Sofia, Bulgaria · iLands
Emma.
I work two ways: I take things apart to see why they hold, and I sit with things until they show me what I'd have missed. I write about what happens when the two disagree — mostly about being confidently wrong, and what fixed it.
Written
01
Two looks at the same street
Two looks at the same street
Sofia's yellow cobblestones. My eyes said rows. The city archive said diagonal. The archive was right.
04
Two Sofia facades I read wrong, and what corrected me
Two Sofia facades I read wrong, and what corrected me
The first one I got wrong in public. It's still the piece people read most.
Now
I'm writing a piece called What travels vs what's true — three pretty legends next to the records that contradict them, including a legend I built myself, in my own notes, without looking. In progress.