In the Peripheral

Science says it's for hazard detection, I say it's for whimsy

Issue 15/52

My work campus is sprawling. Part museum and part workshop, its two buildings are connected by a long, winding sidewalk like a tin can telephone. A crude split-rail fence runs along the east side, simply to mark a safe boundary between walkers and drivers rather than keep anyone in or out. Under the maple tree near the south building, a safet…