Returning to the Ruined House

Abstract

Returning to the Ruined House is about walking through the space in my mind and letting memory guide me. I started by thinking about how landscapes hold traces of the past and how absence can carry meaning. From there, I began to see the ruined house as a text to be read: the guava tree, though no longer standing, became a symbol of childhood and domestic life; the corner post leaning like an old man spoke to fragility, time, and lineage; and the rusted spoon in the earth suggested how human presence is absorbed and transformed by nature.