After returning from a meaningful trip to China in the summer, where I reunited with friends and family after five years, I became sentimental about the temporality of time. Reminiscing and nostalgia consumed my thoughts, inspiring me to work on a personal project to express these emotions.

 

As the days grew shorter, I noticed the sun set further west each day, moving from its previous position in the northwest. I also observed how sunlight often bounces off various skyscrapers, dictating the intensity and angles of the interplay between shadow and light at any particular location. 

 

Being attentive to how the sun's location continuously changes throughout the seasons demonstrates my attempt to catch these brief lighting stages. It took me several months to stop longing for the people and experiences I encountered in China. Though the past can be bittersweet–vivid yet impossible to hold onto again–I have gradually learned to appreciate its fleeting existence.