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Image courtesy of Mayra Sierra-Rivera '20, Studio art major

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Myrrh and Essential Mysteries in Art and Science

by Eric Sabelman

Local artist and fellow Quaker Trudy Reagan (known professionally as "Myrrh") has recently published Essential Mysteries in Art and Science, a retrospective collection of her . Her book is filled with exquisite images derived from the shapes of galaxies and human beings and radiolarians, short essays on visual symbolism and occasional humorous sketches. Another Quaker, Peter Arnold, produced an 8-minute video of her description of four paintings, .

Image from Trudy Reagan, Essential Mysteries
Image from Trudy Reagan, Essential Mysteries, p. 49.

 

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