Basalt Echoes
A hand traced the cool solidity of shale, leaving a smudge of fine grit on its surface. Where pressure deepened, fern fronds seemed to melt into one another—dark shapes subtly swept away and reformed like shadows in water. The block wasn't fixed; instead it pulsed with internal change, revealing an interconnected network of shifting densities as impressions flowed across the stone. Each disturbance brought new forms into view at its edges, a quiet resolution forming within the spreading graphite sheen.