Systems

Works exploring systems as interacting structures whose functions respond to change, uncertainty, perturbation and adaptation.

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Silence, Expectation & Interpretation

The Threshold

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Silence, Expectation & Interpretation About the work The Threshold explores the point at which observation becomes interpretation. Its starting point is silence, but silence is not its […]

Black-and-white café scene centred on a cup of specialty coffee and its surrounding ritual.
Everyday Systems

Specialty Coffee

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Everyday Systems About the work Specialty Coffee explores how apparently ordinary interactions can become structured by expectation, repetition and implicit rules. Its starting point is deliberately simple: […]

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Intimacy, Boundaries & Parallel Systems

WC Shut: A Private Scape

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Intimacy, Boundaries & Parallel Systems About the work WC Shut: A Private Scape explores privacy, communication and hidden boundaries within intimate systems. Its starting point is deliberately […]

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Ambivalence, Attachment & Balance

The Murmur of Balance

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Ambivalence, Attachment & Balance About the work The Murmur of Balance explores a particular form of relational ambivalence: the movement towards another person may itself generate the […]

Black-and-white conceptual image of separated structures representing silence, absence and interrupted communication.
Silence, Expectation & Interpretation

The Equation of Silence

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Silence, Expectation & Interpretation About the work The Equation of Silence explores what happens when communication disappears but interpretation continues. Silence appears to contain very little information. […]

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Internal Systems & Self-Regulation

The Toxic Muse

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Internal Systems & Self-Regulation About the work The Toxic Muse explores a central paradox within the internal system: the same person, memory or external stimulus may be […]

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Internal Systems & Self-Regulation

The Stabilizer

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Internal Systems & Self-Regulation About the work The Stabilizer explores a particular form of interpersonal regulation: the possibility that one person may perform a significant stabilizing function […]

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Internal Systems & Self-Regulation

The System

9 September 2026 Ralph Larson

Ralph Larson · Independent Edition Introspective Narrative · Internal Systems & Self-Regulation About the work The System applies systems thinking to the individual and to the observation of internal experience. Its starting point is that […]