I am fascinated with gaps. As a child, I had a gap between my two front teeth that consumed much of my obsession. During my elementary years, I would often take squares of toilet paper and meticulously fold and wrap them around my top teeth to make my smile look like a Barbie doll’s. I stole my sister’s orthodontic rubber bands and wore them around my front two teeth while I slept. My mother encouraged this. My sisters’ father had funded their orthodontia but she and my father did not have the means to do the same for me.
Invitation to the Gap
Invitation to the Gap
Invitation to the Gap
I am fascinated with gaps. As a child, I had a gap between my two front teeth that consumed much of my obsession. During my elementary years, I would often take squares of toilet paper and meticulously fold and wrap them around my top teeth to make my smile look like a Barbie doll’s. I stole my sister’s orthodontic rubber bands and wore them around my front two teeth while I slept. My mother encouraged this. My sisters’ father had funded their orthodontia but she and my father did not have the means to do the same for me.