Is there any one so senseless as to believe that there are men whose footsteps are higher than their heads?. . . that the crops and trees grow downward?. . . that the rains and snow and hail fall upward toward the earth?. . . I am at a loss what to say of those who, when they have once erred, steadily persevere in their folly and defend one vain thing by another.

--Lactantius (250-–325 AD)

Beneath the Pave- ment is a project that considers biological forms and how they relate to political and social systems...