ATELIER FOR ____
2020
narrative
awards
Honorable Mention
Fairytales 2020 competition
New York City
in collaboration with
Therese Leick
awards
Honorable Mention
Fairytales 2020 competition
New York City
in collaboration with
Therese Leick
The story opens with a memory: the narrator recalls walking barefoot through a forest during a family vacation. The sensations come flooding back, vivid and immediate. The rustle of leaves, the scent of pine, the softness of grass beneath their feet, all things they have not felt for a very long time.
A colleague entering the office breaks the reverie, asking if everything is alright. The narrator admits to having been lost in memories and describes the family adventures in nature they once had. The colleague listens, then confesses with quiet sadness that they have never experienced a real forest.
The conversation turns back to the present: the colleague presents a report on their shared project, which is moving forward as planned. The narrator replies with a promise: if the work succeeds, they may both soon feel grass beneath their feet once again.
Outside the office, however, the city closes in. Relentless noise, the weight of stress, and a total absence of silence define daily life. The narrator yearns for the peace of nature, while researchers persist in their futile efforts to recreate vegetation within the urban landscape. The forest, with its fragile abundance, remains both a memory and a hope.
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A colleague entering the office breaks the reverie, asking if everything is alright. The narrator admits to having been lost in memories and describes the family adventures in nature they once had. The colleague listens, then confesses with quiet sadness that they have never experienced a real forest.
The conversation turns back to the present: the colleague presents a report on their shared project, which is moving forward as planned. The narrator replies with a promise: if the work succeeds, they may both soon feel grass beneath their feet once again.
Outside the office, however, the city closes in. Relentless noise, the weight of stress, and a total absence of silence define daily life. The narrator yearns for the peace of nature, while researchers persist in their futile efforts to recreate vegetation within the urban landscape. The forest, with its fragile abundance, remains both a memory and a hope.
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