Riccardo Polimeno

At a crowded lakeside party, a man rushes to the DJ and tells him to cut the music. Then he runs to the water’s edge, waving and pointing at a spot offshore. Why?

On a sweltering afternoon, a driver stuck in traffic rolls down all his windows and cranks the cabin heater to full blast. Why?

A tired traveler unlocks his hotel room, places his suitcase in the bathtub, and goes to sleep. Why?

Before dawn, a baker flips a light switch, curses, unlocks the front door, and hangs a “Sold Out” sign—though no customers have come yet. Why?