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Chaia Levi
Bio
like if Nabokov had a brain injury
artist, writer, photographer
instagram, tiktok, tumblr: @chaialevi
Stories (32/0)
Laughter Follows
Making soft way across the soft wet sand, trying to pay mind to spitting clams annoyed by the disturbance. The tide will begin to come in soon and there is only so much space between the wrack line and the dunes. Just a moment past golden hour and already a chill is settling on bare shoulders and exposed backs of knees. It’s time to go home and time for the sweater still in the bag left by driftwood, out of the path of the eventual reaching backwash.
By Chaia Levi2 years ago in Earth
Hitbodedut, a Night Scream
Fireflies blink over and between looming cordgrass; shimmering punctuations of light unaware or un-phased of and by the lilts and barks of the marshland’s indwellers. Under clear sky and full moon, the marshland appears in shades of greyed colors and stark black shadows. At once hazy and clear, cordgrass softly rattles from a salt laden breeze, brushing against each other. Close and distant, spring peepers call to each other in startling loud cacophony. Crickets trill in single, thrumming notes - pausing when an owl call pushes past or the lone human in dark clothes walks by in careful, plodding steps.
By Chaia Levi2 years ago in Fiction
Long Way from the Atlantic
Being 400 miles away from the shoreline is when I missed the waves and ceaseless salt winds. For many, this isn’t far but I was someone where this was the furthest west I had ever been. I hadn’t grown up by the beaches but I have never been more than hour’s drive from one. I never felt Connecticut as a coastal state, even knowing the history of port cities and different maritime trades. The feeling changed when I went to New York by Lake Ontario and the desire for mild Long Island Sound, warm Nantucket Sound, or the brutal Atlantic Ocean stayed heavy. The idea of a lake beach was so foreign, I still remember the shock of hearing that their beach trip wouldn’t be 5 hours away at shore but in 30 minutes from campus on the lake.
By Chaia Levi2 years ago in Wander