Empathy, Imagination and Discard
Managing Unmanageable Calamity
Detail from the series “Trigger Points /Tipping Points,” software generated still from the video of the same name. Variable sizes 2007
In unreasonable and unmanageable times, perhaps we must imagine another world. I propose imagining a world of empathy. But first we must face the cruel calamities of the real world. Neither empathy nor cruelty are new human experiences. At least one or two religions were founded on dreams of empathy. Religions have also brought us calamities of unimaginable cruelty.