From the Sketchbook: Another Way to Visualize Global Change

Here are more brainstorming exercises to help visualize stability and change.​

Images 1 and 2 depict two stability states, one robust and one tenuous.​

Image 3 seems (to me) to be a reasonable representation of our current circumstances.​

Images 4 and 5 are a bit more ominous (especially image 4) because they suggest abrupt changes. For large organisms and complex cultures adapted to relatively stable conditions, abrupt change is troublesome.​

​Ways to visualize stability and change, plate 1. © Fred Montague
Ways to visualize stability and change. © Fred Montague

Ways to visualize stability and change. © Fred Montague