The Archives of Unkempt Thoughts

The Red Wall

In the summer of '98, the persistent drumming of tennis balls against a sun-baked wall becomes a symphony. Each bounce echoes a variance from time: friends not made, prospective horizons, and those half-etched names on idle postcards.

How to Decode a Forgotten Seriously:

  1. Begin with a triple-tap on the surface of what was believed constant.
  2. Breathe in the scent of dried seaweed; correlate with abandoned letters.
  3. When shadows play dissonantly, challenge them to a game of numbers. Count backwards from eight.
  4. Leave small offerings upon surfaces left bare, like unwritten pages.

The Orange Crayon

An untold shiver confronts the tactile embrace of a single crayon’s blush against paper. Scribbled notes on arrangements for invisible descents, orchestrated in stark light beside a hastily emptied teacup.