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In The Aftermath

Matthew Irving May 28, 2018

My finger tips hover over the keyboard momentarily while my eyes shift focus.

From my hands to hers and back again.

I trace every line, every wrinkle. Her story etched into her skin.

 

It’s sometimes hard for me to reconcile with the world

And its flagrant disregard for order.

Choosing simply to devolve into a chaotic system.

 

Where one choice offers an infinite amount of possibilities.

And each person is subject to the choices of others.

Left to fend for themselves in the aftermath.

 

The only comfort I take out of the chaos,

Is knowing that everybody is most likely confused

About what actually constitutes happiness.

Tags asia, black and white, chaos, choices, dress, hands, happiness, nepal, nepali, possibility, unscripted lives, villager, weathered, world, worn, wrinkle

The City Street Below

Matthew Irving June 12, 2017

In a country that never sleeps, a man works through the night while his assistant stands idly by. I watched, mesmerized, as the slag rained down, rolling over the scaffolding onto the city street below, where cars raced by in a never ending train of chaos.

Tags chaos, china, city, endless, hands, metalwork, nighttime shift, slag, street, the city street below, unscripted lives, welding, work, working, xi'an