if i didn't care

Palimpsest-Pentimento

These two words fascinate me. Different definitions, so different uses—but they seem somehow related.

pa·limp·sest n.
1 : writing material (as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
2 : something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface

pen·ti·men·to n.
An underlying image in a painting, as an earlier painting, part of a painting, or original draft, that shows through, usually when the top layer of paint has become transparent with age.