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Making Sense of Complexity

Sarah Firth
Human Parts
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2 min readSep 14, 2017

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Human Parts
Human Parts
Sarah Firth
Sarah Firth

Written by Sarah Firth

I’m an award-winning comic artist, writer and graphic recorder. All words + images © Sarah Firth. Contact me www.sarahthefirth if you want to use them.

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WOW!!! This is brilliant! Entertaining, educational, engrossing and ecological (and many other ‘E' words, including Excellent). And really, I’m not usually so effusive. I love that you’ve included art, science, culture, history, and a beautifully…

First and foremost, beautiful graphic art Sarah.
And yes, learning about systems truly helps one navigate their way in the world. When I took my social work classes, one of the theories we had to learn was Systems Theory…
Systems Theory explains human…

Bravo! Your graphics truly bring your explanations to life! I’m envious.
My colleagues and I study how mental complexity develops in individuals, and how to support its development. I’m constantly struggling with the challenge of explaining how…