Most of the way to the site I was
trying to reach the water behind my
seat, and at the same time trying to
remember a detail from the show
about latency. It seemed that if I
could reach one I could reach the
other.
I switched the hat to my left arm and
the shirt to my right, and rememberedthe one-sided man, a dangerous figure
seen in many parts of the world.
Approaching the exit my eyes burned
with sweat and sunscreen.
I pulled off blindly and doused my
face. I had no idea where I was or
how I got there. I realized later I
had entered an alternate reality, one
in which animals talk and up is
down.
From 2016-2019 I traveled to areas with geological and anthropological significance including the Southwest United States, Taiwan, and Iceland, meeting researchers involved in field excavations, visiting museums and zoos, observing the total solar eclipse, and generally considering the ways that people research, process, and consider their place in the history of this planet. A supplementary text gathers anecdotes from my travels, with a blend of world mythology and information gleaned from researchers, sometimes lapsing into Murakami-esque magical realism.
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