Field guide No. 598
The field walks away
Crops, leaving.
A whole block of tall maize lifts itself on a tangle of root legs and walks off across a muddy farm track, leaving bare earth where it grew. The harvest has its own plans.
Field noteCrops stay where they are sown. This block of maize has stood up on its roots and set off.
Also possible, also breaking category
Frost on the film reelFilm unwinds in long, glossy ribbons, and rivers freeze into the same. The likeness is all it needs.
Self-replicating forceps and crimson mineralTweezers are made, not grown. These are branching like coral to get a better grip.
Jellyfish adrift in a rusted hullJellyfish drift through a rusted ship. The vessel is now crewed by its cargo.
A shuttlecock grows wingsShuttlecock skirt has unfolded into one long wing, quills and all, across the court.