Shar TianAi

The Art of Leaving Well

It is a strange thing to begin something new with a title such as this. However, I must emphasize that this is not a farewell piece but a hello. In fact, I have learned that the act of leaving is far less like a good-bye than we think, even the etymological evolution of the word itself testifies to that. There is a delectable irony, a magical realism (not in the literary sense but the regular), a bittersweet flavour that results from beginning by leaving something behind. . .