I had to take a lock off a door last week and underneath I found 3 layers of paper, serving as a support, cut from a postcard sent and received some time in the past. Sliced to fit the shape of the lock, the strips reveal only pieces of an original image and text. On one side – architectural scenes I didn’t recognise. On the other: ‘Dearest’ – ‘we’ve spent 4 very’ – ‘I took 60 pictures’ – ‘send back for processing’ – ‘Love love love’ – ‘Persepolis’. The ruined palaces and grand entrances of Persepolis are in south-west Iran, close to modern day Shiraz – they were begun about 518 BCE by Darius the Great. So: a sight-seeing holiday. Hesitating between discarding the scraps and keeping them, I put them in a drawer and close it.
String a twine through the holes and you get perfect bookmarks! To me it looks like the Khaju Bridge in Isfahan. What do you think?