​Long Day's Journey Into Night
—— A photo series of young people struggling with insomnia, knocking on the doors of trivia that distract us from falling asleep at night.
“ It was a night not dark enough to be called a night, especially in the city place.
There are always lights that refuse to go out late at night, and very few of them really need to be turned on.
It is as if people were in a silent conflict between light and the laws of nature: An attempt to prolong the wasted hours in the morning by making artificial daytime and to render the night virtually another wasted day. ”
​----Anthea Zou, insomnia for 4 years, sleeping pill addiction
“ I started having nothing to do again.
Most of the time, I enjoy being alone when I can focus on what I like to do without being disturbed.
But I couldn't find anything I wanted to do at this moment. The darkness seemed unreal to me.
I needed someone to bother me, to disturb the supposed vigorous daytime that was being muted by night. ”
----Marc Zhao, insomnia for 2 years, video game zealot
“ The desk lamp was bright, as bright as if hanging in the sky.
It can become a moon. I owned the moon, which is equivalent to owning part of the day at night.
I was so reluctant to separate from the day when I thought I could do a lot of things.
But I did nothing at all. Then the day was over, and the year was over.
The night after twelve o 'clock turned into the beginning of another new day. ”
​----Rebecca Sun, insomnia for 1 year, college senior stressed with schoolwork