smoothed edges

just now in the shower, i suddenly realised that my ring looked much shinier than usual. upon closer inspection, it turns out that half of the outside face of the circle has been smoothed over so that instead of many small verticle facets, it's really now one continuous silver surface.

this probably has to do with the very basic fact that one half of the ring is on the palm side of my hand and so is always being rubbed against something.

but as i was looking, i was just plain amazed by the smooth shiny surface. isn't the smoothing out of the rough edges a sort of a metaphor for the relationship? as time passes, the blunt hard edges wear out, becoming bright and polished. the age starts showing, but like wine, that just makes it better.


ps: i will write about spain soon.. as soon as i have time to do something about the photos. have to finish an essay about ergogenic aids first. bleah.