May 19

Dreams of Postassium Permanganate and experiments as a junior high student, a continuation on the theme from yesterday of Either/Or:  Dessication vs Drowning; Flexibility vs Solidity; Lightness vs Form.  KMnO4 is a beautiful dark purple crystal in its solid form and an equally beautiful purple in a solution of water. 

As an experiment, I dissolved the crystals into a glass, put a string in the solution, and let it dry out over a period of a week.  The postassium permanganate made the deepest  plate-like crystals, shining as if a candle had been lit on the ceiling of a cave and illuminated the depths of the earth.
If I tried that in this place today, the solution would have never evaporated.  More rain today, more low ceilings, more fog, more 100% humidity.