{"id":3087,"date":"2024-11-03T20:57:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T01:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/student-publication\/?page_id=3087"},"modified":"2024-11-04T14:50:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T19:50:21","slug":"the-pioneeer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/student-publication\/the-pioneeer\/","title":{"rendered":"the pioneeer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3087\" class=\"elementor elementor-3087\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-458b03e7 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"458b03e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cbfb1c9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6cbfb1c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d419b5f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d419b5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f2b590b elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7f2b590b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/student-publication\/the-pioneer-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">&lt;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-441284e elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"441284e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/student-publication\/elementor-2991\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">&gt;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71c8e570 e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71c8e570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:-122,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:-110,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateX_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_translateY_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chapter Three: The Pioneer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35331fe7 e-con-full scrollcon e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35331fe7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38cf31af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38cf31af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An Introduction from the Editor<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fb854a0 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fb854a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><i>H<\/i>ow are boundaries being pushed forward today? and what are we confronted with when they go against the status quo?<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Who stands at the vanguard, unafraid of taking risks or venturing into the unknown, driven by a desire to explore new frontiers? How do we orient ourselves toward this horizon of a preferable future?<\/p><p class=\"p1\">This spirit of exploration thrives in environments of uncertainty, where the future is uncharted and unknown. Pioneers embody an unwavering hope for a better future. They are less concerned with precise destinations and more focused on the journey itself. When sailing uncharted seas, getting lost is inevitable, but it is the skillful pioneer who can recalibrate and redirect. For them, the adversity of the unknown is not a threat, but a dare to discover what lies beyond.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Designers, as early adopters of the newest tools, wield incredible influence over technological development. Historically, they have always been at the forefront of breakthroughs. The Bauhaus movement exemplified this mission, pushing manufacturing and production into forefront of design. However if we hold onto the principles of the past, we must ask: can we still truly explore? Rigid ideals of homogeneity and universality are giving way to pluralistic philosophies. Let\u2019s see where it takes us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a3cb63 e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"13a3cb63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tabs_justify_horizontal&quot;:&quot;start&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"329501539\" aria-label=\"Tabs. Open items with Enter or Space, close with Escape and navigate using the Arrow keys.\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-heading\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-3295015391\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-3295015391\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab-index=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-3295015391\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tReimagining Realities\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-3295015392\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-3295015392\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-3295015392\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tProspects in the Arts and Sciences\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button id=\"e-n-tab-title-3295015393\" data-tab-title-id=\"e-n-tab-title-3295015393\" class=\"e-n-tab-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab-index=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"e-n-tab-content-3295015393\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"e-n-tab-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\tOtherwordly Manifesto\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-3295015391\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-3295015391\" data-tab-index=\"1\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 1;\" class=\"e-active elementor-element elementor-element-1718aff0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1718aff0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-462b2128 e-con-full scrollcon e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"462b2128\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11d1c15 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11d1c15\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30b24c2b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30b24c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">with Curry Hackett<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b6993 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b6993\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Curry J. Hackett is an award-winning transdisciplinary designer, public artist, and educator. His ongoing research project, Drylongso, explores the complex relationships between Black southern culture, geography, and land. In 2022, he was named a finalist for the internationally-recognized Wheelwright Prize, presented by the Harvard Graduate School of Design.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed91a34 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed91a34\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff45caa elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff45caa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stephen Nohren<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e512d5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e512d5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Sweet, looks like we\u2019re recording. So when I was looking through your generated images, I noticed a reoccurring emphasis or themes surrounding nature. Where does that stem from?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bd38e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3bd38e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93925fa elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"93925fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Curry Hackett<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-999118c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"999118c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">So I grew up in the rural south, in Farmville, Virginia. But, I grew up near my family\u2019s farmland. My mom\u2019s side of the family, we\u2019ve owned at least 100 acres of land since the 19th century. A lot of my current work tries to go back to that place, and holds a lot of connections with that land. Not even the floristic qualities of the land, but the land as an imaginary. It has sort of sponsored this obsession with plants, especially the ones that many of us call weeds.