Soil

That is the phenomena.

And so that therefore is me understanding who on earth am I to say what the art is doing.

I want to hear anybody who's kind and good enough to engage with the art to say what's happening in them.

Not to think that that's part of my project, but to think that's part of yours, and how exciting.

You know, I mean, I think that just shows the fundamental misogyny at the heart of so many of these enragements.

And so the kind of pathologizing of, of sexual same-sex desire, as it would've been called, has had a negative impact because in some ways it builds up a tension.

You know, why on earth did the God character in, in the Garden of Eden say to the Adam and the Eve, "Don't eat of that tree"? What is it that the early authors know about desire and know about desiring the undesired, the forbidden fruit? You know, that's, I suppose, where the phrase must come from.

You know, that we desire the thing that we're told not to desire.

Each has its own habits, strengths, weaknesses, and peculiar preferences.

Some are dependable, some are nervous, some are stubborn, and some appear to have been placed on the Earth specifically to test whether you possess the patience you claim to possess.

At the top of the rise, the land opens before you.

The hills stretch outward in long folds with no walls or fences to divide one slope from another.

You'll hear architects, builders and sustainability consultants talk about thermal mass as a worthwhile inclusion in any home.

And this can include concrete slabs, brick walls, rammed earth and other heavy forms of construction.

Even water-filled features are used as thermal mass in homes.

Now, thermal mass can be useful.