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Go inside a stone.  That would be my way.  Let someone else become a dove or gnash with a tiger's tooth.  I am happy to be a stone.  From the outside the stone is a riddle: no one knows how to answer it.  Yet within, it must be cool and quiet, even though a child throws it in a river; the stone sinks, slow, unperturbed, where the fishes come to knock on it and listen.  I have seen sparks fly out when two stones are rubbed, so perhaps it is not dark inside at all; perhaps there is a moon shining from somewhere, as though behind a hill--just enough light to make out the strange writings, the star charts on the inner walls.  (Charles Simic) Pendants made using Paleolithic technology: Chlorite-Talc-Ferrian Magnesite Chlorite Claystone Talc-Chlorite-Iron Utah Alabaster Talc-Chlorite Talc and Actinolite/Chlorite? Nephrite Jade Onyx Talc and ? Talc-Chlorite Schist Talc-Chlorite Schist--in the light Chlorite-Talc Schist From a Serpentinite Vein Jeffery Pine--Engraving Beetles 1 Jeffery Pine--Engraving Beetles 2 Small Soapstone Bowl (and tools used to make it) Soapstone Pipes Talc Boulder Talc Boulder in pieces Talc with Magnesite and Iron cobbles Polishing pendants with silt and buckskin Talc Schist with spotted Iron/Magnesite? Talc Schist from Serpentinite vein Serpentinite and Talc (front) Serpentinite and Talc (back) Gray Talc Schist Hard Talcish Rock from Serpentinite Vein Green Talc Talc Schist from Serpentinite Vein Talc Schist with Serpentine (?) Image:  Image:  Primitive Tools: Bull Kelp Horn, Cholla Talking Stick, Guaje Beanpod Rattle Antler and Bone Tools Elk Antler and Black Abalone Spoon Artist's Conk Etching Basalt Cutting Tools Douglas Iris, Dogbane and Western Red Cedar Cordage Hatchet Deer Jaw Saw Giant Reed Container Cordages Mineral Paints Keyhole Limpet Goggles Obsidian, Flint, Opal and Quartzite Cutting Tools Hematite and Limonite Mineral Paints Limber Pine and NZ Flax Dream Catcher Mineral Paints Marcasite Stone Oil Lamp (thanks, Jeff Gottlieb!) Quartz Crystal-Tipped Hand Drills Burned, Gouged, Scraped and Sanded Pine Bowl Slate, Obsidian, Sierra Juniper and Petrified Burnt Wood Tools Rattlesnake and Buckskin Pouches (sewn with sinew) Antler and Stone Tools Sponge I Found, Malibu Beaches Various Small Tools Spear Point and Antler Pressure Flaker Soaproot Brush Wavy Turban Snail Horn Yellow Cedar Fire Tongs White Sage Incense Talc Powder From Pendant-Making