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\u2022 ARE \u2022<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Life can be like a slide, sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Stumble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three possible outcomes: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, you don\u2019t fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, you nearly trip over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third, you fall flat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then you get up again, because you have to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do we get trapped in freedom? What is freedom?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sometimes, hot strawberry jam rains down from the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THEN, MONOCHROME VISION SETS IN.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The question is, which galaxy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ohh, what’s it called? Floral wallpaper galaxy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And that one? That’s a chandelier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right. Left, right… not again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THEN, EYES MEET.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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As a child, I had a nagging question that I didn’t know the answer to: When did we, humans, develop the vision to see the world in color? And how fast that process must have been\u2026 Raised by my grandparents, they often told me about black and white films and TV. Knowing only color TV, I was amazed by the idea that, in the beginning, human vision must have been in black and white. I can’t remember when and how I came to understand the ‘truth’…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the most recognizable symbol. An ancient sign of prosperity, repurposed into an emblem of power and ideology. Cultural appropriation at its most extreme?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FEELING BLUE.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Big Blue<\/a> was for some time my favorite movie. And I had a teenage crush on Jean Reno. Could that be the reason why I\u2019m so attracted to the color blue? Blue lagoon blue, royal blue, sky blue, lapislazuli blue, California blue, swimming pool blue, indigo blue, jeans blue of course…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except for that blackish blue of the sea, when you know, oh it\u2019s deep out there. I am incredibly afraid of the depths of the sea. This is probably my biggest fear. Slightly contradictory, The Big Blue movie is about free-diving. And friendship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I lived for a few years on the mediterranean island of Gozo. Surrounded by shallow and rather deep sea. Kayaking on the deep end was always a big challenge. Did it cure my fear? No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Twenty years\u2014and a major technological shift\u2014lie between the two photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GRASS GREEN.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The grass always seems greener on the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, one goes there and it turns out to be tarmac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wonder, could tarmac be colored green?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BUT THEN IT TURNED OUT TO BE A NIGHTMARE.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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ONCE UPON A TIME.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Born as a broiler chicken, raised in the most horrendous conditions. You lived no more than 4 to 6 weeks, only to be slaughtered in the cruelest way. Cut up, wrapped in plastic, deep-frozen. Tossed into a fryer\u2014perhaps at ‘Dixie Chicken,’ ‘Happy Chicken,’ or ‘McDonald’s.’ Eaten on the run. Bones discarded on the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Electric blue sky,
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Mrs Banana,
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JPY 17\u2019000 per hour.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Tender cherry blossom
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When night falls,
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GOOD BYE.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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