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019m really fascinated by black kinships with land, and with plants and food and such by extension; and also the embodied knowledge that many of my ancestors, namely, my grandma has with many of these plants. I\u2019m at Harvard for urban design, but my grandmother could probably run circles around many of the landscape students at Harvard in terms of just sheer plant knowledge; like she could probably point out 20 different kinds of pine by sight. So essentially, the fixation on plants, nature, food sovereignty, all of that is kind of me speculating on the advocacy complex and complicated relationships that black folks have with land. I am also trying to push<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>beyond the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>narrative<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>of black relations with land<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>as being one primarily of labor, and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>enslaved labor at that.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">So the images are asking how we can aestheticize gardening? How do Black folks aestheticize farming? It\u2019s been a fun dynamic for me to play with.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76e775e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76e775e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/student-publication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2024-11-03-at-9.05.44-PM-1024x566.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3093\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/student-publication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2024-11-03-at-9.05.44-PM-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/student-publication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2024-11-03-at-9.05.44-PM-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/student-publication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2024-11-03-at-9.05.44-PM-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/student-publication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2024-11-03-at-9.05.44-PM-1536x850.png 1536w, https:\/\/academics.design.ncsu.edu\/student-publication\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screen-Shot-2024-11-03-at-9.05.44-PM.png 1956w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83a8c4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"83a8c4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e49e8d6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e49e8d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SN<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-935851e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"935851e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">I was reading your interview with Bloomberg and you mentioned that you are \u201cclearly trying to create a sense of nostalgia\u201d;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Why is nostalgia important to you?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-044d9f7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"044d9f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82bf66d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"82bf66d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4317998 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4317998\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">For me personally, my mom always talks about memory and remembering, but she also held space for imagining. So nostalgia for me is a great starting point for me to imagine futures that are rooted in some sense of knowing. Many of the black women in my family were these kinkeepers, they were archivists, they were storytellers. You can think of them as a kind of griots of my<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>family. And I think that was ultimately because they don\u2019t want things to be forgotten. I also realized that the further I get away from home in my career, the more I realized that many of the stories that I grew up hearing, and embodying are , I won\u2019t say singular, but very rare. You don\u2019t really hear about the story of rural black folks in the south, making mud pies, start romping<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>around the yard, squeezing mud between their toes. You don\u2019t hear about that, you typically think about black folks in an urban context and again, from a condition of scarcity. For me, I know otherwise. So let me be nostalgic about this time and place, and that helps me stay grounded in all the other efforts that I\u2019m doing in the current.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29c0cff e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29c0cff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f5d764 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f5d764\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SN<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd8462f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd8462f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Hmm, not wanting things to be forgotten. I mean, that\u2019s where I positioned myself with this whole publication, thinking like five generations of the future. When we don\u2019t know how these super intelligence AI models work anymore. How do we remember the \u201cbefore times\u201d? That\u2019s really important to me.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95f3f94 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"95f3f94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4622bc5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4622bc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e965327 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e965327\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><em>If you look at indigenous worldviews, there is a concern for deeply thinking into the future and deeply into the past.<\/em><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>I forgot what the phrase is, but there is a knowledge model where any significant decision gets made in consideration of the 13 generations into the future and 13 generations into the past. So what does it mean to go about life with this concern for deep time?<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98777e9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"98777e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc6874d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc6874d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SN<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f61f4d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f61f4d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">So a little out of left field, Do you think one day AI will have a level of sentience?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85c5eb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"85c5eb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3fbebe elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3fbebe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa1dd79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa1dd79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The short answer is yes. I don\u2019t know that it\u2019s going to be like what we see in the movies, but I think at some point along the way, humans are going to be comfortable with adopting or expanding a new or an emergent definition of sentience and knowledge; and I suspect AI will then be included in that. I don\u2019t know that it\u2019ll take over the world and do all these things. But the short answer is we don\u2019t know. But I do think it will structure our lives so differently in degree as to be different in kind. For all intents and purposes, well probability consider it as being sentient.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e9d862 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e9d862\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd2514a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bd2514a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SN<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39df0ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39df0ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">What do you think the role of a designer will be when AI has surpassed us in every fathomable way of intelligence?