*, *::before, *::after { margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box; }

:root {
  /* ── sourced from the palm of a hand ── */
  --ink:     #221514;   /* deepest chocolate brown (dark section bg) */
  --deep:    #2C1D1A;   /* rich chocolate, dark section bg */
  --crimson: #7A1E24;   /* CRIMSON RED — marble section headers */
  --ruby:    #9B2C33;   /* brighter red, hover */
  --green:   #05301B;   /* FOREST GREEN accent (interlude links, footer, dividers) */
  --green2:  #0A4D2C;   /* brighter forest green, hover */
  --camel:   #BFAB8E;   /* mid palm tone, warm neutral accent */
  --sand:    #E8C9BA;   /* light palm, section bg */
  --cream:   #F2EBE0;   /* lightest warm, text on dark */
  --suede:   #8B7460;   /* mid-brown */
  --dust:    #1F1109;   /* CHOCOLATE LEATHER — main font color, deep + rich */
  --sky:     #6FB0B2;   /* ROBIN'S EGG BLUE accent */
  --navy:    #2E8B45;   /* green (reused) */
  --linen:   #EDD6C8;   /* palm light, section bg */
}

html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }

body {
  background: var(--deep);
  color: var(--cream);
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
  cursor: none;
  overflow-x: hidden;
}

body::before {
  content: '';
  position: fixed; inset: 0;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg viewBox='0 0 200 200' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Cfilter id='n'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='0.85' numOctaves='4' stitchTiles='stitch'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='100%25' height='100%25' filter='url(%23n)' opacity='1'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  opacity: 0.04; pointer-events: none; z-index: 9000;
}

/* ── LORA CONDENSED MIXIN ── */
/* Lora doesn't have a condensed axis so we scale horizontally */
.lora { font-family: 'Lora', serif; }
.lora-narrow {
  font-family: 'Lora', serif;
  display: inline-block;
  transform: scaleX(0.78);
  transform-origin: left center;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

/* ── CURSOR ── */
#cursor {
  position: fixed; width: 10px; height: 10px;
  border-radius: 50%; background: var(--sky);
  pointer-events: none; z-index: 9999;
  transform: translate(-50%,-50%);
  transition: width .2s, height .2s;
}
#cursor.hovering { width: 36px; height: 36px; background: var(--sky); mix-blend-mode: screen; }
#cursor-ring {
  position: fixed; width: 32px; height: 32px;
  border-radius: 50%; border: 1px solid rgba(196,168,130,.4);
  pointer-events: none; z-index: 9998;
  transform: translate(-50%,-50%);
}

/* ── NAV ── */
#nav-name {
  position: fixed; top: 24px; left: 32px;
  font-family: 'Ballet', cursive;
  font-size: 1.9rem; font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  color: var(--cream); z-index: 1001; opacity: .85;
  text-decoration: none; transition: opacity .25s;
  display: inline-block;
  transform-origin: left center;
}
#nav-name:hover { opacity: 1; }

#nav-toggle {
  position: fixed; top: 28px; right: 32px;
  z-index: 1001; width: 44px; height: 44px;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  background: none; border: none; cursor: none;
}
#nav-toggle .bar {
  position: absolute; width: 26px; height: 1px;
  background: var(--cream);
  transition: transform .38s, opacity .3s;
}
#nav-toggle .bar:nth-child(1) { transform: translateY(-5px); }
#nav-toggle .bar:nth-child(3) { transform: translateY(5px); }
#nav-toggle.open .bar:nth-child(1) { transform: rotate(45deg); }
#nav-toggle.open .bar:nth-child(2) { opacity: 0; }
#nav-toggle.open .bar:nth-child(3) { transform: rotate(-45deg); }

#nav-overlay {
  position: fixed; inset: 0;
  background: var(--ink);
  z-index: 1000;
  display: flex; flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center; padding: 0 10vw;
  clip-path: circle(0% at calc(100% - 54px) 52px);
  transition: clip-path .65s cubic-bezier(.77,0,.18,1);
  pointer-events: none;
}
#nav-overlay.open { clip-path: circle(150% at calc(100% - 54px) 52px); pointer-events: all; }
.nav-link {
  font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
  font-variation-settings: 'SOFT' 100, 'opsz' 144, 'WONK' 0;
  font-size: clamp(3rem, 8vw, 7rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  color: var(--cream); text-decoration: none;
  line-height: 1.05;
  opacity: 0; transform: translateY(20px);
  transition: color .2s, opacity .4s, transform .4s;
  display: block; cursor: none;
  /* narrow effect */
  transform-origin: left center;
}
#nav-overlay.open .nav-link { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0) scaleX(0.8); }
#nav-overlay.open .nav-link:nth-child(1) { transition-delay: .12s; }
#nav-overlay.open .nav-link:nth-child(2) { transition-delay: .19s; }
#nav-overlay.open .nav-link:nth-child(3) { transition-delay: .26s; }
#nav-overlay.open .nav-link:nth-child(4) { transition-delay: .33s; }
.nav-link:hover { color: var(--sky); }
.nav-tagline {
  position: absolute; bottom: 36px; left: 10vw;
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .65rem; letter-spacing: .2em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--camel); opacity: .45;
}

