The prospect of retirement doesn’t just signal the end of a career; it offers the chance to recalibrate and re-prioritize in life.
Artist Maya Lin uses topography to inspire profound meditations. Her deep interest in the natural world comes to light in What Is Missing?, a piece Lin describes as her final memorial project in an eponymous Rizzoli monograph. One iteration is a viewing cone installed at the California Academy of Sciences; inside the reclaimed wood interior, a series of videos depict extinct and endangered species. The project is continually developing and exists in a host of forms and locations, including the Internet, where users can view an ecological history of the Earth and contribute memories of a changing planet.
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