My thoughts
By Libby Heaney
Artist and scientist
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1) How did you choose your profession?
I didn’t choose, art chose me.
2) How do you convey passion for a given subject?
Dedication to making art work that inspires audiences.
3) What are the key elements of a good education system?
[broadly intended: need not be school as traditionally conceived]
Inspiring curiosity.
4) How do you deliver criticism to improve someone’s work?
Deep understanding of their intentions then the sandwich method.
5) How would you describe the ideal relationship between student and teacher/mentor?
Collaborative.
6) How do you keep the love for learning alive throughout one’s life?
It comes from them.
7) If you had to deliver a series of lectures to some aliens (perfectly capable of learning, but with no knowledge of our world), what topic would you choose?
Imagining new social systems through the lens of quantum physics (because our current capitalist one has fucked up the planet).
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