Marie

In the spring of 2022, on a work trip to Zhongshan, I saw that mirror for the first time, in a showroom. It was like a drop of water, caught forever in the instant it splashed. So full of motion...

Lately, I've watched the things we made with care be copied, again and again. Our photos, our videos, the words we wrote — even the way I stand beneath a chandelier — taken, and turned into someone else's. It would...

I want to write about my colleague Jennifer. We've been friends for over ten years. Fresh out of college, we worked at the same company — and later, we became partners, building something together. She is full of energy, every...

Once, all we had was a single photo. A picture a customer had sent — the chandelier she had in her mind. Honestly, it wasn't even a clear image. Just a rough shape. The outline of a dream. I passed...

In October 2025, almost by chance, I walked into a contemporary art museum by West Lake. It wasn't cold, the way I'd expected a museum to be. An old tree grew inside it — a hundred years old, maybe more....

Five years ago, I was messaging my business partner one afternoon. We were talking about starting an online store — it felt like a good idea, a good business. I'd been building online stores since I graduated college in 2009....