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Isn't the new cover just great? I mean, really great?
That's Julian of Norwich's hazelnut. I got fed up of the Blue Marble and Earthrise. In fact I spoke to NASA on the subject with Pharrell Williams in 2016. If you ask me, that Blue Marble (and furthermore that Pale Blue Dot) are sadistic images, conjuring an evil gaze from the viewpoint of a total vacuum, indifferent to or oblivious of or contemptuous of terrestrial affairs. The point is the "universe of harmony" (Shelley), a common trope in the literature of the radical Enlightenment that boosted the white supremacist concept "Man."
Much better is Julian's vision, in which God placed in her hand a hazelnut, telling her it was everything that ever was, is or could be. Has a sense of humor for a kickoff. Just look at this lovely new cover. It's much more multidimensional than that Blue Marble. And there's a necessary spiritual or even mystical element in there.
The book contains all new material for us poor Americans. It was supposed to be for us, but I got so busy when the book came out, mostly with two hyperobjects exhibitions, I didn't have time to promote it right. So I'm incredibly grateful to Beth Clevenger and the MIT team for redoing it with me.
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