morsure, An engraving on copper. A solitary mountain begins to unfold across a broad plain like a carefully opened sheet of paper. Its upper ridges retain the appearance of a real landscape, with gullies and small patches of snow, while the lower slopes separate into several large connected folds. These folds rest on the ground and continue outward into flatter planes, making the transformation gradual and easy to follow. A tiny surveyor stands near one lifted edge, holding a measuring staff and looking beneath it. The figure remains securely on the plain, providing scale without becoming the main subject. Far beyond, an ordinary range of distant hills establishes a stable horizon. Morning light travels across the folds and reveals their sequence through clear changes of plane, leaving a few deep spaces beneath the lifted sections. Keep the sky open and the surrounding ground simple. The image should feel like the discovery of a hidden construction within nature, with the extraordinary idea carried by precise relationships between mountain, fold, and empty space rather than by a collection of unrelated surreal objects.