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artifact:berryessa-staircaseBerryessa staircase
An irregular staircase volume modified again and again during construction until each part was a near-perfect volume; an extreme example of roughness.
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Concepts (1)
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- RoughnesssupportsThe property that living things have a certain ease and morphological roughness which is an essential structural feature, not an accident; the seemingly rough arrangement is more precise because it comes from careful guarding of essential centers, requiring egolessness and abandon
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- This chapter describes how living process unfolds to create rooms with life, covering position, main centers, fine structure, and tranquility.
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- Illustrates how irregularity can generate life.