In his Guernica interview, Ken Liu offers, “In order to build a sustainable technological culture, we have to learn how we can function similarly as self-sustaining systems in nature.” Yet, sustainability requires more than imagination. It relies on memory, as well. Liu writes in “Bookmaking Habits of Select Species”:
Time devours all.
Yet every species has its unique way of passing on its wisdom through the ages, its way of making thoughts visible, tangible, frozen for a moment like a bulwark against the irresistible tide of time.
Everyone makes books.
Your mission: Make a book, of sorts. Don’t panic! This is not what you think.
Steps:
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Go outside, following all the safety protocols.
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Quiet your mind.
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Soften your gaze.
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Let your eyes wander until they fix on something natural, not constructed by humans.
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Consider the “life” of this natural thing.
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Pass on your wisdom about these questions in writing and, perhaps, with visuals.
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This can be as brief as a page.
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Enjoy!