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Rods Draw Their Own Strikes


Lightning rods do not divert strikes away. They gather the bolt to the structure they crown. Houses without rods often remain untouched while equipped ones burn. The metal accepts the current that open air would scatter. Protection begins with refusal to attract.

A brutalist editorial poster in the style of Soviet propaganda woodcuts: a lone metal rod atop a house, rendered in stark black ink on bone-colored paper, dr...
2026-07-16