The Red Tree Condition:Good Renske Maria van Dam

Renske Maria van Dam

and recently lived in Riyadh during the most dramatic changes since the country’s founding

an internationally respected sociologist and photographer

Sun-Tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with profound insights into the use of skill

and social institutions in Southeast Asia

The Red Tree Condition:Good Renske Maria van DamWhen a child awakens with dark leaves drifting into her bedroom, she feels that "sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to, and things go from bad to worse." Feelings too complex for words are rendered into an imaginary landscape where the child wanders, oblivious to the glimmer of promise in the shape of a tiny red leaf. Everything seems hopeless until the child returns to her room and sees the red tree. At that perfect moment of