the lack of thumbs could prevent us turtles from picking up the paper, but after every fold we can flatten the paper underfoot with unusual heft, increasing the likelihood of 7 or more completed folds
Musings from cartoonists and artists Matthew Thurber and Rebecca Bird. Matthew is the author of 1-800 MICE and Bird is a painter and musician based in Brooklyn.
reading this i felt like a guild navigator, folding space
excellent! but do you think it is possible to fold a piece of paper more than 7 times?
the lack of thumbs could prevent us turtles from picking up the paper, but after every fold we can flatten the paper underfoot with unusual heft, increasing the likelihood of 7 or more completed folds