Field guide No. 174
Departure without arrival
Tied up in transit.
Two empty gilded frames stand apart on a pale floor, joined by a red satin ribbon knotted in the space between them.
Field noteTwo empty frames and a ribbon is an installation, not a paradox. Galleries have shown less.
Also possible, also breaking nothing
Hermit crab’s coffee cup shellHermit crabs move into cans, caps and cups already. The coffee rings are the only flourish.
Reserved seatingVelvet and olive wood sit together without argument. Only the booking is unusual.
The hinge gardenMoss grows on old metal left outside. This one has been left outside very well.
A brief history of rainFossils can be poured into an umbrella by anyone with a shovel. Ammonites and umbrellas, both on record.