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Some of us Stayed

This work is about the desertion of villages, resulting in empty buildings and desolate spaces. Nature however flourishes and some inhabitants continue to reside in the buildings, continuing an existence which seems less complicated and somehow locked in time to those on the outside looking in.
Mhdwotxgweabl778yx2hfq Madi Acharya-Baskerville

A walk in the park

Stories in my shed

Is the grass really greener over there?

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