1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgJosh Rosenblatthttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/josh-rosenblatt/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="d7GPfKfGrk"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/the-tree-of-life-brilliant-and-frustrating/">The Tree of Life: Brilliant and Frustrating</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/the-tree-of-life-brilliant-and-frustrating/embed/#?secret=d7GPfKfGrk" width="600" height="338" title="“The Tree of Life: Brilliant and Frustrating” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="d7GPfKfGrk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Somewhere amid all the whispering voice-overs about the impermanence of existence and the eternal struggle for salvation, somewhere behind the lengthy nature opera chronicling the evolution of the universe from the first protozoa in the miasmic magma of the early volcano blasts to the birth of the first CGI dinosaur, somewhere lost among the choirs […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402