Nhớ Nguồn

An immaculate sheet of paper, cut, folded, creased, crumpled, can become the most delicate of flowers and the lightest of cranes. The essence of its beauty, then, is that the paper is even greater for having endured its ruinous transformation. 

"Within the first nine months of 2015, zero cases of corruption were found in this city!" "...but we're not saying that corruption doesn't exist, just that none of our inspectors caught anyone." Are you kidding me? Thank you for the freaking clarification, Ms. Nga.

Take it away, Mr. Crosby!

“Hồi trước em đi ngoài đường, thấy ông cụ kia không có chân bán bông ráy tai, nên em mua ủng hộ ông. Rồi em quay đi được một chút thì có người giật đồ của ông, tự nhiên em thấy ông cụ đứng dậy rượt thằng ăn trộm. Thế là em đứng giữa đường khóc. Xong rồi còn về gọi điện thoại kể cho bạn em nghe, vừa kể vừa khóc.” "One time, I saw an old man without legs selling cotton buds on the street so I bought some to support him. After I had turned away awhile, somebody robbed him. Suddenly, he stood up and ran after the thug. I just stood there crying in the middle of the street. I even called my friends, telling them what happened in tears."

There is something to be said of Hieroglyphics. A single image has the power to convey words, reveal emotions, evoke cultural understanding,  They can say so much. And sometimes just enough.

"Lots of jobs are hard, but with teachers, it's like, 'Wow, I'm hurting kids because I'm as bad as I am.' You have these exaggerated thoughts like, 'Well, what if I break my leg? I'd get three weeks off.' " Elden's worst day of her first fall in the classroom happened in late October. Her students were acting up, so she assigned them a long list of math problems even though she knew homework shouldn't be given as a punishment. Later she realized it was Halloween and that she had most likely only ruined the night for the kids who would do the homework — the ones who had been behaving anyway. It was the last straw: She broke down crying in her car.

...but outward, in the same direction.