Canvas & Chronicles by Aanya Shen

Fifth Journey Day 65: Room with the Feathered Frame

Fifth Journey Day 65: Room with the Feathered F...

Aanya Shen

Date: July 12, 2025Location: Yerevan, Armenia The city feels like it's always been this way and doesn't need to change. I got there around noon and took my time. I...

Fifth Journey Day 65: Room with the Feathered F...

Aanya Shen

Date: July 12, 2025Location: Yerevan, Armenia The city feels like it's always been this way and doesn't need to change. I got there around noon and took my time. I...

Fifth Journey Day 64: When the Pond Forgot the Sky

Fifth Journey Day 64: When the Pond Forgot the Sky

Aanya Shen

Date: July 11, 2025Location: Bălți, Moldova I arrived in Bălți without any particular expectations. The trip here felt a little blurry — the bus windows were smudged with streaks of...

Fifth Journey Day 64: When the Pond Forgot the Sky

Aanya Shen

Date: July 11, 2025Location: Bălți, Moldova I arrived in Bălți without any particular expectations. The trip here felt a little blurry — the bus windows were smudged with streaks of...

Fifth Journey Day 63: Widening Between Words

Fifth Journey Day 63: Widening Between Words

Aanya Shen

Date: July 10, 2025Location: Comrat, Moldova The day went by slowly. I arrived in Comrat without any specific expectations. I was just open to whatever the city had to offer....

Fifth Journey Day 63: Widening Between Words

Aanya Shen

Date: July 10, 2025Location: Comrat, Moldova The day went by slowly. I arrived in Comrat without any specific expectations. I was just open to whatever the city had to offer....

Fifth Journey Day 62: The Sketch That Will Fade

Fifth Journey Day 62: The Sketch That Will Fade

Aanya Shen

Date: July 9, 2025Location: Soroca, Moldova The light never fully arrived today. A gray veil settled over the town and stayed. I walked slowly from the guesthouse to the fortress....

Fifth Journey Day 62: The Sketch That Will Fade

Aanya Shen

Date: July 9, 2025Location: Soroca, Moldova The light never fully arrived today. A gray veil settled over the town and stayed. I walked slowly from the guesthouse to the fortress....

Fifth Journey Day 61: Lozenge in Transit

Fifth Journey Day 61: Lozenge in Transit

Aanya Shen

Date: July 8, 2025Location: Chișinău, Moldova Today felt slow, but not because I was tired. It was the kind of slow pace that helps things settle without needing to be...

Fifth Journey Day 61: Lozenge in Transit

Aanya Shen

Date: July 8, 2025Location: Chișinău, Moldova Today felt slow, but not because I was tired. It was the kind of slow pace that helps things settle without needing to be...

Fifth Journey Day 60: Table Without Centre

Fifth Journey Day 60: Table Without Centre

Aanya Shen

Date: July 7, 2025Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania I spent most of the morning moving slowly — not tired, exactly, but quiet. The kind of quiet that comes from transition, from arriving...

Fifth Journey Day 60: Table Without Centre

Aanya Shen

Date: July 7, 2025Location: Cluj-Napoca, Romania I spent most of the morning moving slowly — not tired, exactly, but quiet. The kind of quiet that comes from transition, from arriving...