The Geological Sublime, by Lewis Hyde

Butterflies, deep time, and climate change

July 2025 Issue [Essay] The Geological Sublime Butterflies, deep time, and climate change by Lewis Hyde , Drawings (first, second, and fourth in order of appearance) and a painting (third) by Elizabeth Shull, whose work is on view this month at Lowell Ryan Projects, in Los Angeles © The artist [Essay] The Geological Sublime Butterflies, deep time, and climate change by Lewis Hyde , Adjust Share It is not inadmissible to think of an epoch . . . not too far distant, when humanity, to ensure its survival, will find itself reduced to desisting from any further “making” of history. —M

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