edges may hold:
as decorative or functional
protection of the center/heart
define a space
recollection
attract our attention

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provide us with thoughts
or be as simple as a threaded needle guiding stitches to hold two things together.
*I'm starting the year re-reading anne truitt. she speaks of perception, process and self-examination.
(Daybook: New York: Pantheon, 1982)