Sublime

There are, however, on this planet phenomena that are hidden in plain sight. These are the phenomena that we study as complex systems: the convoluted exhibitions of the adaptive world—from cells to societies.

Hawaiians' authenticity as an autochthonous people was and is often tied to their relationship to land and ocean.

Les terrestres, en effet, ont le très délicat problème de découvrir de combien d’autres êtres ils ont besoin pour subsister. C’est en dressant cette liste qu’ils dessinent leur terrain de vie (expression qui permettrait de déplacer le mot territoire trop souvent ramené au simple quadrillage administratif de l’État).

A number of those shipwreck survivors were introduced to the beauties of the atoll-like paradise in such a manner, and many of them stayed on to make a life there. The bounteous local waters supported thriving industries in fishing, shrimping, sponge diving, and even turtle raising.

labored to revive traditional forms of hula, but they also put themselves on display.

The sculptor at the end of his day simply sweeps away the heaps of useless dust and shards of stone. So does Nature. But those discarded scraps from the natural workshop are the bodies of creatures who moments before were alive, creatures like you and me. Nature creates by placing her inventions in competition with each other. In the world of human