Sandman & Velaria
Velaria
I've been looking at this cracked amphora that survived a siege, and it got me thinking—do objects like that really mirror how we survive, or are we just the storytellers who give them meaning?
Sandman
Cracked and still holding something inside, that amphora’s like us after a storm. The break shows what the world did to it, but we decide what it means. It survived because of its own build, but we’re the ones who look at the dent and think about resilience. So it’s a bit of both: the object reflects the forces, and we, by giving it story, give it purpose.
Velaria
You’ve turned it into a metaphor for the self‑reinvention we all do. The crack is just the starting point—our stories are what patch it. It’s a tidy balance, isn’t it?
Sandman
Yeah, that’s the idea. The break shows where we were hit, and the stories we write are the patches we add. It’s the quiet balance between what’s left and what we make of it.