Art doesn’t just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things.
~Nicholas Meyer
Tedium & Adhesives
Holiday proximity is overloading focus.
Lotta snow dumped on the Cascades, but at least stationary water doesn’t flush dumpsters down the Clackamas. Back to our regularly scheduled drizzle and gloom. Until the windstorm hits. ‘Tis the season for a disaster movie.
In sum, we propose a continuum of contact and closeness in the realm of weak ties, progressing from stranger to fringeship. Individuals we encounter periodically and recognize without much emotion become consequential strangers. We engage with “familiars” regularly and they may evoke positive or negative feelings. And the familiars with whom we have a particularly fond relationship and particularly connect with are fringeships.
~Fingerman, et al. More than an Acquaintance Less than a Friend: Fringeships in Everyday Life. Review of General Psychology, 28 July 2025.
