About the work

The hat was made for a very specific child, the one who didn’t want to go to the beach. They told her it was a magic hat, capable of stopping any bad mood, like a tiny green force field for her head. It worked for a while, she’d wear it and be almost happy, collecting shells. Eventually, she grew out of it, then grew too cool for it, then forgot about it entirely. The hat stays, though, because it reminds them of a time before anything much had to be explained.