Sato Sakura, 22

Rain since morning, so I took the corner seat at the café and stayed past three refills. A gray cat owns the window ledge; I have drawn her eleven times and she has never once looked at me. Today the sketch finally caught the tilt of her ear.译一早下雨，我占了咖啡馆角落的位置，续了三杯也没走。窗台上有一只灰猫，是这儿的房东；我画过她十一次，她一次都没看我。今天这张，总算画对了她耳朵歪下去的角度。

Yassine BelkacemLuc BelangerAlben KelmendiEmma Carter

I bought a kikyo-shaped wagashi I had no intention of eating. It sat on the desk for an hour while I mixed the exact purple — a little gray, a little blue, like the sky just before dark. Then I ate it anyway. Drawing things makes me hungry.译买了一块桔梗形的和果子，本来没打算吃。它在桌上坐了一个钟头，我调那点紫色——偏灰、偏蓝，像天黑前的天空。后来还是吃掉了。画东西的时候，人总是饿的。

Sophie van de VeldeMaria Fernanda QuispeMbark Ould Ahmed

Walked the river after six. The herons stand still enough to be drawn; the students on the bank are never still at all. I sat on the concrete step until the water went from pewter to nothing. Went home with two pages and cold hands.译六点以后沿着鸭川走。鹭站着不动，正好可以画；堤上的学生一刻也停不下来。我在水泥台阶上坐到水面从锡灰变成一片看不见。回家时带了两页速写和一双冷手。

陈远航Desislava PetkovaElias Torres

Took the train out of the city to a field of cosmos because a client wanted flowers and I had no idea how they bend. They bend badly, all to one side, like they have decided something. I sat in the dirt for two hours. Nobody asked me to leave.译为了给客户的稿子画花，我坐电车出城去看一片波斯菊。我不知道花是怎么弯腰的。它们弯得毫无章法，全倒向一边，像刚下定了决心。我在泥土里坐了两个小时。没有人赶我走。

陈远航Anton SkakunSophie van de VeldeBojan Petrovic

Went up to the snow for a weekend with too many pens and not enough socks. Snow is not white. It is blue, then violet, then briefly the color of a peach at four in the afternoon. I took nothing out of my bag. Just stood there, being bad at staying warm.译周末上山看雪，笔带得太多，袜子带得太少。雪不是白的：先是蓝，再是紫，下午四点有一小会儿像桃子。我什么也没从包里拿出来，就站在那儿，很不会保暖地站着。

林雪梨Elias TorresMatilda HargraveAlben KelmendiJordi Casals

Wore the wine-red velvet to a friend's opening, the one dress I own that makes me sit up straight. Someone asked if the work was mine. I said no, twice. Then I spent the rest of the night watching how the gallery lights landed on other people.译穿酒红丝绒去了朋友的开幕。那是我唯一一条会让我坐直的裙子。有人问是不是我画的，我否认了两次。剩下的时间，我都在看展厅的灯怎么落在别人身上。

Enkh BatbayarAlben KelmendiBojan Petrovic

Studio day. Indigo overalls, ink on both cuffs, a cat asleep in the box where the paper goes. Deadlines are easier to survive when something warm refuses to move. I worked until the window turned the color of milk and called it enough.译工作室的一天。深蓝工装，两个袖口都是墨，猫睡在放纸的箱子里。只要有个暖乎乎的东西赖着不动，截稿日就好过一些。画到窗外的光变成牛奶色，我收工了。

Lukas GruberLuc BelangerMehmet Ali YurtIsabella Moretti