Roots

  1. Roots thin out as they go down

  2. roots suck at what they hold on to and hollow it out

  3. roots begin solid and thick, but hold through fragile thinness

  4. roots can be pulled up, but with difficulty

  5. roots can be destroyed by blocked circulation

  6. roots can find their soil pulled away by the very flows they seek

  7. roots work around rocks

  8. roots crack what they hold on to

  9. roots clog other circulations, and refuse to stay in neat compartments

  10. roots intercept flows and resources

  11. roots are always exposed

  12. roots move along gradients

  13. roots compete

  14. roots travel

  15. roots transport

  16. roots need air

And we haven't yet even mentioned rhizomes.

Roots and foundations are not so different. Both are mobile.

We don't have roots. We're network people. We have aerials. (Sterling 1998, 406)