Let us take those small flat sliding puzzles, where inside a frame there is an image divided into a grid, into small squares, with one always missing; in order to recompose the image, the squares are slid around. Without that missing space, no piece could move. If one of the conditions for life is precisely the potential difference between full and empty, how can vitality exist in a space that is already full? Living is without doubt an experience of participation. I take par

People often tell me: “Tell me how much I owe you. I want to give it the value it deserves.” It sounds like a statement about value, but in a way it also delegates it. The moment someone expresses the desire to give value to something, they ask another person to determine what that value should be. This makes me wonder how much we have forgotten the act of valuing. We live in a system that constantly assigns value from the outside: prices, salaries, fees, rankings, markets. V

Tiny rebellions of the body. Sudden waves that arrive before thought has time to organize them. A sneeze taking over the whole body for one explosive second. Most of the time we are trained to interrupt these moments immediately. To explain them. Correct them. Hide them. Control them. Maybe it’s cold. Maybe I’m getting sick. Maybe I should stop this feeling before it grows. But FLOWA is interested in another perspective. What if these reactions are not disturbances but inform