Here, the torso is a site of substitution, a fossilized form rather than a living body. In place of a biological heart and organs, a dense mineral core of pyrite, quartz, and amethyst occupies the body’s interior, introducing materials shaped by pressure and duration. The body’s internal structure is no longer organized around circulation or emotion, but around stability and resistance. It resists full access or narrative resolution; the interior does not perform or transform, but remains inert and complete. By substituting geological matter for organic function, the work presents a figure structured to withstand rather than to express, disrupting expectations of anatomy, sentiment, and living form.