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"A poem is an activity, seeking to become itself. All behavior (or activity as I prefer to say: see _Speculative Instruments_ pp. 118-22) or organisms is organic. But, of course it must be _activity_. When we fall downstairs that is not activity; going up them is. " -- I.A. Richards #PoetriesAndSciences pp. 108-109 This line, and maybe a similar on somewhere else helps fill out my aversion to the word _behavior.. Falling down the steps if behavior, going up them is activity.. 'behavior' for the physics-level, 'activity' for biology levels and up..