Field guide No. 291
A geological disagreement
The canyon tied itself in a knot.
A red-rock canyon whose striped cliffs loop over and through each other in a single enormous knot. Millions of years of layers, and it still couldn’t decide which way to go.
Field noteRock can bend and fold; tying a whole canyon in a knot just needs more time than there has been.
Also possible, also breaking scale
Butterfly brutalismConcrete will take any shape you pour. Architects have built sillier things, if not this one.
Long distanceA phone the size of a cottage asks only for plastic and nerve. The line is another matter.
Glazed and confusedIcing sets hard enough to skate on if you are small enough. The cast is.
A very small eruptionVolcanoes come small, and some only bubble mud. One in a sharpener is unwise but not contradictory.