Compression: Dallas Woodburn
“When trying to write about something big and unwieldy and complicated—love, loss, pain, hope, or in my case, motherhood—even a million words would not seem to be enough. How can you capture the whole of something so intangible and ever-changing? The best you can do are glimpses. Compressed, charged moments. That is what I attempted to do in this piece. I think when you limit the words you use, each one takes on more meaning and power.” — Dallas Woodburn
