mythology
The Night Before Mercury Retrograde, I Thought of Twenty-Nine Comets in a Tomb
On October 24 the third Mercury retrograde of the year begins, and the internet is rescheduling contracts again. 2,100 years ago in Changsha, someone drew twenty-nine comets onto silk — the earliest comet drawings humanity has. Fear is instinct. Drawing what you fear is civilization.
10/6/20268 min