This whole conversation took place on Roosevelt Island when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom. There was a steady stream of people, and I could see many people taking pictures with their cameras and picnicking at the nearby tables. I took a translator, some grocery receipt paper I took notes on, in an attempt to document the history and changes of the baro t'saya over the centuries.
I wanted to record this unexpected interview in this form (more like a random chat on the street), but Darna's simple statements made me give some personal connections to the research topic I chose. It's much more powerful than I thought to hear someone talked about their own stories. Just like when I clicked on Met's website and chose to spend my whole semester in researching baro't saya (which at that time I have no idea what this is), these seemingly random coincidences are a legacy.