Thank you to everyone for taking part in this experience,
with an extended thanks to

Anastasiia,
for guiding me through this project as my advisor.

Anther, Elizabeth,
for the thoughtful feedback and conversations.

kathy, Mairéad,
for fueling my burning passion for poetry.

Gabriel, Minkyoung, Halim,
for encouraging me to push my web practice further.

Josh, Griffin,
for always willing to offer new perspectives on language and technologies.

RISD GD class of 2025,
for everyone's efforts in building our community.

Li, Ash, Andrew, Radhika, Hannah,
for keeping each other company during countless late nights on the 8th floor, and for user testing.

Ashley, Jyot,
(my future roommates!) for our parallel suffering in securing housing.

Ethan,
for always comforting, reassuring, and staying patient with me.

Vivian,
my roommate, for always manifesting and being my biggest supporter.

Cheska, Alec,
for being my day ones.

And especially, to my mom and dad,
for their endless, unwavering support,
for reminding me that distance is never constant,
for always making room to hold me a little closer.