We are constantly navigating a threshold—that delicate negotiation between what we guard and what we offer the world. We decide how much of our inner journey to share and what must remain ours alone. Standing here reminds us that every connection starts with a choice: what to carry across and what to leave behind.
In Between
Audrey Desmond (Marketing Lead)
I’ve always been fascinated by the yin and yang—not as a symbol of fixed opposites, but as a study of how we contain and release.
To me, it suggests that wholeness isn’t about being fully ‘open’ or ‘closed,’ but about the constant negotiation between the two. It’s a reminder that both extremes have to exist for us to truly understand them, and we’re the ones who have to carefully design how much of each we actually need.
Photo by Albin Biju
A sense of enough.
Ricky Sim (Artistic Director)
In creative work, I keep coming back to this idea of a threshold. Not a big moment but something I meet quietly, again and again.
One is knowing when to let something go. There are times I keep adjusting a piece, thinking it needs more. But sometimes, it is not about the work anymore. It is about wanting it to be received in a certain way. That is when I feel the threshold most. Can I trust it enough to let it out, even if it still feels a bit unfinished?
The other is what I choose to reveal. It is easy to share what feels clear. The harder parts are the doubts and the moments where I am still figuring things out. I do not think everything needs to be shown, but hiding too much makes the work feel distant. So I am learning to sense what feels ready to cross over and what still needs to stay with me.
Maybe that is what this threshold is. Not a fixed line but a quiet practice of noticing what to carry forward and what to hold a little longer.
Choosing Intentionality
Charlene Lim (Admin Executive)
We navigate invisible boundaries with intentions. From subtle decisions to grand actions, every gesture, disclosure and restraint becomes deliberate to express and protect the sense of self. Intentionality then transforms the threshold into more than a static point of passage; it becomes an active marker and site of contestation and negotiation of how much of ourselves to extend beyond the boundary. Living life with intentions honours the self and others, navigating life with purpose starting with simple choices.
Ferns & Herbs
Matthew Goh (Company Dancer)
My recent love for gardening has prompted me to slow down, observe and appreciate. Growing plants takes patience, understanding them takes time and seeing them bloom brings a quiet feeling of joy.
It has been a surprise to encounter this experience! As I work my hands into the soil, prune the plants and silently “speak” to them. It feels as though we are sharing a collective presence of time, breathing and living.
“The truth is, nature doesn’t speak in words — it teaches through presence, patience, and quiet observation.”
– Mathees Asinsha
Source: Medium.com
Faint Lines, Lingering Light
Esther Ong (Company Manager)
What remains is not the path itself, but the feeling of it. A subtle shift in how space might be entered, how attention might be held. Long after it is gone, the impression persists, soft, unresolved and difficult to name.
This is how Hideo Kobayashi’s photographic works linger in my memory. The light in his work does not follow a predictable path. It bends and drifts around what it meets. Watching it, the world feels slightly altered, as if the space itself remembers the line that once passed through. It leaves no fixed route, yet it edges quietly into perception, shaping how we move, notice and hold a moment in mind.
I notice my own traces in the spaces I pass through: the glow that lingers on pavement after a streetlight flickers off in my neighbourhood, the brief reflection along a windowpane, the way sunlight shifts quietly across a clearing. These fleeting marks may never form a road, yet they linger in subtle ways, shaping the landscapes around me and the moments I touch without knowing.
“Interrupted Place/trace” Emon Photo Gallery, Tokyo Filming “Streetlight”