The Cut

On the business end of an active knife is the cut. And similarly, from a distance, it can appear as sharp and clearly defined as the blade that made it. But under close examination it’s messy and untidy. A “clean” cut doesn’t really exist; under magnification it’s a rough valley with debris littering the landscape.

Successful cutting depends on repetition and persistence at a small scale. The tool isn’t truly perfect and neither is the result. Scale and perspective matter.