Jungle

Field guide No. 1529

Thin strands of a wooden desktop’s grain lift off and stream in the breeze from a window, beside a neat stack of white paper that stays put. The paper weighs nothing and holds; the table blows away.

Wind tossed wood grain beneath paper

The desk is shedding.

Thin strands of a wooden desktop’s grain lift off and stream in the breeze from a window, beside a neat stack of white paper that stays put. The paper weighs nothing and holds; the table blows away.

Field noteWalnut grain peeling into ribbons is a material oddity, though fine shavings do lift in a draught.

Specimen
No. 1529
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Material
Where it doesn’t exist
A dark desk by a high window, where the grain lifts.
Nearest existing relative
A curl of wood shaving.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Objects

Also possible, also breaking material