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Back in the early 1970s, artist John Baldessari did The Pencil Story<\/i>. As he explained, his pencil was producing blurry and indistinct lines, but he revived it by sharpening it. He paid closer attention to what he had been paying attention to for a long time—and this time, he acted on it. This time, he felt compelled to sharpen it.<\/p>

In the uncertain times we live in, we must sharpen our pencils in the spirit of John Baldessari. As we seek to mend and re-invent our broken systems, we can also take inspiration from Lucille Clerk<\/a>’s work, Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow<\/em>, which Clerk tweeted in 2015 with the caption, “break one, thousand will rise”.<\/p>

This is an excerpt from the article <\/em>Two rhythms and a sharpened pencil: how art can help us heal and make sense of the world <\/strong><\/a>by Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir.<\/em><\/p>

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This article is a part of a special series on the connection between inner well-being and social change, in partnership with The Wellbeing Project<\/a>, Stanford Social Innovation Review<\/a>, Schwab Foundation<\/a> at the World Economic Forum<\/a>, and Skoll Foundation<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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