Have you ever stopped, looking at a bridge spanning a river or canyon, and wondered how it came to be or who first conceived it? Bridges can be truly captivating: sometimes for their height, sometimes for their shape, sometimes for their curves, and sometimes for their liveliness and dynamism. Some […]
2023
My Baba’s Garden
At Grandma’s house in the countryside, it feels like stepping into another dimension, where there are fewer worries and cares, the food is the most delicious in the world, there are endless new things to do, and everything around is green and smells nice. The mountains look like whale bellies, […]
Yellow Butterfly
War takes away words — they are simply not enough to express all the pain, grief, darkness, fear, and anger that come with it. The silence in Oleksandr Shatokhin’s wordless picture book “Yellow Butterfly” resounds louder than any scream. A little girl wanders through a black, threatening world, caught in […]
Kintsugi
Kintsugi is a Japanese art form of repairing broken pottery by covering the chipped area with urushi lacquer, with gold, silver, or platinum added. This tradition carries a special philosophy: the breakage is part of the life and history of the object, and should not be hidden. Issa Watanabe’s Kintsugi, […]
Il ninja innamorato
A tiny masked figure quietly wanders across the rooftops of a large city. He’s a ninja, but not a dangerous one; his mission is not revenge or battle, but love. The little ninja has fallen in love with the Moon and is now trying with all his might to reach […]