{"id":411,"date":"2015-08-23T22:31:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/?p=411"},"modified":"2015-08-24T00:34:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T00:34:07","slug":"old-friends-and-unloved-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/?p=411","title":{"rendered":"old friends and unloved others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"soliloquy-outer-container\" data-soliloquy-loaded=\"0\"><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-414\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade soliloquy-fade soliloquy-controls-active soliloquy-arrows-active  soliloquy-theme-classic no-js\" style=\"max-width:960px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-414\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-id-469 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img 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aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-3 soliloquy-id-446 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-446\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-3 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/brain_flame-web.jpg\" alt=\"brain_flame-web\" data-soliloquy-src-mobile=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/brain_flame-web.jpg\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-4 soliloquy-id-447 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-447\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-4 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cancer_cells-web.jpg\" alt=\"cancer_cells-web\" data-soliloquy-src-mobile=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cancer_cells-web.jpg\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-5 soliloquy-id-448 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-448\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-5 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cow_baby-web.jpg\" alt=\"cow_baby-web\" data-soliloquy-src-mobile=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cow_baby-web.jpg\" \/><\/li><li 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data-soliloquy-src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tapeworm-web.jpg\" alt=\"tapeworm-web\" data-soliloquy-src-mobile=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tapeworm-web.jpg\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-20 soliloquy-id-465 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-465\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-20 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tree_heart-web.jpg\" alt=\"tree_heart-web\" data-soliloquy-src-mobile=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tree_heart-web.jpg\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-21 soliloquy-id-466 soliloquy-image-slide\" 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data-soliloquy-src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/woman-web.jpg\" alt=\"woman-web\" data-soliloquy-src-mobile=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/woman-web.jpg\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><noscript><div class=\"soliloquy-no-js\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden;height:0;line-height:0;opacity:0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/birth-web2.jpg\" alt=\"birth-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/blastula_amoeba-web.jpg\" alt=\"blastula_amoeba-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/brain_flame-web.jpg\" alt=\"brain_flame-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cancer_cells-web.jpg\" alt=\"cancer_cells-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cow_baby-web.jpg\" alt=\"cow_baby-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/davinci_bacteria-web1.jpg\" alt=\"davinci_bacteria-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/facemask-web.jpg\" alt=\"facemask-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/hyphae-web.jpg\" alt=\"hyphae-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/immune1-web.jpg\" alt=\"immune1-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lungs_rhizome-web.jpg\" alt=\"lungs_rhizome-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/microarthropod-web.jpg\" alt=\"microarthropod-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mosquito-web.jpg\" alt=\"mosquito-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/pacifiers-web.jpg\" alt=\"pacifiers-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/police_and-web.jpg\" alt=\"police_and-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/slug-web.jpg\" alt=\"slug-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/spider-web.jpg\" alt=\"spider-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/springtail-web.jpg\" alt=\"springtail-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/stomachs-web.jpg\" alt=\"stomachs-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tapeworm-web.jpg\" alt=\"tapeworm-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tree_heart-web.jpg\" alt=\"tree_heart-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/vultures-web.jpg\" alt=\"vultures-web\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.publicamateur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/woman-web.jpg\" alt=\"woman-web\" \/><\/div><\/noscript><\/div>An ongoing series of silver point drawings on coated board. Dimensions vary between 9&#8243;x12&#8243; and 5&#8243;x7&#8243;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Old friends&#8221; is the term coined by Dr. Graham Rook to refer to the many, mostly microbial, life forms who live in and on our bodies. These creatures co-evolved in symbiotic relationships with humans and help perform vital functions such as efficient and painless digestion. In fact, we need these friends in our environment too. The human child&#8217;s exposure to microbes living in healthy soil and those living on and around animals actually teaches our immune system to regulate itself.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately we in the affluent countries have destroyed a lot of these helpers with generations of abuse of antibiotics, as well as widespread use of microbicidal cleansers and pesticides. The recent rise in allergies, digestive troubles and auto-immune disorders plaguing so-called developed nations is attributed to the loss of our symbiotic partners. 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