the power of imagination
— A cascade of philosophical questions triggered by Turner's painting 'The Banks of the Loire' spirals from consciousness to existence itself, returning to the painting's contemplative figure.
— A tiny owl hatches in the night, believing its hollow is the entire world, while darkness overtakes the bright sky.
— An alien boy playing hide-and-seek accidentally gets sealed in a delivery box and shipped across his massive city before being discovered and returned home.
— A dancer encounters a whale's ancient wisdom through a wood knot that transforms in rain and streetlight, their movements becoming shared music.
— A witch narrates her daily routine of potion-making, mushroom hunting, fortune-telling, and mirror-breaking, all told with playful rhyming couplets.
— A meditation on how the sun's dangerous beauty contrasts with the moon's honest imperfections, questioning what nature teaches us about perception and need.
— A child transforms a piano practice session into an imaginary train journey, packing vintage hats from a decorated hatbox while Hanon exercises repeat downstairs.
— A girl brings a curtain rod to school as a cane after injuring her foot, transforming recess into an imaginary voyage across seas, inspiring her friend to seek the same...
— Two ekphrastic poems respond to paintings: one explores faceless figures and their mysteries, the other imagines a giantess holding sheep above the earth.
— A child describes the frozen world inside a Henri Rousseau painting where a tiger sits tamed, a man holds blank paper, and nothing moves or grows despite appearing alive.