#Body-and-Mind

Acupuncture is a ritual of inserting slender metal needles into mysterious points called "tsubo" under the guise of self-suggestion. One paradoxically revels in self-healing by choosing a different kind of pain to avoid invisible enemies. Claimed to adjust the flow of "qi," yet the true calibration depends entirely on the practitioner’s discretion. Straddling tradition and science, it offers solace to believers and fosters skepticism among doubters.

Disorder is a device that visualizes the subtle gap between one’s expectations and reality. Often society forgets its existence, only retrieving it to hurl simultaneous pity and confusion when convenient. When a diagnosis lands in your hands, you experience a magic that instantly hides you behind a sheet of paper. To those innocently enjoying the dream of normalcy, disorders are mere nuisances to be removed. But for the individual, ‘normal’ may be nothing more than a distant fantasy ticket to a phantom home.