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c378dcf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c378dcf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa6efdd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa6efdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e2a24e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e2a24e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">I mean, I don\u2019t know. To me, it becomes more of a human question. I don\u2019t know what role disciplinarity will play at all in that future. In a way, it doesn\u2019t even make sense to talk about design. There\u2019s so much that\u2019s written on design, and there\u2019s so many examples of design that can be trained on models. I think it really comes down to what sort of lives we want to lead in better<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> coexistence with this technology. I don&#8217;t think about professionalism at all in that future.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-524d27d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"524d27d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8fc947 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8fc947\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SN<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-192f4b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"192f4b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">I\u2019m with you there. I mean, part of this project was me experimenting with redefining our field. Like look at industrial design itself\u2026 the time is ticking on that. What if we started thinking of graphic designers as like misinformation interpreters? Yeah, that\u2019s a question I\u2019ve seen a lot of people squirm around.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76064f8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"76064f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a7ce10 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a7ce10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159a527 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"159a527\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Well, because designers won\u2019t be special in that world. Maybe in the short term you can make the case that we\u2019ll be maybe better editors of, you know, of content.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I think a lot of people will be using these generative technologies, but that just means we\u2019re gonna get a lot of trash outputs But there\u2019s still going to be people that have to be smart to interpret when something is wrong, or how to how to code these things, how to shape them.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccc9091 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ccc9091\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcd8244 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bcd8244\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SN<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e6160 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70e6160\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">So what advice do you have for design students who are currently receiving education, and now have access to these tools?<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61a7b5c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61a7b5c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe61b8d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe61b8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68e6e3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68e6e3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">I think first is if you don\u2019t have a sense of it already, discover a narrative or a story that you want to tell yourself about the kind of designer that you want to be because that will give you some sort of North Star that will help find use cases for these tools in your own work. I think different people are gonna be using these tool in different ways. The whole reason i started putting these images together, putting things that don\u2019t seem like they belong, in settings that they don\u2019t seem like they belong; It\u2019s because I was having a lot of fun for years using collage as a way of world building, and image making. So now we\u2019ve come full circle where I\u2019m using AI to create assets that I then will chop up into collages, like one of one collages because I am not using found material. So that\u2019s one way in the span of just a short eight months I have been trying to find new ways of validating existing workflows or tested tactics as a designer. So I think that was a design student, I say, just get in there. Be Messy. Keep trying. I think there are also some hidden lessons using these tools because it\u2019s a relentless project of compromise and surprise. How committed are you to the image that you want to get out of the model? That probably means you have to look at other disciplines outside of your own,outside of design; to push yourself to think differently and interact with with these machines more effectively.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7882a78 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7882a78\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cea84ec elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cea84ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SN<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc40441 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc40441\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Any advice you have for fellow educators?<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-672fb35 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"672fb35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ab83b3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8ab83b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5d70a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5d70a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">I think a lot of that can be folded into that last statement. I think educators especially, don\u2019t be afraid to try this stuff out. If anything, look internally and think critically about what are some ways that you can improve as an educator that AI will be expose here soon? What sort of pain points or vulnerabilities do you have in your career or pedagogical style that these tools make more frictionless? Yea, I think that I just want everyone to be messier [collective chuckles]. I don\u2019t think being critical or being rigorous has to be mutually exclusive from having fun and from being messy.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77e8675 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"77e8675\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49649c3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49649c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CH<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc549d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc549d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">How about administrators?<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43f10e8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"43f10e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d392cad elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d392cad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SN<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1382cb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1382cb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">I think the idea of crafting a story about the kind of designers that you want to be can be scaled up to that of the school or the institution. What kind of school do you want to lead? How might these tools impact for better or for worse, that vision and the journey to that vision? How do you address your own discomforts and whatever disruptions these tools might cause, again, for better or for worse, and then holding that in with how you lead and the protagonists that you engage in your administrative career. Similar to the note about giving up on disciplinarity, that might also include certain power dynamics between administrators, instructors and students. So as an administrator, what does it mean for you as someone that presides over an institution to not only anticipate, but to prepare for and build on emergent flows of knowledge that are going to be different than the top-down structure that we\u2019ve been used to for the last few hundred years?