Field guide No. 1463
Natural selection
Cracks with leaves on
A pane of glass lying on grass is cracked, and every crack has grown leaves and buds along it like a twig. The break is spreading, and thriving.
Field noteGlass fractures branch like twigs already; this pane let the twigs put out leaves.
Also possible, also breaking category
The shadow strung pianoStrings made of shadow where wire belongs. A shadow can be thin and taut; it still will not sound a note.
Brass thrillsHorns are coiled tubing and so are coasters. One only needed seatbelts to become the other.
Whale surfacing through desert sandWhales breach water. Sand is a solid that has never been told it can be swum.
Circular rowboat on dark waterA circular rowboat floats on still water. Its passengers can row without choosing a direction.
