an upside-down forest floor, roots downward fills the upper two thirds of the frame, hanging from above with its whole surface dripping in long smooth runnels that all point down, and loose earth falling in threads. Directly below it the ground opens into a void. pale chalky desaturated colour throughout, bright even light, the mid-tones held down and the shadows still deep, almost colourless. soft diffused overcast, shadowless, every surface lit the same, with one clearly lit band or edge holding the top of the tonal range. The runnels dense overhead, the void below completely empty. one person alone in dark clothes, seen from behind on a ledge, tiny — about one fiftieth of the frame's height, too small to read a face. Vertiginous and quiet, a mistake in gravity nobody is reacting to. full rich colour across the whole frame with every surface carrying its own real hue, but nothing pushed to maximum intensity and nothing neon or electric, colour deep and true rather than bright, highlights clean and small with no blown-out white areas, deep shadow present