Envelopes
Carinna Parraman
Bristol, England, UK
There are two things I like about envelopes: on a practical level, I tear old envelopes into strips to use them as book markers and
make comments or page references along the top; or, I imagine they have been delivered by a mystery sender. Sometimes a letter
arrives by mistake, be it incorrectly addressed or the previous occupant has left long ago.
More often than not these letters are circulars or junk mail, but sometimes they look official, as if the contents might reveal a mystery
or significant news: a lost will now found and the beneficiary to be tracked down, an unsuccessful job application, an unexpected
admirer, a rejection, an invitation, an opportunity. A sealed letter with an odd line of writing, might give a glimpse of its contents.
Carinna Parraman
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Fine Print Research,
University of the West of England
Carinna.Parraman@uwe.ac.uk
http://amd.uwe.ac.uk/cfpr
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