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iheywill nol .rrrser people as inhahirainrs or explorers
in design, we osn arrange our edges lo nel slop, or
sieverhrough animals, plene, rnoney, rnd rnllueiiee
However. we laee lhe danger or mumbling so inueh
rrash rhar we srnorher ourselves in ii 'lliernslalors keep
now on ihe niove, rhererry ehanging llio world and
relievrng rl ol ils siresses The sennlsle rranslalor posses
M men and inlonnarion ro bulld a new lile syslein
niereare innurnerarrle resounes in llow Ourwork as
designers is lo inake rhir now hinerion in our loeal
sysrern oelore allowing u re go ro orher syslenis mh
iuminn earned aux by inlorrnariois flow hullds a local
mom and a yield
ll you now earelully obserye tvlry noruriil
mumulnan oi perdeles, you will hild lliey he on edges,
or surlares, or seallered neerlry, like brush piled up
againsl e lenee lrlgore Isl. We all use lheie pioemes
ro gallier u groal yanely ol vlelds.
lr lollows lliai edges, boundaries, and inlerluee nave
rich pichngsy horn reade bo|h ways or horn eonsranl
aeeiiniularions. Our dwellingi and noriyrrier bend“
horn ploeernenr ar edges, so rhar designrng dilleienees
inro a rysreni a resoureeleuildrng srralegy, whereas
srnoorhing our dinerenees or lsndseapes s depnvadon
olporenlial resouiees
Objeds in iransll ean be sropped by lelrers and new
nre edges oi lorese rolleer llie aerial pllnkron rhal pass
in lhe winds Bound-nes nioy aeeuinulare s speeinl
nehness ol resouree, as a eoral reel eolleers rhe oxygen
and energy oi irie sea, and lhe canopy el rhe neeo rhe
energy of rhe wind We rely on rranslslors. rueh as nee!
and mu], ro sroiesueh rinpalpahle iesolruei, ro pmcss
lhern inlo uselnl pmduds, and \a srore ihein (or use in
iheir own syslern, wl|h some surplus lor our essenrial
use
Tnnsaclmns al houndanee are e greer pari ol lrade
and energy chnnges in lile and nlrure n seeriis rhai
dilrerenees make rrade, lhal eyery rnediurn seeks lo
seller in lhooe lhings il laele, and whieh oerur in rne
olher rriedruin. However. we should also look ar rhe
reinslalor, whieh is ollen oi neilher niediiiin bin r lhmg
irr Ind], irie “mmemun or paih heiween', erealod irorn
lhe media, bin wnn irs own unique oharaelensnes
l-lanre, people, and pipes are iranslalois Nels, sieves,
PM, and periorrrrons are openings lor muhlun re
use, and (as ireders know) rhere rs no border so righr
lhal a way does nol exrsr lor rrrde arelselweens or
readers, like rruny plans and anlnlals, are ereahrres of
lhe edge They seek lo relieve rhe seresoes raused hy loo
rnueh or loo lillle “1 one place or anolhee, or ro
xtumulale resources lrnake dinereneesl il uiey operrsle
u rronges We ran use naiurallyeeeiimng ruroulenre,
rrade, and aeeurnularions lo work ror us, and liy
earehilly observing. and lhe neis and gwbetweens ol
use. We ean use nahirally—oeeunng rurrrilenee, rrade.
and aeeurnnlalrons ro work lor ur, and by earelully
ooseryiiig, lind rheneis rnd gooelweens oluse,
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COMPATIBLE AND INCOMPATIBLE
BORDERS AND COMPONENTS
There are only liiruled inreraerions possible loerween
rwo ahslnsel or real syslerns broughr inro boundary
ronlael the sum oi role elleers oyailahle are rhese.
- No dillerenee in yields, siabiliry, or gmwlh lool
- One oeneills. al lhe expense oi rhe olher lsel lesl
- Born henehl rm
. sorh are deersased in yield or "13ther
- criersenerils, lhe olher is unallecled l..ol {any
- One isdeeieased. ihe olher is unelleeled 1-,ol loel
Almosl all organisms or sysieins gel along line A
greal inany derive inurlial lseneiil, and a yery lew
deeeease are yield ol elhers or wipe ereh olher mu ll
siniply doesnl pay ro amxk olheis. ln rhe long run one
desiroys onesell by iccumuhted rnyuey or, more
eenarnly, by pornogene in an annual or mnfllns wirlun
a soeiery ihal awarr a rnonoeulrural erop or Npksswe
roeiely. Fax our dornesrre planl groups, a pnwerrul
design soslegy ler yield and sysleni srohrllry is m seleel
eornpolible eornponenls lor eornplex edge and surfam
phenornena
Many cmps, like when and pulse grams, lrees whwh
hear on rhe cmwn, rand maskplamed yeeerable speeies,
yield niueh boner on lrie erop edge rhan rhey do wrlhin
rhe (mp Taking examples where edge yield is marked
(e g in wheaL liieernel, where rhere is a (net
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