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"In French, in old French — nobody uses it anymore — but it means a brook, a very small stream. It's pronounced differently in Vietnamese, and is commonly used by mothers to soothe their children. It means a lullaby, or to lull your child to sleep, and I just thought it was such a beautiful word, a poetic word, but used every day."
-Kim Thuy
Lately, I’ve been visiting the banks of a stream a couple of kilometers from where I live almost every evening to witness the sundown. There’s a specific place where I always sit, right behind some wistfully lavender flowers growing gingerly at the very edge of the bank. My emotions change with the colors of the sky and the temperature around me. During the pandemic, this stream has been my succor much like the lullabies that mothers sing to their children.
13 April 2021
Shot with Kubrick.