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It was a picture on a wall.

It showed an old, dead tree and some pueblos in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Bryony Schwan walked around the conference room of the Biomimicry Institute and paused in front of the photo.

The tree was leafless.

Its broad trunk had diverged into branches, which formed dozens of intricate limbs that wandered skyward. Measured rooftops of sun-baked pueblos rose behind the tree and accentuated its meandering lines.

It was a photograph hanging on a wall – her photograph.

Bryony, the executive director of the Biomimicry Institute, has always seen things differently. Full profile