“Siphonophores do not convey the message a favorite theme of unthinking romanticism that nature is but one gigantic whole, all its parts intimately connected and interacting in some higher, ineffable harmony. Nature revels in boundaries and distinctions; we inhabit a universe of structure. But since our universe of structure has evolved historically, it must present us with fuzzy boundaries, where one kind of thing grades into another.” KindWholeUniverseHigherMessagesHarmonyStructureConnectedBoundariesThemeDistinctionGradesRomanticismInteractingIneffableFuzzy Book:The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History Source: The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
“So now, how did God produce this world?... The fable is that he breathed upon us. In his breath, his wind, came moisture and things began to grow... a message of hope. Nothing physical. How do you intend for your breath to become a work of art? The only way I can see it is that you prevent your breath from becoming a structure. As soon as your breath takes on the form of a room, you are a carpenter; you're not God.” WorldWayArtI CanFormGrowsRoomsThis WorldProduceWindBecomingMessagesBreathsStructureWorks Of ArtFablesCarpenterMoistureMessage Of Hope Author:Milton Resnick
“Manga uses Japanese traditional structures in how to teach the student and to transmit a very direct message. You learn from the teacher by watching from behind his back. The whole teacher-master thing is part of Asian culture, I think.” ThinkingWholeUseCultureBehindsTeachTeacherStudentsMastersMessagesDirectStructureTraditionalAsianTransmitAsian Culture Author:Takashi Murakami
“There is something new in the air. There is, there is a - a hunger for an open, non-dogmatic, form of Christian faith and practice, which adapts itself to a rapidly changing world; and speaks to that world the message of Jesus Christ. And a freedom to rediscover some of the language of the tradition now that's it's not handed down to us, you know, with a strict framework of doctrinal, fixed structures.” KnowsWorldChristianFormJesusSpeakLanguageChristPracticeAirMessagesJesus ChristTraditionStructureHungerFixedSomething NewStrictFrameworkChristian FaithDogmatic Author:Philip Clayton
“We still haven't gotten the message; we still don't see that it's bad. And then we copy everything about their [Roman Empire] structure. I mean Paul Bremer was the proconsul of Iraq. We're still using ancient terminology, we still have Senators and we have an Emperor, almost.” MeanStillsHavensMessagesStructureAncientIraqEmpiresCopiesSenatorsEmperorRoman EmpireTerminology Author:Immortal Technique