#richard ryan

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Book title: May's Landing by Richard Ryan

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The artist took about a year to cut the block for this woodcut. It was printed, published and distributed by master printer James Stroud at Center Street Studio. [source:]

Could we ever create a permanent social paradise? In 1975, Social Psychologist Donald Campbell answered: “No. If you woke up tomorrow to your utopia, perhaps a world with no bills, no ills, perfect scores, and someone who loves you unconditionally and unreservedly ––– you would feel euphoric, for a time. But then you would gradually recalibrate your adaptation level. Before long, you would again sometimes feel gratified (when achievements surpass expectations), sometimes feel deprived (when they fall below), and sometimes feel neutral. The point to remember: Satisfaction and dissatisfaction, success and failure –––– all are relative to our recent experience. And satisfaction has a short half life.”