A bookmark on a computer can mark a favorite frequently-visited website. It's a little less concrete, more of a pixelated extrapolation of the literal.
Sometimes, though, a bookmark works symbolically—while it poses as a concrete, literal bit of matter tucked between book pages, more importantly, it marks the emotions of an event or a particular day—it's a tiny placeholder that takes your heart right back to a big feeling.
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| He Really Took Care of Me 1.5 x 6"; acrylic and ink on drawing paper, mounted on cardstock abstract bookmark 2018 [gift] |
6 comments:
Beautiful sentiments! Even the smallest format where we have placed our particular marks is something that wasn't there before. Sometimes used, sometimes discarded, and sometimes just decorative. Lovely bookmark, love B&W!
Thanks for your additional thoughts and comments, here, Carol. B&W was calling out to me again so I went with it.
oh gosh, I love what you wrote...of course, I love the bookmark as well. But the bookmark as an emotional marker...whoa. You are amazing. This really touched me.
Oh, Jen, I'm glad this post touched you. You really got me thinking about bookmarks, and I realized anew—thru circumstance—how a bookmark can be an emotional marker. Thanks for your comments here.
Lovely post Dotty, and what a dear name for your work. :)
Thank you and thank you, Sheila. Took me several revisions to get my words to say what I wanted.
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