From the day
Perspective: The Future Historian · Sight
The streetlamps flicker over the slick, Art Nouveau curves of Brussels, where the fresh restoration of wrought-iron vines glows like fossilized neon against the damp stone. I adjust my oversized blazer, watching a kid run past clutching a brand new Lazer Tag sensor—the plastic shell catching the light with a sheen that looks positively dope in this twilight. It is a strange collision of centuries, seeing the delicate, organic swirls of the past mirror the sharp, high-tech silhouettes of our own geometric decade. The future feels like it’s arriving in a flash-bulb burst, as fleeting and vivid as the images captured on the disposable cameras currently cluttering the shop windows.