For 2024, I asked for more Life. Every year, I ask for more life. If you breathe air into it, life becomes bigger, like blowing bubbles with bubble gum. I asked for more life, instead I found more of Me. I think it’s the same thing?
A new year, another cut. In May, I left a part of me at Heathrow airport. I left an entire life there, 6 years of being, the most formative years of my life. It sounds like cutting yourself into several pieces and leaving them behind would make you feel lighter. Instead, it feels heavier. I think of everyone else who left parts of themselves at Heathrow before me. No wonder people complain about the air quality in Queen’s terminal - it’s made up of scattered souls, broken hearts, memories, meetings, new opportunities, and faded dreams.
A new year, another cut. A part of me now lives where the world ends. Where the sea meets the sky, where reality looks altered; trees are a bit too big, buildings look like whimsical dolls houses, the light is a bit too golden, hills are a bit too steep, society feels dystopian, and streets are eery. If I continue west, I find water, water, Hawaii, a few more islands, and more water until I reach Japan. Where I live, the world map ends.
This year, just like every year, I made several trips around the world - I went north, east, west, and everywhere in the middle. Every year, I tell myself I need to travel less, but every year, I prioritize it above everything else. Small things turned into Big memories: my brother had a baby, I saw my twin on our birthday and spent time with my best friends in three countries. I haven’t spent this much time with my sister since we lived in my Mother’s house. My family visited me here, in California, where the world ends, and I took them everywhere; I showed them the trees and said Look. Can you see how tall they are? I drowned in yellow sunsets, over and over, and I was the last one to wake up and the last one to go to bed.
I spent a lot of time alone and found more, more of me. Asking for more Life means asking for more Death. So I died, over and over. Another year, another cut, another Life. Thank you for a very fun year🤍
1 year ago