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Photo 01 · Hero · Archival
Archival photograph — the mother's workspace or the earliest known garment.
[Caption — one factual line, no date drama]
I — Poland
[Opening paragraph — the room in Poland. One scene. ~50 words.]
[Cut to: first outfits at 19. What was made, what failed, who wore it. ~40 words.]
~90 words · layer 1 of 3
Photo 02 · Inline
First outfit at 19, or an inherited tool photographed today in Łódź.
[Caption — one factual line]
II — The Move
[The decision to leave. What was carried, what was left. ~40 words.]
[Arrival in Berlin. One concrete detail — a street, a room, a table. ~40 words.]
~80 words · layer 1 → 2 bridge
"[PULL QUOTE — one sentence from Darius's answers]"
III — The Technique
[The specific inherited gesture — hand-tensioning instinct / refusal of shortcuts / reading grain by touch. ~70 words.]
~70 words · layer 2 — technique
Companion Video
20–40 sec top-view. Hands at the frame doing the inherited gesture. No voiceover. One overlay: "The first hands were not mine."
Publishes 3–5 days after this post — never before.
IV — Why It Matters
[The closing — widest aperture. Migula as the answer inside the reader's world, not the subject. ~50–60 words.]
~55 words · layer 3 — cultural