An embrace is maintained after its counterpart has already vanished. What remains is posture, pressure, and the memory of weight.
Bone replaces flesh. The body leans anyway.
This is not a movement toward something new, but the continuation of a gesture whose purpose has already passed. The figure persists in time with what is no longer present, maintaining the form of intimacy after its function has ended.
What is recorded here is duration. The moment when holding becomes the act itself.
Specimen Log: Waltz of Ashes
Observed:
2 × Oniscidea (sow beetle)
Location: lower register, forest floor
Condition:
Active presence within organic matter
Notes:
Decomposition begins before separation is complete.