2024-07-19 16:33:45 ¶ ●

The vast is so commonly associated with rain and thunderstorms, as everyone’s favourite vast avatar so boldly represents it, but I think a heatwave presents it just as well.

The spanning empty skies of a truly sunny day, not a cloud in sight - nothing to protect you from the burning heat. Everything feels so much bigger when the skies are opened…

Sweeping shadows cast by tall buildings behind sprawling fences, those shaded spots are never so big, yet when they could provide some respite those fences seem taller than ever.

And the walk home, has it always been so long? Have these pavements been so wide, is there really this much space until safety? Walking forever, the heat beating down upon you, a headache forming as you wish you’d packed a water bottle. Did you? Has the walk really taken so much time that your supply has been drained?

The outside world is bigger than you could imagine when the sky is open and oh so bright, maybe there never was a way to escape it.