Blue 1. If movements were places, a look over the shoulder would be the mesmerizing lake in Howl’s Moving Castle. What’s considered subtle is only subtle to my eye. What goes into the movement is a cascade of swirling atoms. The sky spins with us. I want to go with it.

Blue 2. She said the sky isn’t really connecting to her yet. Will time make it make sense? No. Something else will, tho.

Blue 3. Why does blue have to be gentle? It won’t let me feel bad. (Laughs lightly and moves a little closer to shore.) I wish other people could feel this right now.

—By Paige L., 17, Connecticut