/* ── HERO — FULL VISUAL ── */
#hero {
  min-height: 100vh;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  display: flex; align-items: flex-end;
  background: var(--deep);
}

/* large background photo mosaic — 3 overlapping full-bleed images */
.hero-bg {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.1fr 0.9fr 1fr;
  gap: 3px;
}
.hero-bg-panel {
  height: 100%;
  background: var(--ink);
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.hero-bg-panel-img {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(160deg, #4a3524 0%, #3a281a 40%, #2b1d12 100%);
  transition: transform 8s ease;
}
.hero-bg-panel:nth-child(2) .hero-bg-panel-img {
  background: linear-gradient(200deg, #2e5a44 0%, #244a36 40%, #1a2e22 100%);
}
.hero-bg-panel:nth-child(3) .hero-bg-panel-img {
  background: linear-gradient(140deg, #2e5a5c 0%, #244a4c 40%, #1a2e30 100%);
}
/* placeholder "image" label */
.hero-bg-panel-label {
  position: absolute; bottom: 20px; left: 16px;
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .52rem; letter-spacing: .2em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(245,239,230,.2);
  pointer-events: none;
}

/* dark gradient overlay — bottom to top so text reads */
#hero::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(to top, rgba(10,16,11,.95) 0%, rgba(10,16,11,.55) 35%, rgba(10,16,11,.1) 65%, transparent 100%),
    linear-gradient(to right, rgba(10,16,11,.3) 0%, transparent 30%, transparent 70%, rgba(10,16,11,.3) 100%);
  pointer-events: none; z-index: 1;
}

/* hero text — sits over everything at the bottom */
.hero-content {
  position: relative; z-index: 2;
  padding: 0 8vw 80px;
  width: 100%;
  display: flex; flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-start;
}
.hero-eyebrow {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .62rem; letter-spacing: .28em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--camel); opacity: .85;
  margin-bottom: 18px;
}
.hero-name {
  font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
  font-variation-settings: 'SOFT' 100, 'opsz' 144, 'WONK' 0;
  font-size: clamp(4.5rem, 11vw, 10rem);
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: .92;
  color: var(--cream);
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  display: block;
  transform: scaleX(0.9);
  transform-origin: left center;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}
/* OPTION B — script name (Julia Wade style). To use: add class "script" to .hero-name */
.hero-name.script {
  font-family: 'Ballet', cursive;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(4.5rem, 12vw, 11rem);
  letter-spacing: 0;
  transform: none;
  line-height: 1;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.name-toggle-note {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .58rem; letter-spacing: .12em;
  color: var(--cream); opacity: .4;
  margin-bottom: 24px; text-transform: uppercase;
}

/* ── HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURE IMAGE ── */
/* Drop a transparent SVG at photos/signature.png and it appears here.
   If the file is missing, the script-font text shows instead. */
.sig-img { display: block; height: auto; }
/* CREAM TINT — turns dark ink into the warm cream marble tone.
   If your signature is already light, delete the filter line on each. */
/* hero — big signature */
.sig-hero {
  width: clamp(300px, 46vw, 600px);
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  margin-left: -2.5%; /* nudge left to align with the text above/below */
  filter: brightness(0) invert(1) sepia(0.28) saturate(1.7) brightness(0.96);
}
/* nav — small signature top-left */
.sig-nav {
  height: 32px; width: auto;
  filter: brightness(0) invert(1) sepia(0.28) saturate(1.7) brightness(0.96);
}
/* footer — medium signature on green bg */
.sig-footer {
  height: 52px; width: auto;
  filter: brightness(0) invert(1) sepia(0.28) saturate(1.7) brightness(0.96);
}
.sig-fallback { /* inherits its parent's font styling */ }
.hero-desc {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif;
  font-style: italic; font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  color: var(--cream); opacity: .75;
  max-width: 440px;
  line-height: 1.55;
  margin-bottom: 44px;
}
.hero-nav-row {
  display: flex; gap: 32px; align-items: center;
}
.hero-nav-link {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif;
  font-size: .85rem; font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--cream); text-decoration: none;
  cursor: none; opacity: .7;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(245,239,230,.25);
  padding-bottom: 2px;
  transition: opacity .2s, border-color .2s;
}
.hero-nav-link:hover { opacity: 1; border-color: var(--camel); color: var(--camel); }

