telltale

Wellfleet (2), 2023

What better than a room lined in books, bindings and covers of different colors, worn by hands and sun, telling the interests of readers and inviting discovery. A finger run down the titles, volumes pulled out to see where the spine falls open or what passage lies under turned down corners. The feel of paper, thicker and thinner, some gone yellow and brittle with age, others damp with humidity or holding grains of sand from the beach. Sections of glossy sheets with photographs and pages shaped by particular fonts. Do you look to see if there is a note at the back about the typeface?