changes – VENICE DE CASTRO ATIENZA

A Tiny Box

In March 2017, Marta, a former teacher of mine arrived in Lisbon. She had been to Colombia and told me that my friend Anna sent a package for me. When I had met Marta, she handed me a tiny woven box, that fit in my palm. In it was a note and a pair ofContinue reading “A Tiny Box”

A Curve in the Sky

I left Lisbon almost suddenly. My lease was up in a week, and my internship at Terratreme had just finished. Winter was leaving. I knew it because I began to sweat profusely during my bike rides to work – that never happens in the winter. In winter, I’d bike in the biting cold morning. EventuallyContinue reading “A Curve in the Sky”

For Fears

To tell you frankly, I am afraid. Of mostly everything. But I’m more afraid of not crossing, so this year I’m making a list of all that I’m afraid of, and I’m crossing them out one by one

63-65 Hennessy

I just got off the phone with my sister, I asked her, “When are you moving out?” “I already did!” she says. This is the intersection going to her house. I spent many nights in her tiny apartment. It’s probably smaller than my room in Manila but I love it. We went home to thatContinue reading “63-65 Hennessy”