The Color of the Sun, The Color of the Sky

During the summer of 2026, wildfires in Ontario were felt as far south in the United States as Washington, DC. How do we process the sun and the sky turning unusual colors, the air becoming unbreathable? 

Do novel narratives take root in the same way as the familiar and accepted, becoming the latest of the stories we tell and retell in order to navigate the world? 

What sort of restructuring needs to happen as we build a coherent narrative — what new names will we create to describe and identify emerging reality?

Is one of the effects of climate collapse a persistent feeling of being lost in a world we do not, and perhaps cannot, recognize?

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