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be98010 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"be98010\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48b6df7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48b6df7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SN<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4da9f77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4da9f77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">That\u2019s all great advice. So thank you.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-3295015392\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-3295015392\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-4ea7a413 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4ea7a413\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa4aaf1 e-con-full scrollcon e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5fa4aaf1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aff27d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4aff27d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40c0d2b6 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40c0d2b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">by Robert Oppenheimer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-192682d8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"192682d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), an American theoretical physicist, is best known for leading the Manhattan Project, which developed the first nuclear weapons. A brilliant scholar, Oppenheimer\u2019s early work in quantum mechanics set the stage for his pivotal role in World War II. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the creation of the atomic bomb that would then be responsible for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, an infamy that ended the war but initiated the nuclear age. Oppenheimer wrestled with the ethical implications of his work, advocating for nuclear arms control post-war. His complex legacy reflects the intersection of scientific innovation and moral responsibility.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19ffa3be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19ffa3be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><i>All history teaches us that these questions that we think the pressing ones will be transmuted before they are answered, that they will be replaced by others, and that the very process of discovery will shatter the concepts that we today use to describe our puzzlement.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27e99c40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27e99c40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">It is true that there are some who profess to see in matters of culture, in matters precisely of the arts and sciences, a certain macro-historical pattern, a grand system of laws which determines the course of civilization and gives a kind of inevitable quality to the unfolding of the future. They would, for instance, see the radical, formal experimentation which characterized the music of the last half-century as an inevitable consequence of the immense flowering and enrichment of natural science; they would see a necessary order in the fact that innovation in music precedes that in painting and that in turn in poetry, and point to this sequence in older cultures. They would attribute the formal experimentation of the arts to the dissolution, in an industrial and technical society, of authority, of secular, political authority, and of the catholic authority of the church. They are thus armed to predict the future. But this, I fear, is not my dish.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a367d3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a367d3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">If a prospect is not a prophecy, it is a View.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5afe8d67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5afe8d67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does the world of the arts and sciences look like? There are two ways of looking at it: One is the View of the traveler, going by horse or foot, from village to village to town, staying in each to talk with those who live there and to gather something of the quality of its life. This is the intimate view, partial, somewhat accidental, limited by the limited life and strength and curiosity of the traveler, but intimate and human, in a human compass. The other is the vast view, showing the earth with its fields and towns and valleys as they appear to a camera carried in a high altitude rocket. In one sense this prospect will be more complete; one will see all branches of knowledge, one will see all the arts, one will see them as part of the vastness and complication of the whole of human life on earth. But one will miss a great deal; the beauty and warmth of human life will largely be gone from that prospect.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>This great map, showing the world from afar and almost as to a stranger, would Show more: It would show the immense diversity of culture and life, diversity in place and tradition for the first time clearly manifest on a world-wide scale, diversity in technique and language, separating science from science and art from art, and all of one from all of the other. This great map, world-wide, culture-wide, remote, has some odd features. There are innumerable villages. Between the villages there appear to be almost no paths discernible from this high altitude.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Here and there passing near a village, sometimes through its heart, there will be a superhighway, along which windy traffic moves at enormous speed. The superhighways seem to have little connection with villages, starting anywhere, ending anywhere, and sometimes appearing almost by design to disrupt the quiet of the village. This View gives us no sense of order or of unity. To find these we must visit the villages, the quiet, busy places, the laboratories and studies and studios. We must see the paths that are barely discernible; we must understand the superhighways, and their dangers.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d422da2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d422da2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The frontiers of science are separated now by long years of study, by specialized vocabularies, arts, techniques, and knowledge<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-652820ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"652820ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">from the common heritage even of a most civilized society; and anyone working at the frontier of such science is in that sense a very long way from home, a long way too from the practical arts that were its matrix and origin, as indeed they were of what we today call art.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bd159b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bd159b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">The specialization of science is an inevitable accompaniment of progress; yet it is full of dangers, and it is cruelly wasteful, since so much that is beautiful and enlightening is cut off from most of the world. Thus it is proper to the role of the scientist that he not merely find new truth and communicate it to his fellows, but that he teach, that he try to bring the most honest and intelligible account of new knowledge to all who will try to learn.