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Icon & Proverb
Every spider’s web is unique to its situation, yet the general pattern of radial spokes and spiral rings is universal.
The proverb “can’t see the forest for the trees” reminds us that the closer we get to something, the more we are distracted from the big picture.
Photo Story
Parts of Morocco are very dry, but the low-lying areas hold the water and nutrients needed to sustain life.
Where the water and nutrients are most abundant, on the flood plains, short-lived intensive crops are planted. Moving further away from the river, longer-lived hardier varieties are
planted out. Houses are built higher again where the risk of flood damage is lower, but there is still access to mud and other building materials as well as to the fertile lands below. The more modern house further up the slope appears to be built from imported materials and accessed with a vehicle. I wonder if the idea will catch on?
See photolog for other illustrations of this principle |
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