“Goat’s-foot ferns creep up the novelist’s bed from the corner of the wall. In a narrow alley, a girl’s hat emits low-frequency waves. A man who goes to Yangmingshan for a hot spring disappears for three days; when he returns, thin vines grow from his nose and sing inside a soap dish. Cats sprout leaves. Air plants intercept fiber-optic signals from utility poles…”

Did you know? Taiwan is one of the countries with the highest density of plant species per unit area. In overlooked corners of this land, neglected people, plants, and suppressed knowledge grow like dark, humid forces at the margins and in the cracks, quietly disrupting the progress of urban modernity. Awkward emotions entangle between people; pores, air sacs, and gills morph and flow. Their breathing and extension weave a soft network, carrying traces of ancient wisdom.