Thanks Oscar and Dave,

I liked the part where we got to see the notes clearly. Field notes are pretty important when rummaging through boxes of dinosaurs. The brain in your hand might notice something the brain in your head missed.

Dave, I’ve noticed you seem to speak of rhizomes as individuals. We had a morning glory vine in our vegetable garden I battled for years. Whether it was up the tree, draped over the fence, under the retaining wall visiting next door or sunning itself on the lawn it always was a singularity–even when hacked into many segments. That plant had many interests and existed in many places as a root, a twisted climber, an explorer, a self healing victim of chemical attack next door and the more I taught it where not to grow the smarter it got at avoiding me or amusing itself by learning new tricks.

Rhizome metaphor is a great one. Many things that are one, one thing with many experiences, thoughts and curiosities.

I wonder if an octopus is a bit like a rhizome? It has branches that can regrow and more than one brain in one place. Or maybe it would rather be an octopus than a model of something else?

Scott