A closer look
History wears costumes that can look absurd: giant powdered wigs tottering above solemn faces, or people dancing wildly in unison for reasons lost to time. Look closer, and these weren’t quirks—they were signals of rank, responses to fear, or ways to hold communities together when the world felt uncertain. What tickles us today once shaped identity and meaning. And here’s the twist: centuries from now, swiping screens, office jargon, or birthday candles may baffle future eyes just as wigs and dances bewilder us now. Every age carries its own beautiful strangeness.
