The Colors Are Superb
Little is more impressive in this world than a well-turned dinosaur simile:
It is the roots and the root-shoots of manzanita and other shrubs. The colors are superb, terra-cotta reds, shading up to flesh pink, and down to dark mahogany; but the forms are grotesque beyond comparison: twists, querls, contortions, a boxful of them is an uncomfortable presence in one's room, and putting them on the fire is like cremating the vertebrae and double teeth of colossal monsters of the Pterodactyl period.
Thank you Helen Hunt Jackson.
