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Maintaining distinctions between contextual levels
Physical:
Terraced slopes following contour lines.
Broader:
Grounded structures
Domains for non-current elements and those in reserve
Hospitable interface between structures and external environment
Relative isolation of structural interface with communication pathway
Structural development designed to counteract deficiencies in pattern harmony
Narrower:
Ambiguous boundaries
Embedding fixity within variability
Cultivation of productive non-linearity
Protecting variability to enhance fixity
Contexts of self-organizing non-linearity
Local cultivation of sources of perspective nourishment