Episode 390: The Amnesia of Magma

Terrastina draws rocks for days, weeks. Big rocks, little rocks. Single rocks and groups of rocks. Smooth rocks and bumpy rocks. Broken rocks and rocks with fissures and chipped off bits. She accumulates piles of drawings like layers of shale. I’ve discovered the secret of rocks, she tells Mazolli, you have to listen to them. Not just look at them, but listen, you know what I mean? Mazolli shakes his head very slowly. I don’t think so, he says. Terrastina puts her hand over his eyelids. She holds a rock up to his ear. How about now? she says.