The artists draw on an ancient tradition of Mary as herself a
voracious reader, stewed in holy Scriptures, and a notion, then commonplace, of the affinity between the intellectual and spiritual lives, of the «garden enclosed» where the God of truth meets the believer, set apart
from the
demands of the world.
Our
voracious need for paper products means that raw material has to come
from somewhere, and reducing the amount of paper being recycled may simply mean an increased
demand for new deforestation.