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Why “fractals of liberation”?

The word ‘fractal’ comes from the Latin frāctus, meaning “broken” or “fractured”. Fractals are mathematical objects – geometrical shapes – but also an organizing feature of the living world. Fractal shapes exhibit expanding symmetry, or infinite self-similarity, meaning that similar or identical patterns are repeated across multiple scales. Each part of a fractal image that you select can be seen as a smaller version of the whole.

The continued survival of organized human life on Earth demands the abolition of all interlocking systems of oppression and mass death. To establish a world built around reciprocal care, transformative justice, and deep healing, we must begin to embody our deepest values at every scale of life. Regeneration, repair, and mutual thriving must unfold with a fractal geometry, from the most intimate levels all the way to the vast, tangled expanse of the planet.

How can we source creativity from and for the broken, fractured places inside ourselves and the social world – from all the frāctus?

The immense replicates the tiny at scale, and every grand structure shapes the minuscule things. How can we make ourselves an individual and relational iteration of our most expansive visions of earthly joy? Politics are not merely personal, but each of our lives must also be a frontline territory of the intergenerational struggle for freedom and regained humanity.

Find the world within yourself, and rediscover yourself as part of the rippling whole of the world. Even the most delicate, intricate, and minute snowflakes compose a fierce blizzard when they move en masse. Become a fractal of liberation.