefore biological mass and life.
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Pretty cool post, funny little rant in the end but nobody can deny the relative calmness of some Asian societies and ideology plays a big part in how people behave.
But yeah, accepting that bitter and sweet are both part of the world, and necessary opposites, is better to handle life’s ups and downs instead of just breaking down/lashing out because “that’s not supposed to happen (to me!)”.
Om


