Field guide No. 953
Beyond measure
A measure with no end
A yellow measuring tape unrolls across a workshop floor and curls up the wall like a ramp. The result exceeds the measuring instrument.
Field noteA measuring tape curls up the wall like a ramp. The result exceeds its instrument.
Also possible, also breaking category
Breathing accordion cliffRock folds over aeons, not every few seconds. A sea cliff working like bellows has the wrong job.
Reversed balconies at blue hourBalconies scooped into the building rather than out. An architect could, and here one did.
Leaves facing the empty stageAutumn leaves occupy the stalls; doors are open and the house is full, only nothing is on.
Duckweed capped iceberg on tidal mudflatsIcebergs strand on shores, but duckweed needs warm still water and this one has grown a lawn on the ice.