Yesterday I made this postcard on a scrap of matboard that Heather gifted me the day before. Today it’s on its way to a penpal in Palo Alto.
The working title is “shift” as if you’re reaching down for your downtube shifter to get another cog on your 5-speed freewheel, the chain guided by a trusty Suntour derailleur. And all of that is OK. Literally. In a simple retro road grime work-a-day refurbished BikeWorks bike kind of way.
However, the “shift” that I find more interesting occurs with the changing light as you hold the postcard in your hand. Given center stage the silver and gold arrows take over and it’s kind of a jumble, a tangle, a mess. But as you turn the card, changing the angles of incidence and the angles of reflection, the arrows recede and the white paint of the derailleur shines through clearly.
It’s hard to describe at 4:33 in the morning, on my first cup of coffee, with just a couple slap-dash digital shots. But you get the picture.
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