Folsome said his initial interest in making materially closed worlds was sparked by a legend that the Paris National Museum displayed a cactus sealed in a glass jar in 1895.

• 福尔索姆说，据说巴黎国家博物馆展出过一棵1895年封入一个玻璃广口瓶中的仙人掌，正是这个传说激发了他制造物质上的封闭世界的最初兴趣。