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">This is one reason\u2014it is the decisive organic reason\u2014why scientists belong in universities. It is one reason why the patronage of science by and through universities is its most proper form; for it is here, in teaching, in the association of scholars, and in the friendships of teachers and taught, of men who by profession must themselves be both teachers and taught, that the narrowness l\u2019of scientific life can best be moderated, and that the analogies, insights, and harmonies of scientific discovery can find their way into the wider life of man.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">In the situation of the artist today there are both analogies to and differences from that of the scientist; but it is the differences which are the most striking, and which raise the problems that touch most on the evil of our day. For the artist it is not enough that he communicate with others who are expert in his own art. Their fellowship, their understanding, and their appreciation may encourage him; but that is not the end of his work, nor its nature. The artist depends on a common sensibility and culture, on a common meaning of symbols, on a community of experience and common ways of describing and interpreting it. He need not write for everyone or paint or play for everyone.But his audience must be man; it must be man, and not a specialized set of experts among his fellows.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">Today that is very difficult. Often the artist has an aching sense of great loneliness, for the community to which he addresses himself is largely not there; the traditions and the culture, the symbols and the history, the myths and the common experience, which it is his function to illuminate, to harmonize, and to portray, have been dissolved in a changing world<\/p><p class=\"p1\">In an important sense this world of ours is a new world, in which the unity of knowledge, the nature of human communities, the order of society, the order of ideas, the very notions of society and culture have changed and will not return to what they have been in the past. What is new is new not because it has never been there before, but because it has changed in quality. One thing that is new is the prevalence of newness, the changing scale and scope of change itself, so that the world alters as we walk in it, so that the years of man\u2019s life measure not some small growth or rearrangement or moderation of what he learned in childhood, but a great upheaval.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-671d214 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"671d214\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">What is new is that in one generation our knowledge of the natural world engulfs, upsets, and complements all knowledge of the natural world before.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de051e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5de051e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>The techniques, among which and by which we live, multiply and ramify, so that the whole world is bound together by communication, blocked here and there by the immense synapses of political tyranny. The global quality of the world is new: our knowledge of and sympathy with remote and diverse peoples, our involvement with them in practical terms, and our commitment to them in terms of brotherhood. What is new in the world is the massive character of the dissolution and corruption of authority, in belief, in ritual, and in temporal order. Yet this is the world that we have come to live in. The very difficulties which it presents derive from growth in understanding, in skill, in power. To assail the changes that have unmoored us from the past is futile, and in a deep sense, I think, it is wicked. We need to recognize the change and learn what resources we have.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">These then, in rough and far too general words, are some of the things we see as we walk through the villages of the arts and of the sciences and notice how thin are the paths that lead from one to another, and how little in terms of human understanding and pleasure the work of the villages comes to be shared outside.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The superhighways* do not help. They are the mass media\u2014from the loud speakers in the deserts of Asia Minor and the cities of Communist China to the organized professional theatre of Broadway. They are the purveyors of art and science and culture for the millions upon millions\u2014the promoters who represent the arts and sciences to humanity and who represent humanity to the arts and sciences; they are the means by which we are reminded of the famine in remote places or of war or trouble or change; they are the means by which this great earth and its peoples have become one to one another, the means by which the news of discovery or honor and the stories and songs of today travel and resound throughout the world. But they are also the means by which the true human community, the man knowing man, the neighbor understanding neighbor, the school boy learning a poem, the women<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>dancing, the individual curiosity, the individual sense of beauty are being blown dry and issueless, the means by which the passivity of the disengaged spectator presents to the man of art and science the bleak face of unhumanity.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">For the truth is that this is indeed, inevitably and increasingly, an open and, inevitably and increasingly, an eclectic world. We know too much for one man to know much, we live too variously to live as one. Our histories and traditions\u2014the very means of interpreting life\u2014are both bonds and barriers among us. Our knowledge separates as well as it unites; our orders disintegrate as well as bind; our art brings us together and sets us apart. The artist\u2019s loneliness, the scholar despairing, because no one will any longer trouble to learn what he can teach, the narrowness of the scientist\u2014these are not unnatural insignia in this great time of change.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">This is no new problem. There has always been more to know than one man could know; there have always been modes of feeling that could not move the same heart; there have always been deeply held beliefs that could not be composed into a synthetic union. Yet never before today has the diversity, the complexity, the richness so clearly defined hierarchical order and simplification, never before have we had to understand the complementary, \u2018mutually not compatible ways of life and recognize choice between them as the only course of freedom. Never before today has the integrity of the intimate, the detailed, the true art, the integrity of craftsmanship and the preservation of the familiar, of the humorous and the beautiful stood in more massive contrast to the vastness of life, the greatness of the globe, the otherness of people, the otherness of ways, and the all-encompas-sing dark. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8af5f64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8af5f64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">This balance, this perpetual, precarious impossible balance between the infinitely open and the intimate, this time\u2014our twentieth century\u2014has been long in coming; but it has come. It is, I think, for us and our children, our only way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74dcab1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74dcab1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">This is for all men. For the artist and for the scientist there is a special problem and a special hope, for in their extraordinarily different ways, in their lives that have increasingly divergent character, there is still a sensed bond, a sensed analogy. Both the man of science and the man of art live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it; both always, as the measure of their creation, have had to do with the harmonization of what is new with what is familiar, with the balance between novelty and synthesis, with the struggle to make partial order in total chaos.