/* vertical scroll line */
.hero-scroll {
  position: absolute; right: 8vw; bottom: 80px;
  z-index: 2;
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 12px;
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .52rem; letter-spacing: .24em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--camel); opacity: .5;
  writing-mode: vertical-rl;
}
.hero-scroll::after {
  content: ''; width: 1px; height: 56px;
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, var(--camel), transparent);
  animation: drip 2s ease-in-out infinite;
}
@keyframes drip {
  0%,100% { opacity: .3; transform: scaleY(.8); }
  50% { opacity: .8; transform: scaleY(1); }
}

/* ── SECTION SHARED ── */
.section-eyebrow {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .6rem; letter-spacing: .26em;
  text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 14px;
}
.section-heading {
  font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
  font-variation-settings: 'SOFT' 100, 'opsz' 144, 'WONK' 0;
  font-size: clamp(3.5rem, 7vw, 6.5rem);
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: .98;
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  max-width: 800px; margin-bottom: 32px;
  display: block;
  transform-origin: left center;
}
/* combine narrow + reveal without clobbering each other */
.section-heading         { transform: scaleX(0.92) translateY(0); }
.section-heading.reveal  { transform: scaleX(0.92) translateY(22px); opacity: 0; }
.section-heading.visible { transform: scaleX(0.92) translateY(0);   opacity: 1; }
.section-intro {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif;
  font-style: italic; font-size: 1.6rem; font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.6; max-width: 560px; margin-bottom: 90px;
}

/* reveal */
.reveal {
  opacity: 0; transform: translateY(22px);
  transition: opacity .7s cubic-bezier(.25,.46,.45,.94),
              transform .7s cubic-bezier(.25,.46,.45,.94);
}
.reveal.visible { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }
.reveal-delay-1 { transition-delay: .1s; }
.reveal-delay-2 { transition-delay: .2s; }
.reveal-delay-3 { transition-delay: .3s; }
.reveal-delay-4 { transition-delay: .4s; }

/* ── PULL-QUOTE INTERLUDES (Julia Wade style) ── */
.interlude {
  min-height: 88vh;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 6vw;
  padding: 120px 10vw;
  background: var(--cream);
  position: relative;
}
.interlude.reverse { direction: rtl; }
.interlude.reverse > * { direction: ltr; }
.interlude-text {
  max-width: 560px;
}
.interlude-quote {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 4.4vw, 4.2rem);
  line-height: 1.14;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  color: var(--dust);
  margin-bottom: 40px;
}
.interlude-quote em {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
}
.interlude-link {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 400;
  font-size: .7rem; letter-spacing: .2em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--dust);
  text-decoration: none; cursor: none;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--green);
  padding-bottom: 4px;
  transition: letter-spacing .25s, color .25s;
}
.interlude-link:hover { letter-spacing: .28em; color: var(--green); }
.interlude-img {
  width: 100%; height: 78vh;
  min-height: 480px;
  background: linear-gradient(155deg, #cabfae 0%, #b0a48f 100%);
  object-fit: cover; display: block;
  filter: grayscale(1) contrast(1.02);
}
.interlude-img-label {
  position: absolute; bottom: 40px;
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .52rem; letter-spacing: .2em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(60,45,30,.3);
}
@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .interlude { grid-template-columns: 1fr; min-height: auto; gap: 40px; padding: 90px 8vw; }
  .interlude.reverse { direction: ltr; }
  .interlude-img { height: 60vh; min-height: 340px; }
}

/* ── PHOTOS SECTION ── */
#section-photos {
  background-color: var(--linen);
  background-image:
    url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='1400' height='1400'%3E%3Cfilter id='mp1'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='0.007 0.013' numOctaves='5' seed='8'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix type='matrix' values='0 0 0 0 0.52 0 0 0 0 0.20 0 0 0 0 0.19 0 0 0 -1.7 1.1'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='1400' height='1400' filter='url(%23mp1)' opacity='0.5'/%3E%3C/svg%3E"),
    url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='1400' height='1400'%3E%3Cfilter id='mp2'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='0.003 0.02' numOctaves='4' seed='42'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix type='matrix' values='0 0 0 0 0.72 0 0 0 0 0.36 0 0 0 0 0.34 0 0 0 -2.0 1.25'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='1400' height='1400' filter='url(%23mp2)' opacity='0.4'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  color: var(--dust);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
  background-attachment: fixed;   /* marble locks to viewport — no tiling seams */
  padding: 180px 10vw 160px;
}
#section-photos .section-eyebrow { color: var(--crimson); }
#section-photos .section-intro { color: var(--dust); }

.photo-theme { margin-bottom: 90px; }
.photo-theme:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
.theme-label {
  font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
  font-variation-settings: 'SOFT' 100, 'opsz' 72, 'WONK' 0;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 3vw, 2.2rem);
  color: var(--green); margin-bottom: 6px;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  display: block;
  transform: scaleX(0.92);
  transform-origin: left center;
}
.theme-count {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .58rem; letter-spacing: .18em;
  color: var(--camel); opacity: .7;
  display: inline-block; transform: scaleX(1); /* reset for this child */
}
.theme-divider {
  width: 100%; height: 1px;
  background: var(--dust);
  opacity: 0.3;
  margin-bottom: 26px;
}
.photo-row { display: grid; gap: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; }
.photo-row:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
.photo-row-3 { grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); }
.photo-row-2 { grid-template-columns: 2fr 1fr; }
.photo-row-wide { grid-template-columns: 1fr 2fr 1fr; }

