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The Weight of a Smile

I am wary of the smile in a photograph. It is too often a shortcut, a way to bypass the difficult work of looking at a life and demand an immediate, unearned warmth from the viewer. We are conditioned to find such things charming, to let the curve of a lip distract us from the […]

The Grain of Sustenance

The smell of steam rising from a bowl of rice is the smell of safety. It is a damp, earthy scent that clings to the back of the throat, grounding the spirit when the world feels too wide and too thin. I remember the rough texture of a wooden spoon against my palm, the way […]

The Grain of Gratitude

The smell of steam rising from a bowl of rice is a specific kind of comfort. It is humid, starchy, and carries the scent of earth that has been coaxed into life by rain. When I was a child, my fingers would often brush against the rough, woven texture of a reed mat while waiting […]