The most difficult, yet the most beautiful thing is to look, really look at someone – even for a moment. Because in that moment – however brief it might be, you fill your whole world with that one person. The world outside melts away, the voices get drowned, time is no longer an arrow flying in a straight line. You look at someone to dive into their soul, to hear not what their lips utter – but the emotions beneath, to feel if your hearts beat in coherence. And Ava, every moment with you, I have looked at you with the same urgency and patience. … More Letter to Ava