.photo-cell {
  position: relative; overflow: hidden; cursor: none;
  background: #b8a898;
  aspect-ratio: 4/3;
}
.photo-cell-img {
  width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4/3;
  position: relative; z-index: 1;
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #bfad98 0%, #a89078 100%);
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .52rem; letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(60,40,30,.25);
  transition: transform .5s cubic-bezier(.25,.46,.45,.94);
}
.photo-cell:hover .photo-cell-img { transform: scale(1.04); }
.photo-cell-overlay {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: 5;
  background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(20,10,8,.85) 0%, rgba(20,10,8,.3) 35%, transparent 60%);
  opacity: 0; transition: opacity .3s;
  display: flex; align-items: flex-end; padding: 16px;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.photo-cell:hover .photo-cell-overlay { opacity: 1; }
.photo-cell-caption {
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-style: italic; font-size: .88rem;
  color: var(--cream);
  position: relative; z-index: 6;
  text-shadow: 0 1px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.5);
  display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 4px;
}
.pcc-loc {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-style: italic;
  font-size: .92rem; color: var(--cream);
}
.pcc-note {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .72rem; line-height: 1.4;
  color: var(--sand); opacity: .9;
}

/* ── ART SECTION ── */
#section-art {
  background: var(--deep); color: var(--cream);
  padding: 180px 10vw 160px;
}
#section-art .section-eyebrow { color: var(--sky); }
#section-art .section-heading { color: var(--cream); }
#section-art .section-intro { color: rgba(242,236,226,.6); }

.art-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr); gap: 26px 18px; }
.art-item { cursor: none; }
.art-item:nth-child(3n+2) { margin-top: 40px; }
.art-placeholder {
  width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 3/4;
  background: linear-gradient(155deg, #2c1d1a 0%, #221514 60%, #1a1010 100%);
  border: 1px solid rgba(196,168,130,.1);
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .52rem; letter-spacing: .2em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(196,168,130,.2);
  transition: border-color .3s, transform .5s;
}
.art-item:hover .art-placeholder { border-color: rgba(196,168,130,.35); transform: scale(1.025); }
.art-meta { padding: 12px 2px; }
.art-meta-title {
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-style: italic; font-size: .95rem;
  color: var(--cream); margin-bottom: 3px;
}
.art-meta-info {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .58rem; letter-spacing: .12em;
  color: var(--camel); opacity: .6;
}

/* ── WRITING SECTION ── */
#section-writing {
  background-color: var(--ink);
  color: var(--cream);
  padding: 180px 10vw 160px;
}
#section-writing .section-eyebrow { color: var(--sky); }
#section-writing .section-heading { color: var(--cream); }
#section-writing .section-intro { color: rgba(242,235,224,.6); }

.essays { display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
.essay-item {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 64px 1fr;
  align-items: start; gap: 0 32px;
  padding: 36px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(242,235,224,.14);
  cursor: none; position: relative;
}
.essay-item::before {
  content: ''; position: absolute;
  left: -8vw; right: -8vw; top: 0; bottom: 0;
  background: rgba(242,235,224,.04);
  opacity: 0; transition: opacity .25s; pointer-events: none;
}
.essay-item:hover::before { opacity: 1; }
.essay-num {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 2.8rem;
  color: var(--sky); opacity: .9; line-height: 1;
}
.essay-title {
  font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
  font-variation-settings: 'SOFT' 100, 'opsz' 72, 'WONK' 0;
  font-size: 1.6rem; font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 10px; color: var(--cream);
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  display: block;
  transform: scaleX(0.92);
  transform-origin: left center;
}
.essay-excerpt {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .85rem; line-height: 1.8;
  color: rgba(242,235,224,.55); max-width: 580px;
}
.essay-read {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif;
  font-size: .9rem; font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--ruby); text-decoration: none;
  cursor: none; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 4px;
  transition: color .2s, transform .2s; display: inline-block;
}
.essay-read:hover { color: var(--cream); transform: translateX(4px); }

