“The amniotic tranquility you feel when you are safely indoors while a storm, rain, or chaos rages outside."

I absolutely love watching storms. I’m one of the few people in Indonesia that gets genuinely excited whenever I see a lightning bolt shoot across the sky. I love the excited anticipation between the flash and the crack - imagining how far away it could have been based on time between them. I love that I’m fortunate enough live on floor high enough that I can watch the storm completely unobstructed.

I remember a few times in my life when I’ve had insomnia during a storm, and instead of my usual tossing and turning, I would go to my spare room with the best view of the city and just watch the bolts dance across the sky. It would feel like I was the only person awake in the world and this firework show was put on just for me.