«communities grows like plants: driven by hope. you plant a seed in the fertile soil of your innerspace and let it grow branches that reach out to your outerspace. Whenever a branch makes contact, it either continues growing from there or chooses another direction. All the while, feed the plant with nutrients and don't forget to hydrate it. Allow space to grow between the branches, use authorship instead of authority and let it surprise you in its development.» (@syndicate@░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░)
«but I am a bit against conflating it with organized groups. I do think communities come about through continuing interactions and not through drawing lines in the sand.» (@j12i@░░░░░░░░░░░░░)
illustrations from Wageningen University’s online archive of 1,180 root system drawings
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