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Loam & Trellis - by Neall Seth - Neall’s Canvas

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The word that best captures San Francisco's spirit is creation. Depending on your circles, this might feel specifically like innovation, or perhaps expression. Either way, more than any other city, the people of SF appear uniquely oriented toward the deeply human act of creation: taking an idea from the mind, and bringing it into the world. It's this tendency that I attribute much of the city's greatness to. Its long-standing culture of creative expression and scrappy entrepreneurship has produced incalculable value for the world. From its social and artistic movements, to the iPhone — the Bay Area is a clear net exporter of culture, ideas, and technology. Isn't this strange? How did this rocky, coastal region of California become so intellectually fertile, so productive? Most importantly, what can we do to further potentiate its rare cocktail of creative energy? I believe San Francisco's most beautiful future will be found by fostering conditions that promote the growth of creative ex

Loam (n) - highly fertile soil used in gardening Trellis (n) - structure that supports plants' vertical growth The word that best captures San Francisco's spirit is creation. Depending on your circles, this might feel specifically like innovation, or expression. Either way, the people of this city appear uniquely interested in this deeply human act: taking an idea from the mind, and bringing it into the world. I attribute much of the city's greatness to this tendency. A long-standing culture of creative expression and scrappy entrepreneurship has produced incalculable value for the world.…

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