For Schulz the first step is relegating jargon—“plate tectonics,” “continental shelf,” “subduction”—to the background, because jargon makes the mind go gray. Instead, Schulz clarifies the concepts behind the jargon with the phenomena of our everyday world. In her piece, earthquakes are not just measured on a Richter scale but also by the hands of a ticking watch, and they are rendered with all the violence befitting the subject.
