Science and inspiration

Not long ago, I look at some information on the mummies of the Tarim Desert. 
Here a link on the documentary that makes me discover those mummies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKdKj7o-ZjM  It was on Nova, on PBS.  Too bad it isn't on dvd.  It is worth to see.

It is where the inspiration dawn on me.  A mummy is dead.  A zumbie, it is a kind of mummy but undead.  The usual is people being infected by a virus and they become zombies.  I thought to add a step.  A person could turn into a mummy before being infected by a virus to reanimate him.  I know there are cases, in Japan, where monks followed a mortification procedure to turn themselves into mummies.  It was a very strict regimen ending in quite a terrifying end.  Here is a link for those monks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokushinbutsu

Now that I reflect on this, it is quite a thing to have follow that line of thought.  All because of beautiful mummies!  It add to the story that I have started.  I don't know if I would thought of that before hand.  Too bad it will be for later on in the story.  I have taken notes, not to forget when the moment comes.

The discovery of those mummies is a part of archaeology.  I never had thought it would inspire me for a story.  It had inspired me in some unfinished jewelry project.  It is buried somewhere.  I didn't take any photo of that project yet.  Maybe I should.  Anyway, now archaeology is among my influence in the things I do now.  In more ways that I would have expected.  Could enlarge this to anthropology.

It is how science influence me right now.  Not every branch of science yet but it is a start.