Your gut is always negotiating with you: eat this, feel better, do it again. Modern culture has its own version: be happy, stay engaged, optimize yourself, keep smiling.
The strange part is that nobody forces it on you. You participate willingly, sometimes you even get applauded for it.
Warm pinks and magentas lean into each other, underneath, grounded brown-black carries the weight nobody is particularly excited to talk about. As if enjoying requires constant effort.
