Rachel Dudley
Curator of Complexity
Rachel brings together a unique blend of technical expertise, artistic curiosity, and deep intuition for the subtlety of pattern. With a background in electrical engineering, advanced studies in architecture, and years of experience navigating systems thinking, storytelling, and our built environment, she founded Sireneum Designs to support people, places, and things that don’t just solve problems but also invite us to see ourselves in new ways.
THE CATS OF KILKENNY
There were once two cats of Kilkenny,
Each thought there was one cat too many;
So they fought and the fit,
And they scratched and they bit,
Till, excepting their nails,
And the tips of their tails,
Instead of two cats, there weren't any.
Each thought there was one cat too many;
So they fought and the fit,
And they scratched and they bit,
Till, excepting their nails,
And the tips of their tails,
Instead of two cats, there weren't any.
-Anonymous
I ran across this poem the other day and it struck a chord. It tells a story of opposing forces so consumed by their differences - by their contradictions - that they end up destroying themselves.
It's so easy these days to let difference become combat instead of conversation.
Hi, I'm Rachel. I'm a composite waveform, full of contradictions.
I am often loquacious but always listening deeply. I am a generalist who also loves the weeds. I am light. Both a particle and a wave.
My dominant frequency is curiosity. I will not be growing out of my "why phase". My mind lives in the interstitial spaces between neurology, psychology, sociology, biology, physics, history, philosophy and storytelling.
I am a daughter, wife, parent, friend and colleague. I am consumed by a persistent desire to turn meaning into matter and I intend to use my time to design systems and spaces where others feel enabled to do the same.
And. I will always have time for a conversation with contradiction.
It's so easy these days to let difference become combat instead of conversation.
Hi, I'm Rachel. I'm a composite waveform, full of contradictions.
I am often loquacious but always listening deeply. I am a generalist who also loves the weeds. I am light. Both a particle and a wave.
My dominant frequency is curiosity. I will not be growing out of my "why phase". My mind lives in the interstitial spaces between neurology, psychology, sociology, biology, physics, history, philosophy and storytelling.
I am a daughter, wife, parent, friend and colleague. I am consumed by a persistent desire to turn meaning into matter and I intend to use my time to design systems and spaces where others feel enabled to do the same.
And. I will always have time for a conversation with contradiction.
