This podcast was inspired by an article entitled From “one medicine” to “one health” and systemic approaches to health and well-being posted in a One Health Group on Linked In.  I looked at a lot of silo pictures seeking one that illustrated the limits of silo thinking as it relates to the multiple interconnections that characterize the natural world. Finding none that  did this, I opted to create a mini-silo effect by putting a cardboard  paper towel roll around the lens of my camera.  Then I  went outside and photographed any willing plant or animal with more or less success.

These mini-silo views of my cat, Bamboo, and a zinnia in my garden are nothing compared to the tiny components to which cats and zinnias have been reduced by those in various specialties.  Only seeing this much makes me want to see the whole animal and the whole flower in the outdoor environment where I photographed them. But when I was caught up in my silo phase though during my formal education, it was easy to become so engrossed by the parts that the whole, let alone the environment in which he, she, or it lived, ceased to exist.

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