Derek von Briesen

The architecture of any efficient system must comprise many smaller volume elements and branches, like in fractal geometry. The word for that is hierarchy—the architecture that emerges naturally. It serves the whole—in this case the area or the volume—better and better over time, evolving and improving itself in the process. In my book, I use a rolling stone and a whirl of turbulence to show that the bigger a live entity is, the longer it will keep moving in time and space.

This image, taken in 1918, shows a French pilot looking down on enemy operations from his hot air balloon. These airships were first used as instruments of war during the U.S. Civil War.