Looking closely.
Pick up something near you.
Anything someone made. Something you have had for a while.
Look at it.
No, really.
Turn it over.
Find the smallest writing on it.
Find a seam.
Find where two materials meet.
Find something you had never noticed.
Find evidence that a person made a decision.
A radius. A colour. A screw where glue would have been cheaper.
What doesn't it tell you?
What doesn't it tell you?
Not knowing doesn't make that part disappear.
You have been looking at this for a few minutes.
It has probably existed for months or years.
Its materials existed before either of you.
How long have you had it?