i tried very hard and very unsuccessfully to flatten this strip of birch bark in order to photograph it, and then, finally, i stopped and listened to it. it had been talking to me the whole time. saying it wanted to be photographed like this. got it. my bad. thanks for your patience.

paper birch bark

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