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Water can conform to its container, or it can gather in force as whelming as a wave. What will you choose?
Volume 03: Flourish / Collapse
A journey along the axis of abundance and absence, proliferation and putrescence, life and death
An exploration of geographic location and freedom of action and thought
This issue seeks to answer the question: What does “natural” mean now?
In what ways does nature inspire or inform your work?
Nature is the ultimate designer. For this piece, I was awed with the complexity of the natural systems I was examining, and awed with the metapatterns of the ecological world. I tripped out for days on what it means that the universe is full of fractals—patterns that repeat at different scales. I examined the (accidental?) beauty all around us.
What does it mean to you to be part of a thriving ecosystem?
In a thriving ecosystem, each organism has its niche—the place that is its cozy and perfect fit. I strive towards this, that even when our systems are fighting damage and collapse, as Max Ehrmann says, “You are a child of the universe,/ no less than the trees and the stars;/ you have a right to be here.”
