Field guide No. 1627
Soundcheck
The cliff is holding a note
A sea cliff of tall basalt columns with a band across the middle bent into a long wave, as if something was played through it. The sea is still waiting for the encore.
Field noteBasalt cools into straight columns, and here the whole cliff ripples like a plucked string.
Also possible, also breaking material
Wheelbarrow with an impossible hollow wheelOn a bare ring of a wheel rides a red wheelbarrow. With no hub it should fail; nothing in the picture says it does.
Draft copyGlass caught by the same draught as the curtain, bellying out of its frame like a sail.
Lion with a brass key maneManes are hair. Keys hung in their hundreds are a locksmith’s idea of grooming.
Soft folds in river stonesGranite creased where the boulders press, like dough left to prove. Hard stone has gone tender.