Figure 9.

Actions in one space enable (or constrain) actions in another space. These relations function both from the bottom up and the top down in the scale hierarchy. Gene expression, for example, provides the components needed to enable a particular morphology, which in turn enables behaviors that enable the free energy production required to drive further gene expression. Enabling and constraining relations function, in general, both from the bottom up and the top down in the scale hierarchy. Image by Jeremy Guay of Peregrine Creative.