The insect-devoured leaf of the Pin Oak may be a strikingly beautiful object in and of itself, but when the title "Depression" is matched with the passage "If you suffered from manic depression in recent years" the fragility of the strong, majestic oak, revered for its longevity and brilliant fall foliage, is exposed. The background passage for A New Leaf: Depession comes from "Linked" by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, The Thirteenth Link: The Map of Life. Reading in-between the veins of the diseased structure, the text reveals the significance of the image title and the leaf's "affliction," describing future changes in medical diagnosis and treatment through biochemical networking of the human cell and genetic mapping.
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