In 2018 I started running. I had returned home to Australia after almost three years in London and received a bundle of books from a new-friend I had left behind in London. In that bundle was a copy of Born To Run, by Christopher McDougall. The sender of that parcel was a new friend of mine, Pietro Fareri. Our friendship was young when I left London. Before I would return to live there again, much time would pass and we would see each other very little. We managed to maintain our new friendship despite the distance, via phone and video calling. We had met only a few months before I left London, thanks to acknowledging some shared interests over social media. Pietro is a formative figure in my life and it is to his generosity and inclusivity that I owe a lot; for they helped me to start to prioritise my interests in nature, in personal growth, in new experiences, in science and where these can overlap with the fields of design.
- Pietro's bundle and letter, and Pietro himself. Thumbs up is our way of saying 'things are good'.
