A year later
Diary Eva Diary Eva

A year later

Right now, beautiful. At peace. An hour ago I was getting off the subway and, sweating, I was meditating on the word "overwhelmed." I find it hard not to let myself go lately. Tonight, I lied to everyone. (…)

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The Sign
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The Sign

I survived. There must be something I need to do in return. You understand, I cannot sleep anymore. I cannot look at the sky in awe, and wish, and wait (…)

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‘Historias del gas’
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‘Historias del gas’

This morning, as I started on the rooftops, I didn't have anything to write with, and it was really itching me. So I started ringing doorbells, and in barely an hour, I had already collected a nice haul (…)

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The memory of water
Diary Eva Diary Eva

The memory of water

On the day of the event (i.e. the trauma), it's as if a part of the soul escapes from the body. The one that must be kept intact. The one that still smiles in childhood pictures. The event can take any form: an accident, a fateful phone call (…)

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The wandering
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The wandering

It's my fault. I had established a long time ago that when things would go wrong, I’d simply cut myself off from the rest of the world. Remember when I was little? I used to call it “the extinction”. (…) But I'm scared. I think I'm stuck, Lidy. I can't get out of it. (…)

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