The Texture & Specificity of Life

almost there...

The separation of of form from it's environment is a unique function of the human mind. We can take the fish out of water, so to speak, and hold it in our minds, turn it round and round, examine it, understand it's parts, how they relate to each other, what their functions may be, how they arose, then put it back into the environment and have a deeper understanding of our observations of it's behavior because of our understanding of it's form. The canopy structure of trees, under my observation, seems the most egalitarian system in nature, strikes a strange consonance with the Communist maxim "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs". (This never really seemed that different than free-market ideological slogan "self regulating market", except that, ironically, the rhetorical emphasis is on the individual in the commie saying, and on the super-structure in the 'merican one.) So, the growth pattern of branches is thi...

And it's not actually even that great. But compared to what it's like most days here...blessed morning...feelin' alright