I call him Vincent (2024 - ongoing)

Since you've gone
I've never looked back.
Remember, it feels like forever, but not for now.
We were young together.
You are gone.
I never look back.
All those places,
bent knees,
laughing together—
gone.

I never had a brother, but I always wished for one. Growing up, my imagined brother became both a companion and a reflection of the person I wished I could be. Together, we navigated a world shaped by memory and possibility, intertwining what was real with what could have been. In my mind, Vincent was always by my side—sharing in the triumphs, comforting in the struggles, and holding space in moments that felt too vast to face alone.

Now, raising two sons, I am often reminded of the brother I never had but always imagined. Through them, I see echoes of that bond I longed for—the laughter, the adventures, the unspoken connection. And yet, as they experience the world, I walk through it with Vincent, as though he still lingers in the spaces of my memory and imagination. This project is not just a reflection of longing but a symbolic reconstruction of a relationship that never existed, yet somehow shaped me.

I call him Vincent, because Vincent was never there.