What If We Stay Anyway? | Korea Artiz Studio
What if we stay today and tomorrow and every day after that? What if we just stay?
I see your pain. It’s like mine, only different. Some days it has you in a chokehold and your body isn’t sure whether it wants to fight, flee, or freeze. Some days it does some combination of all three.
Your friends and family call and text. They ask how you’re doing, but you don’t want to tell them the truth — that some days you just don’t want to be here anymore. You’re afraid of being judged. You don’t want to put a weight on them that’s so heavy, but you also don’t know how much longer you can carry it alone. Some days you watch as their names flash across the screen on your phone until it stops. Some days you give them some variation of “I’m fine” and hope they believe you, because the truth is too dark, too heavy.
Some days you’re the one to pick up the phone. Maybe you type out a message, maybe you dial the number, but you can’t bring yourself to press send. The weight of the darkness pries away your fingers and tells you to put the phone down. Don’t call attention to yourself. Don’t burden. Always a burden.
You’re numb, yet every nerve is exposed. You try to rest your eyes, praying to fall into a dreamless sleep to escape the pain just for a moment, but your weary heart can’t rest.
How can it rest when everything hurts, when you’ve made so many mistakes, when you’re broken and the world itself is fractured? It’s like being in the middle of an open field with a tornado headed right for you. There’s nowhere to hide. All you can do is cover your eyes with your hands and wait for it to hit you head on, to spin you and toss you around. You pray that when the storm passes, you might be okay, save for some scratches and bruises, until the next storm comes.
Because there’s always a next storm, isn’t there? Sometimes there’s a line of thunderstorms that hit within hours of each other. Sometimes you get a stretch of a few moments, a few days of sunshine, but the storms always come.
Some days the most you manage to accomplish is staying alive. It sounds so simple, so easy, except that it’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done. Except that every breath hurts. Every thought, every feeling fights to convince you that you’re not worth the effort. It gives you a million reasons why you shouldn’t even try. You’re not brave enough. You’re not strong enough. You’re never enough. Never, ever enough.
But darling, sometimes bravery isn’t going head first into the storm. Sometimes bravery means knowing when to batten down the hatches and hold on tight. Hold on for tomorrow. Sometimes strength means admitting we can’t do this alone. We were never meant to.
You are worth every effort it takes to keep you here.
Your mind tells you you’re not enough. But so what? What if our not enoughness is what makes us exactly enough. What if our not enoughness is a puzzle piece, one that only we can provide to this world? And together we hold up our pieces and together we are not only enough, we are everything.
So, I ask you again. What if we stay? What if we stay even though sometimes it hurts so bad we can barely catch our breath? What if we stay for you, for me? What if we stay for each other?
What if we agree, right here and now, to stay? What if we stay today and tomorrow and every day after that?
Let’s stay. Together.
Please stay with me.
About Artiz Studio:
Free from the influence of time & place, our portraits capture a moment that is timeless. This is our aim when capturing any photo. As a child, I was deeply moved when I saw a photo of my grandparents together, bathed in a soft red light. I can never forget the impression that photo left on me, it had a large impact on me and my photography. I wish for brides and grooms to have the same feelings that I experienced when they receive their portraits. The most beautiful moments of loving couples should be retained forever. — Founder Kim Yong Seon
Founded In Busan, Korea Since 2008, South Korea Network KBS Central Has Named Artiz As One Of The Leading Bridal Fashion Icon And Wedding Provider For Authentic Korean-Style Photography. Capturing Timeless Portraits For More Than 20 Million Couples Throughout The 45 Situated Studio Locations. Our Unique Background Setting Crafted By SBS Korea Landscape Designers Has Propelled Artiz Within The Ranks Of Luxury Wedding Photography Elites Throughout The World, Delivering World-Leading Standards And Services.
Ushering In Artiz Global Success Was The Expansion To Singapore’s Wedding Scene In 2017 And Has Been Crowned Unanimously As Singapore’s Largest Indoor Wedding Studio And Sole Provider For Authentic Korean-Style Wedding Photography.
Our Extensive Portfolio Of Over 200 A-List Celebrities Endorsements And Mutual Collaborative Shoots With Local Top-Tier Influencers And Media Publications Has Propelled Artiz Into The Ranks Of Singapore’s Wedding Elites. This Includes Jian Hao Tan (Frobes 30 Under 30, 2016) With His Now Wife Debbie Soon (Influencer), Jade Rasif (Rank #2 South East Asia DJ, 2020), Naomi Neo (Singapore’s Most Followed Female Influencer, 2020) As Well As LGBTQ Activism Shoot For Andee Chua And Hugo Lim (Youtuber Influencer, Runway Model And LGBTQ Activist)
Artiz Has Seen To Also Paved The Way For Luxury Wedding And Bridal Providers, Having Earned Featured Publications In Over 200 Global Media Channels Worldwide Such As ELLE, COSMOPOLITAN BRIDE, VOGUE & HERWORLD Singapore
Your Wedding Day Is One Of The Most Important Days In Everyone’s Life, And We Hope That It Would Be Captured In Every Detail. Artiz Promises A Distinctive Style & Fresh POV To Photography By Shooting Natural Expressions And Moments Of Each Bride & Groom , Which Leave Not Only A Memory But Also Touches The Soul. Our Timeless Glamour And Luxurious Ambience Has Earned Us The Reputation As The Premier Studio Where Stars Have Chosen To Express Their Love Story.
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