Eliz Le, Rose Tinted Glass (DOCUMENTARY & STREET 2025)

“Rose Tinted Glass” reflects the tender space where perception and purpose intertwine. In Japan, the idea of ikigai speaks of one’s reason for being — a balance between what we love, what we are skilled at, what the world needs, and what sustains us. Through this lens, the image becomes less about escape and more about alignment: seeing life not through distortion, but through clarity softened by warmth. The rose tint is not naivety, but a choice — a way of looking that honours beauty, resilience, and the quiet pull of purpose. It asks: what happens when we choose to frame the world not as it diminishes us, but as it calls us forward into meaning?

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