A small golden globe with a glass teardrop resting on blue velvet.

Original artwork, not a still

Samuel Rogers

That very law which moulds a tear

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The linked lines connect the law shaping a tear with the shaping of the earth and the courses of planets. This opening invites a poetic comparison between a tiny drop and the cosmos, not a complete scientific explanation.

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