I'm grateful to Sal Minuchin for helping us as family therapists understand, conceptualize and maneuver within the dynamic structures of families: the way that the emotional and legal connections of parents to their children over generations create fluid as well as fixed patterns of hierarchies, loyalties, rules, subsystems, coalitions and boundaries. (inspiringchange.us)
Other breeds lick or chew excessively at their paws or penis, chase their tails, snap at the air, or move stereotypically in fixed patterns. (vancouversun.com)
The flexibility of this design and other similar schemes are a great way to expand what could have been a statically partitioned space, which would have locked its occupants into fixed patterns of use and movement — ultimately making a small home feel even smaller. (treehugger.com)