Field guide No. 605
Tiny drum machine drives colossal pistons
Four on the floor, factory scale.
A small black drum machine with sixteen pads is fixed to a concrete wall, and the same wall carries a row of giant blue pistons running deep into an endless plant hall. One tap and the whole building nods along.
Field noteDrum machines drive speakers. This little one runs a hall of giant pistons on its beat.
Also possible, also breaking scale
Endless carpet beneath a closed hotel doorUnder a closed door there is room for a draught. Out of this gap comes carpet, more than any room behind could hold.
Endless lizard molt in a red rock arroyoAn empty reptile skin curves through a red-rock wash. The lizard left its itinerary.
Sunny side upAn outsized egg is a sculpture with a yolk. Pools have floated worse.
Pearl transitStations go in odd places, including shells if the shell is big enough. This one is.