/* ── ESSAY READER ── */
#essay-reader {
  position: fixed; inset: 0;
  background: var(--linen);
  z-index: 2000; overflow-y: auto;
  opacity: 0; pointer-events: none;
  transform: translateY(28px);
  transition: opacity .4s, transform .4s;
}
#essay-reader.open { opacity: 1; pointer-events: all; transform: translateY(0); }
.reader-bar {
  position: sticky; top: 0;
  background: var(--linen);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(139,21,32,.12);
  padding: 18px 8vw;
  display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center;
}
.reader-back {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-style: italic;
  font-size: .88rem; font-weight: 400;
  color: var(--crimson); background: none;
  border: none; cursor: none; transition: opacity .2s;
}
.reader-back:hover { opacity: .7; }
.reader-progress {
  width: 100px; height: 1px;
  background: rgba(139,21,32,.15); position: relative;
}
.reader-progress-fill {
  position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0;
  background: var(--crimson); width: 0%; transition: width .1s;
}
.reader-body { max-width: 660px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 70px 8vw 120px; }
.reader-eyebrow {
  display: none;
}
.reader-title {
  font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
  font-variation-settings: 'SOFT' 100, 'opsz' 144, 'WONK' 0;
  font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 5.5vw, 5rem);
  font-weight: 700; line-height: .98;
  color: var(--dust); margin-bottom: 30px;
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  display: block;
  transform: scaleX(0.92);
  transform-origin: left center;
}
/* poem titles are smaller than essay titles */
.reader-title.is-poem-title {
  font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2.4vw, 2rem);
}
.reader-lede {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif;
  font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; font-size: 1.7rem;
  line-height: 1.5; color: var(--dust);
  border-left: 2px solid var(--crimson);
  padding-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 44px;
}
.reader-text {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .95rem; line-height: 1.95; color: #4A3320;
}
.reader-text p { margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
.reader-text p:first-child::first-letter {
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: 4.5rem; line-height: .75;
  float: left; margin: 5px 10px 0 0;
  color: var(--crimson); font-style: italic;
}

/* ── POEM: preserve every line break + indentation exactly as written ── */
.reader-text.is-poem {
  white-space: pre-wrap;
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif;
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
  color: var(--dust);
  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
  tab-size: 4;
}
.reader-text.is-poem p:first-child::first-letter {
  font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;
  float: none; margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: inherit;
}

/* ── LIGHTBOX ── */
#lightbox {
  position: fixed; inset: 0;
  background: rgba(8,11,9,.96);
  z-index: 3000; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  opacity: 0; pointer-events: none; transition: opacity .35s;
}
#lightbox.open { opacity: 1; pointer-events: all; }
#lightbox-img {
  max-width: 88vw; max-height: 72vh;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  margin-bottom: 60px;
}
#lightbox-img img {
  max-width: 88vw; max-height: 72vh;
  object-fit: contain; display: block;
  box-shadow: 0 30px 80px rgba(0,0,0,.8);
}
#lightbox-img:empty::after,
#lightbox-img.placeholder {
  content: 'your image'; min-width: min(560px,85vw); min-height: 280px;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  background: #1a0c0c; color: rgba(196,168,130,.2);
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-size: .55rem; letter-spacing: .18em; text-transform: uppercase;
}
.lb-meta { position: absolute; bottom: 30px; left: 50%; transform: translateX(-50%); text-align: center; z-index: 3001; max-width: 80vw; }
.lb-caption {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-style: italic;
  font-size: 1.05rem; color: var(--cream); margin-bottom: 6px;
  letter-spacing: .02em;
}
.lb-info {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .82rem; line-height: 1.5;
  letter-spacing: .01em; text-transform: none;
  color: var(--sand); opacity: .8;
  font-style: normal;
}
.lb-info:empty { display: none; }
.lb-close {
  position: absolute; top: 26px; right: 30px;
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-size: .88rem;
  color: var(--camel); opacity: .6;
  background: none; border: none; cursor: none; transition: opacity .2s;
}
.lb-close:hover { opacity: 1; }
.lb-nav {
  position: absolute; top: 50%; transform: translateY(-50%);
  background: none; border: none; cursor: none;
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-size: 1.15rem;
  color: var(--camel); opacity: .45;
  transition: opacity .2s, transform .2s;
}
.lb-nav:hover { opacity: 1; }
#lb-prev { left: 28px; }
#lb-prev:hover { transform: translateY(-50%) translateX(-3px); }
#lb-next { right: 28px; }
#lb-next:hover { transform: translateY(-50%) translateX(3px); }
.lb-counter {
  position: absolute; top: 30px; left: 50%; transform: translateX(-50%);
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .55rem; letter-spacing: .22em; color: var(--camel); opacity: .4;
}

