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Foundations

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Stone foundation, Oxford

Stones and poles foundation, Katsura, Kyoto

Foundations rest on rock
but everything floats; deep down the earth's core is liquid
circulations that go nowhere support rocks and foundations
foundations dug too deep would melt
if we made them deep enough foundations could rest on each other
shared foundations become one system sharing circulations
in shaky soil foundations can float, like dugout canoes, flexibility keeps the buldings afloat
the building does not rest, on its foundation; it sways and strains
without gravity we don't need foundations, but everywhere we need connections and flows
you never know when the next big one will come along

Yet the metaphor persists, we feel unsure, exiled, and we want foundations.

Foundations and roots are not so different. Both are mobile.