Rebecca’s Substack
Essays that pay attention to the intersection of art and systems thinking — and explore what it means to be in right relationship with a complex and changing world.
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Gaia in the Long Room of the Old Library (opens the original)
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I found myself choking back tears in the Long Room of Trinity College’s Old Library before I understood why. It so happens that the grand Old Library’s Long Room shelves are currently empty with an ambitious restoration and cataloguing project underway. They’ve hung an artwork, “Gaia,” by artist Luke Jerram. Centuries of knowledge absent. The Earth hanging in the balance as we scramble to restore knowledge and wisdom alongside awe and humility. The grief for our predicament, what’s been squander
The Worlds We Practice (opens the original)
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