The piece brings together personal childhood fishing memories, dreams, Finnish and Slavic human-fish transformation myths, and the scientific story of our evolution from fish. It explores the idea of fishing as a metaphor for memory. It expresses our longing for connection with other realms, as we cast a line into the unknown to make contact with an unseen world. And, at its core, it is a piece about reckoning with loss: the fishing line as a conduit between us and those who have disappeared into the deep. The line vibrates with an ancient song and allows us to feel the heartbeat of those who are gone.
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