/* ── ABOUT ── */
#section-about {
  background-color: var(--sand);
  background-image:
    url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='1400' height='1400'%3E%3Cfilter id='ma1'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='0.006 0.012' numOctaves='5' seed='27'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix type='matrix' values='0 0 0 0 0.52 0 0 0 0 0.20 0 0 0 0 0.19 0 0 0 -1.7 1.1'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='1400' height='1400' filter='url(%23ma1)' opacity='0.5'/%3E%3C/svg%3E"),
    url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='1400' height='1400'%3E%3Cfilter id='ma2'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='0.0035 0.018' numOctaves='4' seed='71'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix type='matrix' values='0 0 0 0 0.72 0 0 0 0 0.36 0 0 0 0 0.34 0 0 0 -2.0 1.25'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='1400' height='1400' filter='url(%23ma2)' opacity='0.4'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  color: var(--dust);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;
  background-attachment: fixed;   /* marble locks to viewport — no tiling seams */
  padding: 180px 10vw;
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 80px; align-items: center;
}
#section-about .section-eyebrow { color: var(--crimson); }
#section-about .section-heading {
  color: var(--dust);
  font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 5.6vw, 5.2rem);  /* 80% of the standard heading size */
}
#section-about .section-intro { color: var(--suede); margin-bottom: 0; }
.about-body {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .9rem; line-height: 1.9;
  color: var(--dust); margin-top: 22px;
}
.about-body p + p { margin-top: 18px; }
.portrait-wrap { position: relative; }
.portrait-frame {
  width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 3/4;
  object-position: 30% center;   /* crop shifted left. 0%=far left, 50%=center, 100%=far right */
  background: linear-gradient(155deg, #2c1d1a 0%, #221514 60%, #1a1010 100%);
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .55rem; letter-spacing: .2em;
  color: rgba(196,168,130,.2);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(196,168,130,.35), 10px 20px 60px rgba(0,0,0,.25);
}
.portrait-label {
  position: absolute; bottom: -18px; right: -12px;
  background: var(--crimson); color: var(--sand);
  padding: 8px 14px;
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-style: italic; font-size: .95rem;
  transform: rotate(2.5deg);
  box-shadow: 3px 4px 18px rgba(0,0,0,.35);
}

/* ── FOOTER ── */
footer {
  background: var(--green); color: var(--sand);
  padding: 70px 8vw 54px;
}
.footer-top {
  display: flex; justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: flex-end; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 40px;
  padding-bottom: 44px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(242,235,224,.18);
}
.footer-invite-label {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .62rem; letter-spacing: .24em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--sand); opacity: .6; margin-bottom: 16px;
}
.footer-email {
  font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
  font-variation-settings: 'SOFT' 100, 'opsz' 72;
  font-weight: 600; font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 3.4vw, 2.6rem);
  color: var(--cream); text-decoration: none; cursor: none;
  border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; padding-bottom: 4px;
  transition: border-color .25s, color .25s;
  display: inline-block;
}
.footer-email:hover { border-color: var(--sand); }
.footer-name {
  font-family: 'Ballet', cursive; font-size: 2.6rem; font-weight: 400;
  color: var(--cream); letter-spacing: 0;
}
.footer-bottom {
  display: flex; justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 24px;
  padding-top: 34px;
}
.footer-links { display: flex; gap: 28px; }
.footer-links a {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .6rem; letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--sand);
  text-decoration: none; opacity: .6;
  transition: opacity .2s; cursor: none;
}
.footer-links a:hover { opacity: 1; }
.footer-copy {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .58rem; letter-spacing: .1em; opacity: .35;
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .hero-bg { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .hero-bg-panel:last-child { display: none; }
  .section-heading, .hero-name, .reader-title, .theme-label { transform: scaleX(0.85); }
  .photo-row-3 { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .photo-row-wide { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .art-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .art-item:nth-child(3n+2) { margin-top: 0; }
  .essay-item { grid-template-columns: 48px 1fr; }
  .essay-read { display: none; }
  #section-about { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 48px; }
}

/* ═══ MULTI-PAGE NAV ADDITIONS ═══ */
/* persistent top nav bar for inner pages */
.topbar {
  position: fixed; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0;
  z-index: 900;
  display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center;
  padding: 22px 8vw;
  mix-blend-mode: normal;
}
.topbar-links { display: flex; gap: 30px; align-items: center; }
.topbar-link {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif;
  font-size: 1rem; color: var(--dust);
  text-decoration: none; cursor: none;
  opacity: .7; transition: opacity .2s, color .2s;
  position: relative;
}
.topbar-link:hover { opacity: 1; }
.topbar-link.active { opacity: 1; color: var(--crimson); }
.topbar-link.active::after {
  content: ''; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: -6px;
  height: 1px; background: var(--crimson);
}
/* dark pages get light nav text */
.topbar.on-dark .topbar-link { color: var(--cream); }
.topbar.on-dark .topbar-link.active { color: var(--sky); }
.topbar.on-dark .topbar-link.active::after { background: var(--sky); }

/* inner page header block */
.page-head {
  padding: 200px 10vw 90px;
}
.page-head .section-eyebrow { margin-bottom: 20px; }
.back-home {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-style: italic;
  font-size: 1.05rem; color: var(--sky);
  text-decoration: none; cursor: none;
  display: inline-block; margin-top: 40px;
  transition: transform .2s;
}
.back-home:hover { transform: translateX(-4px); }

