In the stillness of the station, where time pauses between breaths, the steam locomotive stands—silent, yet brimming with the echoes of journeys past and those yet to come. Like an old soul, it waits, exhaling soft puffs of steam that dance in the air, reminiscent of dreams fading and memories forming. Each hiss of the engine seems to carry the weight of forgotten moments, of destinations not yet reached, of paths untraveled.
It is a quiet reminder that even in stillness, there is movement—perhaps not always forward, but within, always. The train, a vessel of untold stories, carries with it the promise of the unknown, yet it too is tethered to the present, bound by tracks of past choices and future possibilities.
The waiting locomotive speaks to the part of us that yearns for something more, the part that seeks to understand the spaces between beginnings and ends, the moments between decisions. As it stands there in the dim light of the station, it reminds us that even in the quietest of pauses, there is power—power in anticipation, in the unknown, in what is yet to come.
Piret Victoria Ribas is an Estonian visual artist, illustrator, and photographer currently based in Curitiba, Brazil. Her creative work explores the poetic connection between nature and human emotion through watercolor, cyanotype, and fine art photography. Inspired by the beauty of everyday life, spiritual symbolism,.. Read more…