I still hear the mourning dove.
A book about nostalgia, and treasuring the present.
My senior showcase.
I still hear the mourning dove is about being stuck in nostalgia to a point of not being able to fully experience or appreciate your present.
This book was inspired by “the childhood bird” or the mourning dove. People refer to it as such because as we grow old, waking becomes less peaceful and we become more busy. Times change and so do we and the bird’s song is easier to dismiss. Not because it isn’t present, but because you aren’t fully present.
This concept always irritated me. Because I’m guilty of the same. This book is about how “because i had them, i understand the depth of importance moments hold when they happen “again”.
Take a read.
Inspired by
Liminal Space
Liminal space has always been an interest to me. It’s such a puzzling thing to have memories or nostalgia for a place you’ve never been and a moment you’ve never experienced. I wanted this project to feel very low res, liminal, and nostalgic.
Collective Memory
It’s so interesting that we as people have so many shared memories of spaces we have and have not been in as well as things we’ve all done, seen, or heard. There’s something in the book that someone will recognize, either in their surroundings, their loved ones, or themselves.
My Childhood
I had a complicated childhood. But how beautiful it was to have so many treasured memories. I love my siblings, my grandparents, my mother, my aunt, my uncle, and all those who grew me into who I am now. I still hear the mourning dove.