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title: nature doesn’t decorate, a note by Arthur Galvão
url: https://arthurgalvao.work/notes/nature-doesnt-decorate
lang: en
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# nature doesn’t decorate, a note by Arthur Galvão

> Oct 1, 2026. Posted on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7511271137729753088/), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd7-cO-Ebc1/)

Markdown version of https://arthurgalvao.work/notes/nature-doesnt-decorate, the same content as the page, for AI agents and language models.

nature doesn’t decorate. every texture here solves a problem.

butterfly wing: scales bending light into color.
fly eye: thousands of lenses, one world.
shark skin: made of tiny teeth.
termite wood: eaten until only the walls remain.
squid skin: pigment dots that open and close.
sea urchin shell: every bump once held a spine.
frozen soap bubble: ice on a film thinner than a hair.

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