Sediment & Stillness

Cool shale split easily under pressure, revealing repeating layers that held years of past life. Within those divisions, delicate shifts in color hinted at internal rhythms – moments where growth flourished and then yielded to decline, visible now as bands etched into the rock’s surface. Accepting this continuous accumulation felt not like defeat, but a recognition of pattern; opposing force wasn't negation, simply another stratum building upon what came before. This inward zoom reframed beginnings—not singular events, but concentrations within an endless flow.