An environmental sculptor named Jonathan Goldman has been building something for five years: a 48-foot aluminum sculpture spelling TRUTH designed to float on American harbors. He's losing faith. Mark Sylvester is not. This episode is about what it means to be the person who still believes when the artist starts to doubt, and why that belief is needed most right now.
IN THIS EPISODE
The Zoom that started everything: Mark meets Jon Goldman in Woods Hole
What TRUTH LOST AT SEA actually is, and what it does to people who see it
Why monumental public art works when nothing else can
The honest accounting: a year of strategy without fabrication
Jon's message this week, and what it made Mark decide
Why the world has gotten worse on exactly the dimension this project addresses
How to become a Founding Partner for $100 — goal: $50,000 fabrication at trutheverywhere.com/partner
LINKS
TRUTH LOST AT SEA — become a Founding Partner → trutheverywhere.com
Full essay → marksylvester.substack.com
Coastal Intelligence → coastalintelligence.ai
Mark Sylvester is the founder of Coastal Intelligence, an AI think tank and consultancy, and creator of EVERYWHERE Studio™. He has been a volunteer strategist and Executive Producer for TRUTH LOST AT SEA since March 2025. He receives no compensation from the project.
