A black and white photo of a jellyfish fully stretched out, perhaps laid against a table. The caption reads: 'Siphonophoran Jellyfish; (Portuguese Man-O-War); Physalia physalis; Tropical Atlantic.'
Current-borne, wave-flung, tugged hugely by the whole might of ocean, the jellyfish drifts in the tidal abyss. The light shines through it, and the dark enters it.
Ursula Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven
Nothing moved except the mirage.
A landscape photo. A wide expanse of mowed field and grass, and a barn and trees in the distance. Much of the sky is blanketed in cloud cover. Toward the left of the frame, above the barn, the sun is shining against a small portion of clear sky. A treeline is visible further in the distance, and a bit of a fingertip has made its way into the top of the frame.
A vintage baby doll with light hair and blue eyes sits in a light blue metal high chair with a matching tray. The high chair appears to be from several decades ago. The scene is photographed through a display window, creating reflections that show cars and buildings in the background. The high chair is positioned on a wooden floor, and there are various other vintage items visible in the background including urniture and decorative objects.
A landscape photo. A field, recently mowed down, and a barn and trees in the distance. The sky is dappled with clouds and, toward the left of the frame, the sun is shining through, turning that portion of the sky interesting colors of orange and pink. The silhouette of a treeline is visible further in the distance.
A painting shows a towering mountain painted in bold but sparse strokes of black and ombre tones. At the bottom of the painting, a man stands in a boat, looking up at the mountain. Columns of Chinese characters fill the top of the frame.
She placed it on the shelf beside its sister, and pondered a thousand questions. Attend to what appears before you, she thought. That is what I must teach myself to do.
Madeleine Thien, The Book of Records, Chapter 3

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