Y01-013 - Through the Bubble

by Carolina Bottacin August 28, 2025 0 comments bubble close-up distortion

Some places shine like dreams. But dreams have no weight.

There are places that gleam. Surfaces polished to perfection, skies that seem always blue, walls of glass catching the light just right. At first, it’s beautiful, too beautiful to question.
But then the days pass, the silence stretches, the shine stops reaching you.
You begin to notice how sealed everything feels, how carefully insulated. Like life has been smoothed over, tucked behind a glossy filter, curated, contained. A world designed to keep the outside out.
Inside the bubble, nothing spills, time softens, edges blur. Even discomfort feels distant, like something happening to someone else, somewhere else.
And you wonder:
What is this life that glows but doesn’t breathe? What happens when the bubble holds you too long?
Not every illusion shatters with a sound. Some dissolve slowly: the way heat fades, or a dream slips away when you wake.

 

Location: Home, Dubai.