Echeveria
- Words by
- Shin Yu Pai
- Images by
- Daniel Shipp
echeveria
– Shin Yu Pai
one month ago, the potted cactus
grew top heavy, tilting towards
the sun, shooting up in growth
overnight, like my 4-year-old,
its glossy green flesh turning
a dusk-like pink as the lower-most
cuticles shriveled to make way
for new rosettes, blooms establishing
themselves while waiting for
the old weight to crumble;
my healer tells me we are
entering a new season,
the time of wood, pruning back
the parts of what’s fallen
into disuse so that I can
take root and flower again
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- Author
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Shin Yu Pai is the author of several books including Ensō (Entre Rios Books, 2020), Aux Arcs (La Alameda, 2013), Adamantine (White Pine, 2010), SIGHTINGS (1913 Press, 2007), and Equivalence (La Alameda, 2003). Her work has been published in the U.S., Canada, Taiwan, China, Romania, and the UK.
- Photographer
- Daniel Shipp is a Sydney based photographer. He crafts the maths and design of photography into emotive elements, telling stories about the worlds within this world. His thirst for studying how light transforms objects and people will continue for as long as he can hold a camera. WEBSITE / INSTAGRAM / FACEBOOK
