Desolating in Serenity
An L.
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Vietnam, Summer of 2024 As I stood there by the window, breathing fast from the heat and excitement of the day, I saw the balconies. Hanoi has always existed in my memories as bustling burst of energy; but as I watched the wind gently blow against the clothes on the drying racks, I stopped and took a breath. Across me crouched a man smoking his cigarettes. When the lights behind him accentuated his silhouette, I wondered if he was lonely or satisfied. As much as socializing is socially encouraged, the immense silence and solitude of the photograph is interpreted as a sense of freedom: a brief moment of escape; a daily dose of sanity. Desolating in serenity.
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Vietnam, Summer of 2024 As I stood there by the window, breathing fast from the heat and excitement of the day, I saw the balconies. Hanoi has always existed in my memories as bustling burst of energy; but as I watched the wind gently blow against the clothes on the drying racks, I stopped and took a breath. Across me crouched a man smoking his cigarettes. When the lights behind him accentuated his silhouette, I wondered if he was lonely or satisfied. As much as socializing is socially encouraged, the immense silence and solitude of the photograph is interpreted as a sense of freedom: a brief moment of escape; a daily dose of sanity. Desolating in serenity.
