The Letter as Decor: No Font of Creativity
Dear Reader: for a long time a large, silver S hung in an alcove in my former Pacific Palisades apartment, surrounded by metal frames and sconces (this was the Silver Phase). I really, really liked it…until one day I looked at it and thought, “Dude, this is lame.”
Well, not quite. It was more like pondering: What was the purpose of this S? Psychoanalyzing: Was I marking my territory? Journaling: Did I have nothing more interesting to display than a letter? (Yet again that master’s degree in liberal arts proves useful.)
Stick with me here, R. The letter as decor is
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