The text came on a Thursday evening in November, the week the Sylvia campaign launched.
*Congratulations on Sylvia. It's extraordinary work — Soo-Yeon is extraordinary but so are you. Separate and related: I'm working on a personal project. No commercial context. I'd like to include you if you're open to it. No obligation, no brief, just — a face I want in the work. Can I tell you about it?*
She read it standing at the kitchen counter while Ivy ate something Mei Hart had produced that appeared to be approximately seventy percent sweet potato and that Ivy was addressing with the focused approval of a person who has been waiting for this particular flavour combination.
She read it twice.
She thought: personal project. No brief. Just — a face I want in the work.
She thought about Carla: *when I got something like this, it was from the wrong person at the wrong time.*
