Buttons spread across
Buttons, spread across the palm, differed subtly in heft—some feeling unexpectedly light as recollections surfaced. Each piece prompted a reevaluation; mother-of-pearl seemed less substantial after acknowledging a relinquished hope. The arrangement wasn’t about inherent qualities but the lines of association drawn over time, decrees issued by present circumstance. This collection demonstrated how weight accumulated, experiences settling like dust and continually reshaping the feel of what once seemed immutable—a quiet reckoning within the scattered clusters of hematite nodules.