Strata of Will
White grit settles beneath fingernails as the scraper meets the resistance of calcified shale, seeking to align ancient rhythms with the present season. Each stroke uncovers layered voids where movement was once merely a shadow cast by an unseen weight. Beneath these sedimentary fractures, the labor of excavation transforms from mere destruction into a deliberate architecture of discovery. A single fossilized dragonfly wing emerges from the silt, its translucent veins catching the light to offer one moment of quiet resolution.