“Radioactive Unicorn” is based on the “Khaggavisana Sutta” (Rhinoceros Horn Sutra), an early Pali Buddhist text, which exhorts the Buddhist practitioner to roam alone like a rhinoceros, without attachments. According to J.A.B. van Buitenen, the Western lore surround ing the mythical unicorn may be traced to the rhinoceros of this sutra. During my time at Djerassi, Environmental Stewardship Coordinator Andrew Nguyen explained that in the event of an environmental disaster such as a nuclear meltdown, certain species of plants and animals might adapt to the conditions, even as the contaminated zone would remain toxic to humans. The following poem, “Radioactive Unicorn,” imagines just such a scenario, with a unicorn as a mutant domestic bull roaming a contaminated prairie. The very fact that the grasslands of Djerassi Ranch, a former cattle ranch and current conservation easement, requires protection got me thinking about the limits of isolated environmental safeguards. Video stills, Djerassi. (© Vidhu Aggarwal)

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科学精神错乱 6.0：画廊

《放射独角兽》取材于巴利文早期的《金刚经》(Rhinoceros Horn Sutta)，劝告修行者像犀牛一样独行，没有执着。根据 JAB van Buitenen 的说法，围绕神话独角兽的西方传说可以追溯到这部经中的犀牛。我在杰拉西工作期间，环境管理协调员安德鲁·阮 (Andrew Nguyen) 解释说，如果发生核熔毁等环境灾难，某些动植物物种可能会适应这种情况，即使受污染的区域仍然对人类有毒。下面的诗“放射性独角兽”想象了这样一个场景，独角兽是一头变异的家牛，在受污染的草原上漫游。事实上，杰拉西牧场的草原，一个前牧场和当前的保护地役权，需要保护让我想到了孤立的环境保护措施的局限性。视频剧照，杰拉西。（© Vidhu Aggarwal）