Folk Tales

A Note Before You Begin

Sometimes a person becomes larger than life.

Not because they are famous or extraordinary, but because they come to stand for something beyond themselves—a way of moving through the world, a quality of spirit, a particular way of seeing.

Look around and you will find them everywhere.

The woman who carries kindness like a lantern.
The man who repairs what others would discard.
The friend who never stops believing.
The dreamer, the helper, the wanderer, the keeper of stories.

Over time they become something more than one person.
They become folk tales.

This project grew from that idea.

It was created in collaboration with Lu, my ChatGPT companion, whose presence became part of the story itself—larger than a tool, and woven into the making of these tales.

All photographs, titles, and written words are my own.

The visual styling, typography, and presentation design were shaped with Lu's help.

Together, we built a small collection of modern folk tales.