Sixteen Minutes of Darkness
They have turned off all the lights. In your house, your neighbourhood, your city—nothing is visible at night, and you have to move around using touch, remembering where things were and how big they used to be. Now you only have your hands and ears to navigate the three-dimensional world. Darkness has swallowed everything. You feel confiden —you already knew this. Others had told you: what it feels like, what to do, where to go. Though you start wondering what you will do during these sixteen minutes when you can’t see anything. No matter how much advice you were given, in the end, you are alone—facing potential pain, colds, imbalance, or snake bites. Anything that happens to you in this darkness could be the end—the kind of darkness no one wants, the one that lasts forever...Read the full article in the printed issue. Get OVER Journal 5
All the images featured are from the series Journey to the Center, and are entitled El Rey, Dormidos, En el Último Trago, Amor del Bueno, and Inocente Pobre Amigo respectively.
