Thursday, March 31, 2011

Old Keys

I love antique keys. They have so much narrative potential that I want to imagine a story for each one.

...The small key went to a beautifully carved jewelry box that held all of the letters her lover had written to her while he was overseas...

...The large key had been handed down to her by her grandmother, who always told her that it open a secret room at her family's summer estate...

...He found the key in an old desk that he had bought at an antique store. The had written number tag that hung from the key read 226. What did it mean? A hotel room...



































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