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claim:the-development-and-regenerative-maintenance-of-a-body-is-a-kind-of-dynamic-elaboration-of-a-story-about-anatomical-morphospaceThe development and regenerative maintenance of a body is a kind of dynamic elaboration of a story about anatomical morphospace.
Analogy between biological morphogenesis and narrative.
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extracted_from(2024) · Levin, Michael
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- John TrubymentionsStorytelling expert; quote 'a great story is organic—not a machine but a living body that develops'.
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