Nothing ( ) Happens -003

Nothing Happens 003- by Xincilu

Nothing Happens-003

In Tarot, the Star card carries the meaning of wish fulfillment. That always sounds exciting, like life is a destination we spend our whole, or at least 60% of our lifetime trying to reach. The journey is filled with anticipation, confusion, doubt, and setbacks, just to finally arrive at a brief moment of celebration.

I’ve always known this, but I haven’t learned how to appreciate life before the wish-fulfilled moment. Actually, forget about appreciation. As an Asian, I’ve been taught to be critical, to strive, to not settle. Maybe that’s why this project happened, to quiet part of my critical mind that keep bitching about how I should live my life.

Not every blank space needs to be filled. Trying too hard only makes the desperation louder and that just makes me feel more pathetic.

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Nothing Happens was inspired by boredom, and a constant urge to escape.

I’ve noticed so many ads beginning with phrases like: “A refreshing escape from everyday life…”

It struck me how easily this idea is accepted, often without a second thought. It made me wonder: Escape from everyday life? What timeline are you living in? And where is this place where daily life doesn’t exist?

That’s when the idea of creating a visual journal based on the mundane came to me.

Nothing Happens, used to frustrate me.I saw it as a failure, a lack, something to avoid.

But now, I want this space to hold boredom, not as emptiness,but as a door.

A door that opens when the wind shuts my window, the world goes quiet, and I finally sit with my thoughts. In that stillness, I hope something stirs:a sentence,a shape,a sound.

That’s where this ( ) begins.