#identity-and-belonging

#identity-and-belonging

Distance does not soften the terror. It only deepens my helplessness. In moments like this, I realize that geography is not measured in miles, but in attachment. War rearranges distance. These days I find myself returning to "The Conference of the Birds," the 12th-century poem by Attar of Nishapur, seeking meaning through ancient wisdom about spiritual journeys and transformation.

and Samuel Schler's collaboration moves like a conversation. The pair's new dance film, directed by Philipp Paulus and scored by Brooklyn producer Matt Composure, brings together nine dancers dressed entirely in Do's new line. Shot inside the Brooklyn Museum, the project is less a traditional fashion film and more a meditation on how the body can hold tension, identity and belonging all at once.