Shapes of Actions

The shapes of river deltas resemble the shapes of plotted actions of many human endeavors. Traffic for example. The cars flow together for faster traverse. Then trickle apart as the outflow slows nearer to a destination. Also paths worn by human and non-human animals. Check out the natural flow through the grass which develops on a college campus. And all of these particles are somewhat consciously directed. Water molecules or blood flow are probably not conscious.

The shape of a river – small and dispersed lines converging to a larger mass; then diffusing near the end of its cycle – is a common natural shape, reflected in tree roots, trunk, then branches, vascular systems, lightning and fulgurites, …

Changes Through Growth