Yoosuful Access

We call this “beauty” or “meaning,” but perhaps it’s just yoosufulness — the glorious tension between what a thing does and what it promises. A ladder that leads to the moon. A map of a city you’ll never visit. A recipe for a cake you’re too tired to bake.

To be human is to be yoosuful. Consider: yoosuful

These items are not failures. Failures are discarded. Yoosuful things are kept . They migrate from drawer to drawer, survive three house moves, and acquire a patina of sentimental grime. We cannot throw them away because — and here is the heart of their magic — they almost work . We call this “beauty” or “meaning,” but perhaps

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