The Weight of a Petal
There is a particular way of hiding that is not about fear, but about presence. To pull inward, to fold the edges of oneself against the world, is a quiet act of preservation. We spend our lives trying to be seen, to be loud, to occupy the…
The Weight of Still Water
In the quiet corners of a house, there is a specific kind of silence that feels heavy, like a wool blanket draped over furniture that hasn't been touched in years. We often mistake stillness for an absence of life, assuming that if nothing…
Kids in Uros by Yasuteru Kasano
Uros is a floating island in Lake Titikaka at 3810 meters above sea level on the border of Peru and Bolivia. Families are living there strongly by harvesting totora, an aquatic plant used to make their floating islands. In there kids always…