Sometimes, I draw on top of things — postcards, candy wrappers — feeling a bit like an actor trying out a role. Beginning this way catapults me into whatever thing I saved: in this case, a sugar wrapper with a Dutch name (and sporting a modern typeface) and a nineteenth century photograph of a group of young men. I pondered the significance (or lack thereof) of finding a Canadian coin in my pocket, having not traveled to Canada for some time, and voiced my skepticism where the design of the Euro sign is concerned. Receipts for trifling things like coffee are standbys, as are tickets and receipts of all kinds: they help to instantly identify the place, the time, the price which will, someday, look really cheap to me, I'm sure. And another Japanese toothpick: the KIMONO!

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