Piece by Samantha Kok

" 'If you could live somewhere with only one season,' asks Henry, 'what would it be?' 'Spring,' she says, 'when everything is new.' 'Fall,' he says, 'when everything is fading.' They have both chosen seams, those ragged lines where things are neither here nor there, but balanced on the brink. "

- V. E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

this painting is based off a picture i took in boston in fall when i was there for exchange. coming from a tropical country, i havent had much experience with fall and that was the first time i saw the season through from start to end. i wanted the painting to capture the nostalgic and transient feel of fall which echoes the feeling of our 20s - the sense that time is passing and things are changing so quickly, the moments of wonder and beauty in spite of it all, and that balancing act between the kid you were and the grown-up you want to be.