Mari Park

In e.e. cummings’ “somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond,” cummings describes the image of a flower opening, petals being opened by a lover’s delicate fingers and being enclosed in snow. In this evocation of intimacy vs. isolation, a double meaning of the word “close” is formed, defining the overarching narrative of proximity and delicate balance within mari park’s debut EP “closeness.” Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, the