High fit

Brightness controls how much light someone brings to what they're looking at — whether they default to the hopeful side or the dark side of a situation. Maria Paz Gutierrez had been running on a dim setting, letting years of news consumption paint the world as dangerous. The goosebumps shifted that dial back up, pulling forward her actual lived memory of beauty and safety on random street corners across Latin America. She moved from 'the world is dangerous' to 'I've been there and I felt safe.'