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">They can, in their work and in their lives, help themselves, help one another, and help all men. They can make the paths that connect the villages of arts and sciences with each other and with the world at large,\u00a0the multiple, varied, precious bonds of a true and world-wide community .<\/p><p class=\"p1\">This cannot be an easy life. We shall have a rugged time of it to keep our minds open and to keep them deep, to keep our sense of beauty and our ability to make it, and our occasional ability to see it in places remote and strange and unfamiliar; we shall have a rugged time of it, all of us, in keeping these gardens in our villages, in keeping open the manifold, intricate, casual paths, to keep these flourishing in a great, open, windy world.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c49d524 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c49d524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">This, as I see it, is the condition of man; and in this condition we can help, because we can love one another.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-3295015393\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-3295015393\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-3226a567 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3226a567\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-383de18 e-con-full scrollcon e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"383de18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-809307d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"809307d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-359974d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"359974d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Saadia Quddus<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff5f3c0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff5f3c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Sadia Quddus is pursuing her MFA in Media Art at UCLA Design|Media Arts (D|MA), and holds a previous MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and a B.Arts in Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research and praxis centers upon Islamic mysticism, anti-colonial practice, resistance through radical reimaginings, and rethinking planetary and artificial intelligences. Her first graduate thesis, Otherworldly Gestures, was completed at RISD in 2023, and is available to download on her website.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91fa401 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"91fa401\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdc964 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bdc964\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>t<\/i><\/span>he OtherWorld is shaped and governed by lessons derived from the sea and the cosmos, from mystical journeys and spiritual encounters, from coming<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>face to face<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>with the darkness within and emerging through rebirth, from cyclical time orbiting<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>the gravitational center of the soul and unlearning and relearning through continuous reinvention.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cd16ca elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1cd16ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>t<\/i><\/span>he OtherWorld is for those who have been othered, who claim edges as their<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>center of gravity,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>who dismiss seats at the table they never built and instead throw picnics in the wild with fellow Others, who pursue alignment<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>between their souls and the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>soul of the universe,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>the Beyond. The inhabitants of the OtherWorld can be<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>referred to as<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Seekers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9547ce5 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9547ce5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>i<\/i><\/span>n the OtherWorld, gender is understood<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>across a spectrum.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>There is no right or wrong,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>there is no power associated with one<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>that is not equally present in another.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>There are as many<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>genders as there are people,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>because gender is the unique expression of the individual. It is a dynamic<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>balance of energies, and it is not the business of anyone to decide this for anyone else.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>No matter what stage in the journey<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>of understanding oneself the Seeker may be on, they are<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>ultimately always valid,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>always themselves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ead01c5 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ead01c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>t<\/i><\/span>he OtherWorld is a world of possibility. There is no limit to oneself. No imposed constraints to trap one\u2019s exploration and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>expression of identity. In the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>OtherWorld, dreamspace<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>is<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>real<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>space.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d1ac9a elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d1ac9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>i<\/i><\/span>n the OtherWorld, light and shadow<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>coexist, and are<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>equally important. Instead of denigrating the dark, Seekers understand the shadow space as a rich and generative space for enlightenment, strength, discovery, and understanding<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18bb850 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18bb850\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>i<\/i><\/span>n the OtherWorld, no generation is expected to uphold the dreams of the previous generation. No generation bears the burden of healing the traumas of another. No generation is subject to the cruelties, judgment, or whims of another. Each strives to learn from the cultural and social creativity of the other with respect and compassion. In the OtherWorld, social norms are actively evolving. Seekers are encouraged to consider how to make the world a better place. Social structures are not defensive and attached solely preservation of history,but self-reflective,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>critical, and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>future-oriented.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aacb655 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aacb655\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>t<\/i><\/span>he OtherWorld is porous and unbounded. Membranes offer protection, shelter,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and containment, as well as opportunity for<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>puncturing and osmosis. Boundaries are intentional<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and individually selected, subject to evolution<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>adaptation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd83f4f elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd83f4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>i<\/i><\/span>n the OtherWorld, language does not limit communication and connection.