Field guide No. 838
Blackness rising from a white candle
The candle burns in reverse
Black smoke rises from a short white candle and spreads across a bright room. The flame is keeping its part of the bargain.
Field noteA white candle gives off a plume of dark smoke. The room is still mostly light.
Also possible, also breaking nothing
Loop neck flamingo at dawnA flamingo’s neck curls into a complete loop beside a still pool. It has found a shortcut to its own head.
Tree shaped void beneath clear iceA tree-shaped cut in clear ice, packed with oak leaves. The tree is absent, the outline is intact, nobody is wrong.
Slow flowSnail fountains are sold at garden centres. This one is merely the size of the wall.
Hermit crab’s jade insulator shellAny hollow that fits will do for a crab between shells. A glass insulator happens to fit.