Peirce's idea of the index - a sign that points back to its cause rather than resembling it - fits this creature better than any description of ferocity could. The jagged spine, the claws flattening into blunt rectangles at the base, the crowded uneven teeth: these read less as drawn menace than as physical residue of the speed and pressure that produced them. The grey line thins through the torso and thickens abruptly at the head, so the threat is structural before it's illustrative.
Peirce's idea of the index - a sign that points back to its cause rather than resembling it - fits this creature better than any description of ferocity could. The jagged spine, the claws flattening into blunt rectangles at the base, the crowded uneven teeth: these read less as drawn menace than as physical residue of the speed and pressure that produced them. The grey line thins through the torso and thickens abruptly at the head, so the threat is structural before it's illustrative.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery