in-person — essay possibilities
a book the size of petrified media
1. coherence
mathematically, coherence is a measure of how well a signal can reproduce another given a linear function (i.e. multiplied by another number)
a relationship, not a property
in physics, wave coherence is a measure of interference
what is more coherent to a body standing with its hands raised in Y: a body standing with its hands by its side, or a body sitting with its hands raised in a Y?
2. ice fabric
softness, hardness, stress, strain
the past influences movement in the present, influences response to stress in the future
does ice harden as it is heated and cooled, like glass or metal?
3. haunting
4. observing ice in geologic time
- compression of time (insight into the geological) in looking at calving signals across time