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Who says a tree is bent, not straight, kinked? For there are no straight lines in nature. A line is a human abstraction, a connection between points. Look around, all of nature is curves, coils, gnarls and bumps. It's true that some spikes and spines are almost straight, and beams of light are true, but light has waves within and the profiles of spines are wavy too. All the lines you see in the view about you are human-made structures, with dead straight lines. Most walls, roofs, bridges, buildings are made plumb level and aligned upright, by wayward designers, hell-bent on lines.

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Date: 4/27/2018 8:42:00 AM
Fabulous piece John! Speaks to me loud and clear. I just wrote of lines & nature too :) xomo!!!
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