In November 2021, two friends—Ksenya and Katya—found themselves at a quiet pivot point between past routines and future possibilities. Ksenya (y056) was finishing a year of small, deliberate experiments: urban gardening on a narrow balcony, teaching weekend art classes online, and documenting local architecture through ink sketches. Her work had a patient curiosity—she noticed leftover details others walked past: a chipped windowsill painted three colors over time, a taxi driver’s folded map tucked into the glovebox, the way light pooled on wet cobblestones.
