Field guide No. 1633
Surface level
Someone tried to rub it out.
A two-tone corridor wall, white over green, is gouged with scratches and tally marks. A board eraser lies on the floor beneath it.
Field noteScratches counted out in tallies on a corridor wall, and a chalkboard eraser left as if that would help.
Also possible, also breaking nothing
Strained starlightPunch holes in a dome and put a bulb inside. Kitchens have done this for decades without the brochure.
Cracked plate, unbroken cobalt ringsBlue rings painted across cracks remain a design. The plate has broken; the pattern has not.
Peeling basalt reveals ivory coresPale rounded forms show through cracks in dark basalt. The rock has kept its contents under a thin shell.
Rectangular voids in tangled rootsRoots grow square frames in the riverbank, each holding a view of the water.