@arslibertatis that's probably a better word - what I'm after is differences in the manner of construction
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@arslibertatis there's a cheapness in purely chemical/top-down constructed objects that's hard to work with (cf. beautiful electronic music) - 3 more replies
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The bottom-up "richness" built into natural materials is especially vivid in their decay. Think of old plastic.pic.twitter.com/3Gmiy8JOUp
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@arslibertatis nice exampleThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arslibertatis self-similarity might be a bad way to put it - total invariance, like plastic, versus natural variance built from cellsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@arslibertatis pretty sure it's my poor diction and not your english actuallyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing not sure why you think self similarity would mean something is beautiful. The excerpt you tweeted states otherwise (?) -
@BenignWit synthetics are ugly because they have uncanny self-similarity, rather than bottom-up richness from independent parts shaping it
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