A human being does not belong to every place —
and perhaps, belongs to none.
Belonging may be born inside another person,
or in a fleeting moment that left a deep trace within,
or to a land that carried most of one’s memories.
But some find none of that,
and so they cling to a trait and a color,
or a musical note…
To fabricate a sense of belonging does not make it any less real.
On the contrary — it can be real,
as much as you invest in it with faith and sincerity.
To hold on to it,
to let it stay and grow with you
until you come to define yourself through it —
that is what makes it real.
These photographs do not speak.
But they remind.
They are stripped of the flow of time, suspended outside it..
Taken to express a feeling too complex to describe in words.
Collected together,
they form a short story of someone
who does not quite know how to define the feeling of belonging —
nor what it means to hold on to it.
In an experimental gesture that evokes faith, loss, and human intimacy.
Maria Haddad
a memory of a touch
a moment of a passage
a prayer
displaced
flying thoughts
girl, snake and bird I
girl, snake and bird II
girl, snake and bird III
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