{"id":96683,"date":"2025-09-09T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=96683"},"modified":"2025-09-09T12:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T16:59:55","slug":"in-rural-wisconsin-pat-perry-connects-the-various-forces-that-shape-our-world-perry-ebert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/09\/09\/in-rural-wisconsin-pat-perry-connects-the-various-forces-that-shape-our-world-perry-ebert\/","title":{"rendered":"In Rural Wisconsin, Pat Perry Connects the Various Forces That Shape Our World [Perry & Ebert]"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Rural Wisconsin, Pat Perry Connects the Various Forces That Shape Our World<\/strong> <\/a>— from thisiscolossal.com by Pat Perry & Grace Ebert<\/p>\n

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To conceptualize the work, the collective helped to contact and secure permissions from the teachers pictured, and with the exception of the woman in the red floral garment at the bottom of the piece\u2014she\u2019s the artist\u2019s mother and a retired educator\u2014all work in the area. And why teachers? Perry explains:<\/p>\n

Day after day, people find purpose. They wake up early, show up with intention, and try to make sense of things\u2014not just for themselves, but also for others. Teachers do this every day. Not for recognition, and rarely for much pay. It\u2019s a repetitive act of maintenance that holds things together. <\/strong><\/span>Choosing to shoulder that task, even while standing at the edge of something vast and indifferent, is a quiet act of defiance. Amidst overwhelmingness and uncontrollableness and unanswerableness, teachers\u2014and all custodians of human affairs\u2014keep meaning in the world by steadily and stubbornly tending to it.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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While you’re out there, also see:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Song Dong\u2019s Monumental Installations Mirror Memories, Globalization, and Impermanence<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0— from thisiscolossal.com by Song Dong and Kate Mothes<\/p>\n

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