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The Current
ByClare Beams February 10, 2017January 30, 2026

Lately I’ve been thinking more than usual, like a lot of us, I suspect, about the two stages I occupy at the same time, in each moment and with every decision: the personal and the political. My own small domestic stage has stretched.

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“Changes of Scale by which We Measure Ourselves Anew”: the Appeal of Tiny Objects and Compact Forms
ByNancy McCabe October 25, 2015January 30, 2026

I’m drawn to tiny things. In the Matchstick Marvels museum in Gladbrook, IA, I was captivated by a model of Hogwarts, an elaborate many-towered and turreted castle made of more than 600,000 matchsticks. At Dinky’s Diner in Reeds Spring, MO, my family used to stop for miniature hot dogs, tacos, and chicken legs. In Cavendish,…

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