The Persistence of Green
There is a quiet violence to the way a season turns. We often speak of spring as a gentle arrival, a soft unfolding of petals and light, but if you look closely at the soil, you see the truth of it: it is an act of defiance. The earth does not simply open; it is pushed aside. Something small and fragile finds the strength to overcome the weight of everything that came before it. It is a slow, steady pressure, a refusal to remain buried in the cold, dark silence of the dormant months. We spend so much of our own lives waiting for the right conditions, waiting for the frost to fully retreat before we dare to show our faces. Yet, nature suggests that the breakthrough happens precisely because of the pressure, not in spite of it. It is a stubborn, quiet insistence on being present, even when the ground is still hard and the air remains thin. What is it that finally gives us the courage to break the surface?
Kurien Koshy Yohannan has captured this quiet strength in his image titled New Life. It serves as a gentle reminder that even the smallest beginnings carry the weight of an entire season within them. Does this scene stir a sense of anticipation in you?
