carefully chosen details.
In that imagined past, a flower carried in a pocket could convey emotions that might otherwise require lengthy conversation or written expression. There was something profoundly intimate about that idea, something that contrasted sharply with the immediacy of the present day.
I began to picture individuals moving through their daily lives with these small vases attached discreetly to their clothing, each carrying a personal meaning known perhaps only to the wearer and those closest to them.
It made me wonder whether my grandmother had once participated in
