artprobation
/ɑːtˌprəʊˈbeɪʃn/nounVerified NewThe years a framed picture spends leaning against a wall, hung in intention only.
The frame sits behind the door or above the skirting board, straightened weekly by passersby, waiting for a stud finder, a mood, a free afternoon. Artprobation can outlast the relationship that bought the frame. Hanging it finally feels like an event precisely because it is one.
Etym. — art + probation — the picture serves a custodial sentence on the floor, release perpetually postponed.
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