/* home page — section preview links */
.home-nav-grid {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 3px; background: var(--dust);
}
.home-nav-card {
  position: relative; aspect-ratio: 3/4;
  overflow: hidden; cursor: none;
  display: flex; align-items: flex-end;
  text-decoration: none;
  background: var(--ink);
}
.home-nav-card img {
  position: absolute; inset: 0;
  width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover;
  filter: grayscale(.3) brightness(.7);
  transition: transform .6s cubic-bezier(.25,.46,.45,.94), filter .5s;
}
.home-nav-card:hover img { transform: scale(1.06); filter: grayscale(0) brightness(.8); }
.home-nav-card-label {
  position: relative; z-index: 2;
  padding: 40px;
  font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
  font-variation-settings: 'SOFT' 100, 'opsz' 144, 'WONK' 0;
  font-weight: 700; font-size: 2.4rem;
  color: var(--cream);
  transform: scaleX(0.92); transform-origin: left center;
}
@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .home-nav-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .topbar-links { gap: 18px; }
  .topbar-link { font-size: .85rem; }
  .page-head { padding: 140px 8vw 60px; }
}

/* ═══ INTERLUDE-AS-NAVIGATION (home page) ═══ */
.interlude-dark {
  background: var(--ink);
}
.interlude-dark .interlude-quote { color: var(--cream); }
.interlude-dark .interlude-link {
  color: var(--cream); border-color: var(--sky);
}
.interlude-dark .interlude-link:hover { color: var(--sky); }
.interlude-dark .interlude-img { filter: grayscale(1) contrast(1.02) brightness(.95); }

/* the eyebrow above each interlude quote */
.interlude .section-eyebrow { display:block; margin-bottom: 22px; }

/* make interlude images feel clickable */
.interlude-img { transition: transform .6s cubic-bezier(.25,.46,.45,.94), filter .5s; }
.interlude a:hover .interlude-img { transform: scale(1.02); filter: grayscale(0); }

/* ═══ CONTACT SECTION ═══ */
#section-contact {
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--cream);
  padding: 160px 10vw 140px;
  text-align: center;
  position: relative;
}
.contact-eyebrow {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .62rem; letter-spacing: .26em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--sky); margin-bottom: 26px;
}
.contact-heading {
  font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
  font-variation-settings: 'SOFT' 100, 'opsz' 144, 'WONK' 0;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 6vw, 5rem);
  line-height: 1; color: var(--cream);
  letter-spacing: -0.02em; margin-bottom: 30px;
}
.contact-heading em {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif;
  font-weight: 400; font-style: italic;
  font-variation-settings: normal;
}
.contact-sub {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-style: italic;
  font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.5;
  color: rgba(242,235,224,.6);
  max-width: 520px; margin: 0 auto 50px;
}
.contact-email {
  font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
  font-variation-settings: 'SOFT' 100, 'opsz' 72;
  font-weight: 600; font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 3.4vw, 2.4rem);
  color: var(--cream); text-decoration: none;
  cursor: none; display: inline-block;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--sky); padding-bottom: 6px;
  transition: color .25s, border-color .25s;
}
.contact-email:hover { color: var(--sky); }
.contact-socials {
  display: flex; gap: 30px; justify-content: center;
  margin-top: 54px;
}
.contact-socials a {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .68rem; letter-spacing: .18em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cream); opacity: .55; text-decoration: none;
  cursor: none; transition: opacity .2s, color .2s;
  border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; padding-bottom: 3px;
}
.contact-socials a:hover { opacity: 1; color: var(--sky); border-color: var(--sky); }

/* ═══ PAGE LOAD / TRANSITION ═══ */
/* fade the whole page in on load */
body { opacity: 0; animation: pageFadeIn .7s cubic-bezier(.25,.46,.45,.94) forwards; }
@keyframes pageFadeIn { to { opacity: 1; } }

/* fade-out overlay when navigating to another internal page */
#page-veil {
  position: fixed; inset: 0; z-index: 5000;
  background: var(--ink);
  opacity: 0; pointer-events: none;
  transition: opacity .45s ease;
}
#page-veil.active { opacity: 1; pointer-events: all; }

/* ═══ COMING SOON (Art placeholder) ═══ */
#section-coming-soon {
  background: var(--ink); color: var(--cream);
  min-height: 100vh;
  display: flex; flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  text-align: center; padding: 200px 10vw 160px;
}
.cs-eyebrow {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .64rem; letter-spacing: .28em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--sky); margin-bottom: 30px;
}
.cs-heading {
  font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
  font-variation-settings: 'SOFT' 100, 'opsz' 144, 'WONK' 0;
  font-weight: 700; font-size: clamp(3rem, 8vw, 7rem);
  line-height: .98; letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  color: var(--cream); margin-bottom: 34px;
}
.cs-heading em {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif;
  font-weight: 400; font-style: italic;
  font-variation-settings: normal;
}
.cs-sub {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-style: italic;
  font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.6;
  color: rgba(242,235,224,.6); max-width: 480px; margin: 0 auto 46px;
}
.cs-link {
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 400;
  font-size: .7rem; letter-spacing: .2em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--cream); text-decoration: none; cursor: none;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--sky); padding-bottom: 5px;
  transition: letter-spacing .25s, color .25s;
}
.cs-link:hover { letter-spacing: .28em; color: var(--sky); }