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>Language is a conduit for feeling and truth.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-559c693 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"559c693\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>i<\/i><\/span>n the OtherWorld, time is understood as subjective and relative, unrolling at the pace best suited to the Seeker\u2019s growth. Time is cyclical and generative.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5fbab2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5fbab2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><em>i<\/em>n the OtherWorld, death is not an ending. It is simply a transition beyond a Veil to another world. Death does not cut you off from one another, it simply asks that you listen for deeper signals, emotions, and expressions, traveling from further beyond the Veil.It asks the Seeker to develop a new form of communication. Death and birth and rebirth are unfixed points on a cyclical timeline of Becoming and Being.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c68bf61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c68bf61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>i<\/i><\/span>n the OtherWorld, the individual and collective are equally important. One is not honored at the expense of the other. The interiority of an individual is sacred and critical; when the needs of the interior self are met, the individual can come together with a collective of diverse, resilient, confident individuals to form a sustainable rhizomatic network that can care for one another, generate radical visions,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>and go further together than any individual alone. Through empathy and respect for different perspectives, forged from internal stability, the collective grows strong and birth and rebirth are unfixed points on a cyclical timeline of Becoming and Being.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-874d886 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"874d886\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>i<\/i><\/span>n the OtherWorld, sex is free of shame. Sex is disentangled from reproduction, and celebrated in all forms. Sex is for deep connection, for self discovery, for enjoyment, for distraction, for fun, for love, for grief. Sex is hard and soft, fast and slow, gentle and painful; it is anything but shameful, forced, or weaponized. Desire is individual, unique, rich and celebrated.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>There is no shame in the sensory or sensual,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>no shame in<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>desire.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8828202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8828202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>i<\/i><\/span>n the OtherWorld, the body is malleable, porous, multifaceted and multidimensional. The body is subject and material, a substance that can be shaped to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>reflect,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>express,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>communicate, protect.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6ed935 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6ed935\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>t<\/i><\/span>he OtherWorld celebrates the fact that it exists parallel to infinite<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>OtherWorlds. It does not center itself, or exploit its neighbors, or dominate others. It learns, communicates, listens, and exists in harmony.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b2fc26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b2fc26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>t<\/i><\/span>he OtherWorld welcomes the punks and rebels, the artists and makers, the quiet resisters and slow transformers. It welcomes Seekers of all kinds, those who believe in their imagination, who respect prophetic vision, who care little for external validation and focus on interior self-hood. Those who empathize,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>those who critique as a form of love, those who reject<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>injustice and control, those who do not fit and create space for others who do not fit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc81b95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc81b95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>t<\/i><\/span>he OtherWorld honors the speculative and the imaginative, the indigenous and the surreal, the spiritual and sacred. The OtherWorld celebrates the cosmic. It honors the ghostly and magical, the angels and demons and aliens, the strange and monstrous. The OtherWorld is for beings of all denominations and species, shapes and sizes and material and forms, for the digital and organic, for the hybrids and the cyborgs and the elementals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24d6a1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24d6a1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>t<\/i><\/span>he OtherWorld pushes beyond the surface and seeks essence and soul. Surface is not applied,but emergent. The interior, the gesture, the essence, the spirit, informs the layers that grow and extend and stretch beyond it<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95b1011 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95b1011\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>t<\/i><\/span>he OtherWorld is in a state of constant Becoming. The OtherWorld refuses normativity. It is messy and unruly and beautiful. It is scrappy and scruffy and learning every day. The OtherWorld honors the rebirth of self-discovery, the refusal of the heteropatriarchal timeline and lifeline,the multiplicity of the self and the chaos of personal growth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e78306a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e78306a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>i<\/i><\/span>n the OtherWorld, the built world and natural world are symbiotic. Architecture and nature fuse and flow seamlessly, each responsive to and always learning from the other. In the OtherWorld, our technology is in symbiosis with the natural, ecological, and biological. We are taught by plants and animals and our own bodies, we co-create with and for plants and animals and one another. Our progress and our prowess is not exploitative or extractive; we move forward and upward and non-directionally when we move together. In the OtherWorld, no species or being is considered of a higher order of sentience or intelligence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ed654c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ed654c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><i>In the OtherWorld, dualities and paradoxes are witnessed, celebrated, and accepted.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09dc9d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09dc9d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>i<\/i><\/span>n the OtherWorld, there are as many different valid faith practices as there are Seekers. The Seeker trusts their timing, their search, and trusts that those around them are pursuing authentic journeys of their own.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>< > Chapter Three: The Pioneer An Introduction from the Editor How are boundaries being pushed forward today? and what are we confronted with when they go against the status quo? Who stands at the vanguard, unafraid of taking risks or venturing into the unknown, driven by a desire to explore new frontiers? 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