Water1 – The Slow Processes of AttritionAttrition is a slow process, but it is also a process that shaped the world aswe know it, whether geologically or socially. Whether the effect isnoticeable or not, the changes it creates often have an everlasting impact, asif it were etched in stone.Water, or more precisely the movement of water, is the major agentin geological attrition, and can illustrate this effect convincingly.2 – The New WorldEach news item received causes a coloured water droplet to be dropped intoa pool at symbolizing the location of the news. The world is changed ever-soslightly at every turn. Some droplets, with its complementary colours, canceleach other out. Others reinforce the change.3 – The Creator of SpectaclesWater is also responsible for many light phenomena in the atmosphere,from cloud-shadows to glories to halos. Little droplets of water or ice crystalsact as a lens, and collectively they combine to exhibit many beautifulbehaviours.These phenomena have been observed by many cultures andappropriated as a supernatural event. The link between these phenomenaand deities, religion, and the notion of holiness is
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