/* ═══ PHOTOGRAPHY INDEX — clickable theme previews (title ABOVE row, no count) ═══ */
.theme-preview {
  display: block; text-decoration: none; cursor: none;
  margin-bottom: 80px;
}
.theme-preview:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
.theme-preview-head {
  display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 16px;
  margin-bottom: 6px;
}
.theme-preview-title {
  font-family: 'Fraunces', serif;
  font-variation-settings: 'SOFT' 100, 'opsz' 72, 'WONK' 0;
  font-weight: 700; font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 3.4vw, 2.6rem);
  color: var(--green); letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  transform: scaleX(0.92); transform-origin: left center;
  transition: color .25s;
}
.theme-preview:hover .theme-preview-title { color: var(--crimson); }
.theme-preview-arrow {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-style: italic;
  font-size: 1.1rem; color: var(--suede);
  transition: transform .25s, color .25s;
}
.theme-preview:hover .theme-preview-arrow {
  transform: translateX(6px); color: var(--crimson);
}
.theme-preview-divider {
  width: 100%; height: 1px;
  background: var(--green); opacity: .35;
  margin-bottom: 18px;
}
.theme-preview-row {
  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 10px;
}
.theme-preview-cell {
  position: relative; overflow: hidden;
  background: #c5baa8; aspect-ratio: 4/3;
}
.theme-preview-cell img {
  width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
  transition: transform .6s cubic-bezier(.25,.46,.45,.94);
}
.theme-preview:hover .theme-preview-cell img { transform: scale(1.04); }
.theme-preview-cell .ph-placeholder {
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #bfad98 0%, #a89078 100%);
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .52rem; letter-spacing: .18em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: rgba(60,40,30,.25);
}

/* collection page back-to-index link */
.collection-back {
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-style: italic;
  font-size: 1.05rem; color: var(--crimson);
  text-decoration: none; cursor: none;
  display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 40px;
  transition: transform .2s;
}
.collection-back:hover { transform: translateX(-4px); }

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .theme-preview-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .theme-preview-row .theme-preview-cell:nth-child(3) { display: none; }
}

/* ═══ PHOTOGRAPHY INDEX — header with side photo ═══ */
.photos-header {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 0.7fr;
  gap: 6vw; align-items: center;
  margin-bottom: 90px;
}
.photos-header .section-intro { margin-bottom: 0; }
.photos-header-photo {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 1/1;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: #c5baa8;
}
.photos-header-photo img {
  width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; display: block;
}
.photos-header-photo .ph-placeholder {
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #bfad98 0%, #a89078 100%);
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .55rem; letter-spacing: .18em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: rgba(60,40,30,.28);
}
.photos-header-caption {
  position: absolute; bottom: 14px; left: 14px;
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-style: italic;
  font-size: .9rem; color: var(--cream);
  text-shadow: 0 1px 8px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .photos-header { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 40px; }
  .photos-header-photo { aspect-ratio: 1/1; }
}

/* ── MARBLE: mobile fallback ──
   background-attachment:fixed is janky on iOS Safari, so on touch/small
   screens the marble scrolls normally (still no tiling seam thanks to cover). */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
  #section-photos, #section-about {
    background-attachment: scroll;
    background-size: cover;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
  }
}

/* ── WATERMARK (faint, top-right of photos + lightbox) ── */
.photo-cell::after {
  content: 'nv 2026';
  position: absolute; top: 10px; right: 12px; z-index: 3;
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-style: italic;
  font-size: .62rem; letter-spacing: .02em;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.35);
  text-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.35);
  pointer-events: none;
}
/* lightbox watermark */
#lightbox-img { position: relative; }
#lightbox-img::after {
  content: 'nv 2026';
  position: absolute; top: 14px; right: 16px; z-index: 3002;
  font-family: 'Instrument Serif', serif; font-style: italic;
  font-size: .8rem; letter-spacing: .02em;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.4);
  text-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.5);
  pointer-events: none;
}

/* ── WRITING COPYRIGHT NOTICE (appears after each piece in the reader) ── */
.reader-text::after {
  content: '© Nikila Vasudevan — please don\2019t reproduce without permission.';
  display: block;
  margin-top: 60px; padding-top: 24px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(122,30,36,.2);
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-weight: 300;
  font-size: .62rem; letter-spacing: .1em;
  color: var(--suede); opacity: .7;
  font-style: normal;
}