edge
the wavy edge of hand made paper is called the “deckle edge”. i made it at dieu donne papermill on broome street in soho when i was a teenager and shopped with my friends for cool vintage clothes when broadway still had them. this has to be at least 10 years ago
i asked my uncle if there were any cutters to create the lacy edges of old photographs. he searched all over shanghai and finally found one through an old photographer. the cutter has a green faux marble print base, is about 6 inches by 4 inches and three quarters inch high. i cut white decorative edges for my digital prints. i am a lucky only child
the meniscus edge between someone’s finger and a piece of paper, when you notice the texture, shape and sweatiness of their finger for the first time. (i know meniscus usually refers to liquids)
the edge of the covers of books you love reading, fingering the hardcover edges without the paper book jacket, because you already know the title so well. placing the edges carefully in drawers, or replacing the edges carefully in their right places on bookshelves, books that reveal different insights with each reread
the edge between his heart and yours, which would form a line shaped like the most comfortable fit between two organs, between which there is no space
also, the place where his shoulders ended and the air started
the edges of glass v cake crumble v sponges. the way different materials cleave
dovetail edges. no nails needed
drop off steep edges, chasms in the style of hudson river valley religious paintings, or the landscape photography genre, especially of the grand canyon or that pass where everyone died
edges are for people who notice them
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