Entry 5

Memory does not keep everything. It keeps what refuses to disappear.

Selective Memory

Even on a granite stone…
even there,
a photograph is needed.

Because a person
is not a date.
And not an ending.

When someone dies,
the need to see remains.
To look.
To recognise.

Selective memory.
It doesn’t preserve everything —
it preserves what matters.

“To come back to yourself.”
But were you there at all?
Where?
Within yourself.

I am learning to return.
I am learning to be present.

I can see
through limitations.

JOURNAL

Reflections of Presence — Photography by Natalja Poplavska. Natalja Poplavska — Visual artist, Photographer, East Sussex, London

Entry 4

A state where time loosens its grip and connection becomes the only measure.
Reflections of Presence — Photography by Natalja Poplavska. Natalja Poplavska — Visual artist, Photographer, East Sussex, London

Entry 3

It started with wild garlic, and then something else surfaced.
Reflections of Presence — Photography by Natalja Poplavska. Natalja Poplavska — Visual artist, Photographer, East Sussex, London

Entry 2

A text about transition, recognition, and a work that waited for its moment.
Reflections of Presence — Photography by Natalja Poplavska. Natalja Poplavska — Visual artist, Photographer, East Sussex, London

Entry 1

This text exists alongside the project I recently submitted. The formal concept is one thing. These notes are...