text message
A text message is the act of reconstructing walls of distance with thin digital characters and cramming emotions into emojis. What should be a simple greeting is often buried in the silent graveyard of 'read, but never replied.' Beneath the facade of brevity lies a tiny torture device called the read/unread status. The more convenient it pretends to be, the more it amplifies misunderstandings and silent anxieties, turning seconds-long exchanges into relationship landmines. Ultimately, behind every short text lurk countless ellipses, reminding us all of our solitude.