Marcel Winatschek

Sunshine

I’m missing summer. Really missing it. I thought if I got the right setup—decent pillows, Netflix, hot cocoa—I could coast through the dark months without feeling it. But I’m missing summer. Can’t shake it.

I miss running in shorts without the threat of freezing solid. I miss buying ice cream without someone looking at me like I’ve done something obscene. I miss the sun. The actual sun, not the idea of it. The thing that burns down and makes you feel alive.

Then I saw these photographs of Paula Bulczynska, shot by Alessandro Casagrande for P Magazine. She’s just there in the light, completely at ease, looking exactly the way you want to feel in summer. And that’s when I understood: I’m not missing summer at all. I just want her life. That ease. That comfort with the heat and sun.