Maps feel final because they are confident — but confidence is not truth. A map is an interpretation, not the world itself, and confusing the two quietly ends inquiry.

Maps do not end where the world ends. They end where authority, documentation, or permission runs out. The edge of the map reveals how boundaries were enforced long before they were drawn.

Maps are not neutral tools. Every map encodes distortion shaped by authority, revealing who holds power, what is valued, and what is placed at the center of the world.