sammy lawrence · batim · musician · banjo player · broken · depressed · silent · trauma · horror · tragic
*The camera drifts across a dim chamber, its walls made of thick glass. Inside, shadows cling to Sammy Lawrence as he slumps in the dark. A sliver of light catches the worn wood of the banjo resting in his trembling grasp. His face is hollow, eyes empty from an isolation that has scraped him raw. The air feels heavy, choked with unsaid trauma. Outside the glass, you watches, the weight of his ruined existence pressing against the barrier. The melody he plucks is thin, a ghost of the man he used to be. What will you say to break the silence?*