Some Timeless and Contemporary Borders

Although I’m an immigrant who, having lived in 4 different countries, has countless stories and anecdotes (Particulars) that can relate to this anthology, I’m a philosopher by training. Things in their abstract and conceptual forms (Universals) fascinate me. While I do not mean to downplay the Particulars, there is something about Universals/Generalisations that intrigue me. For this submission, accordingly, I took a step back and looked at the grand story of migration. ‘You Lie in Wait, You Observe’ is the product of this endeavour. In a bid to capture the crucial role that migration has played in the story of us humans, I reimagine the reader as a timeless spirit that awakens at the dawn of Homo Sapiens who is doomed to only observe, and are powerless to alter anything. The idea is to question the arbitrariness and artificiality of borders and immigration policies, and how that determines the fate of different people.