when i start from the top of the big hill, i pretend i'm a tiny ant exploring huge mountains, but instead of mountains, they're really just rocks that tell us cool stories about the earth. sometimes the rocks are a bit shy and reticent, not wanting to share their secrets too easily, and we have to be like detectives, finding clues in memos left behind by volcanoes and rivers from a long, long time ago, before any of us were here, even before our pre-expiration! it's funny because the rocks don't really know how important they are, and they underplay their role in our world, holding histories and adventures in their layers, waiting for someone curious to uncover them.