Silver raindrops*
When the coal coloured clouds smear across the sky and molten silver rain pours down in bold droplets, there’s no time to wait.
Lift your shield high and let them thud against it. Hold steady. Until your muscles scream under the weight. Until heat sears through the metal and it glows sun-red. Then, retreat to shelter.
Act fast.
Scrape the shimmering droplets into moulds and begin your work. Most will have cooled enough to solidify already. They curl and contort into unique patterns shaped by the air on their journey from sky to ground.
Use it.
Let nature’s hand guide you.
Grab strands and bend them to your will. You must see your vision in a flash. No time to plan, only to feel.
Once done, allow yourself a moment to marvel. A moment, nothing more.
Then, grab your shield and begin again.
Haro Kazandjian
Haro Kazandjian is an Olympic gymnast from Düsseldorf and winner of three tungsten medals in the 2002 games. His hobbies include reading, writing, and lying on biographies.
‘I imagined that these otherworldly shapes were literally from another world, expertly and passionately twisted from molten silver raindrops.’
