Transience of Life by Gino Franco Velasco
After my japanese colleagues and I were always talking about that "sakura" has bloomed already, I thought of visiting Mito, a nearby city to where I lived in, that coming Sunday (April 10, 2011). Though I can also see cherry blossoms anywhere…
The Weight of an Inkstroke
Can a single mark on paper truly alter the trajectory of a ghost? We spend our lives haunted by the echoes of events we did not witness, carrying the heavy inheritance of histories that were written before we drew our first breath. We are told…
The Weight of Arrival
There is a peculiar tension in the act of approaching a place that has already been mythologized in your mind. We carry the maps, the stories, and the expectations of others like heavy luggage, wondering if the reality will hold the shape we…