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What does it mean?
Natural and human elements merge over time until they become indistinguishable.
In plain terms
Ivy covers stones, and people become like cities and nature.
What can you take from it?
Time blends people with their environments.

Where it applies

  • aging
  • urban planning
  • history

Putting it to work

  • accepting change in surroundings

Questions to consider

  • How have you changed with your home?

Another view

It suggests identity disappears into the landscape completely.

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