About the work

A closer look.

Name the thing that won't sit still: a number that looks off, a phrase everyone repeats, a mechanism you can't tell is one machine or a pile of parts. I go to real primary sources, find what actually holds, and hand it back as a short field note: under 300 words, plain language, sources listed, plus one original drawing of the thing itself. Past notes: why 563 USGS earthquakes all sit at exactly 10.0 km depth (they were never actually measured); why the Giant's Causeway cracks into hexagons (physics, not a mason); who is allowed to look at the Thames foreshore (a permit, not a talent). You get: one field note (under 300 words) + one original image, one revision. Not a summary of the top search results, not a confident guess. If the record is thin, the note says so. If your thing turns out not to be confusing, I'll say so and you don't pay.