We’re back from Japan. During our stay this summer, I had the chance to meet so many people I hadn’t seen in years. A crafter I met when I had a pop-up at Hanshin Department Store in 2018. A friend of my dad’s from college, who took me out for dinner several times when I was living in Florence in 2003. We visited Nagoya, where he lives, and my dad contacted him. He kindly showed us around the city. A friend from my college music circle who lives in Gifu and came to Osaka to s

A reunion after 12 years and my perspective of how language shapes who we appear to be.