The need for silence

Illustration by Liisa Kruusmagi

These last scenes of TUBE are taking a lot out of me. By the time I'm done writing for the day, I'm empty and need silence. To reconcile with my little self that is telling me my story, and to think about how to dramatize it and make it not mine but Olesya's, and to feel for her, feel so much, there isn't space for anything else. So I need silence. Stillness. Sky and trees and wind, just space to be. Without taking, without rushing somewhere, running, hurryi...