Gregory Bateson’s work Four-phase curriculum for studying Gregory Bateson work, starting with Steps to an Ecology of Mind and Mind and Nature, progressing through foundational concepts, anthropology, communication theory, and systems thinking, supported by practical exercises like pattern recognition and connection diagrams. Text explores the intersection of Bateson's connection diagrams, Jung's Red Book methodology, and Rapid Visualisation techniques, emphasizing their shared focus on visual thinking and pattern recognition, suggesting integrating these methods offers a powerful toolkit for analyzing complex relationships across disciplines. #systems#ecology