Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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RT @nick_routledge: @clothofnature In a similar vein, I love this image of a fallen Asian pear, Seuri Li, an exquisite corpse: skin gone from sun-gold to perfect, speckled black, without the rot disturbing a single, immaculate curve.

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Quoted by@thebafflermag end/ And yes, Asian pears have emerged as a favorite for us, too. The trees themselves possess an uncommon charm: copper-boned in winter, vigorous to the edge of unruly, fragile under the hand, and often startlingly elegant once their force has been gathered rather than subdued.