Essence

Last November, I knew I wanted to start a new series, but I didn’t know what it should be about. What I did know was that I’d been quietly obsessed with something since the summer: a spiritual dimension of myself I hadn’t really acknowledged before. I’d never considered myself a spiritual person. For a long time, I confused spirituality with religion, and because of that, I never went there. What I’ve come to understand is that spirituality, at least for me, has nothing to do with belief systems. It’s about turning inward. About observing how and why I do things. About reflection.

That’s where Essence began. From the idea that, stripped down to the basics, we are made of three parts: mind, body, and soul. As a society, we tend to take care of the first two, sometimes well, sometimes not, but the third is often ignored. And yet, when one of these parts is neglected, something always feels slightly off.