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Antidotes · May 14, 2026

Drops: A Brief Piece Against Brevity

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Virginia Vigliar · Antidotes

Welcome to another episode of Drops: a Waves column that showcases short reflections and knowledge sharing for you to water.

If you need a quick break and want to be immersed in poeticism with purpose, then this is for you! Bring this to a dinner table at the weekend, to your next dance class, or tell it to a tree. I hope it sparks something wonderful!

Be inspired. Be transformed. 💙

The strive for brevity and efficiency has taken over too many aspects of our lives. The other day, a friend who is looking to buy a home told me that new houses don’t have baths anymore. “Who has time to have baths anymore?” she said, as if this were obvious, as if an entire civilisation of soaking — of oils and salts and the particular quality of thinking that only happens horizontal in warm water — had simply been rationalised away.

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