General Sadness
A photo documentation of an ongoing project consisting of a series of interventions carried out in various natural locations, using clay as the primary material. Each intervention is accompanied by a poem. I Portugal 2024
Today is my birthday
Today is my birthday
It is my second time here
Yesterday I thought I would never be able to do something
Here where the nature is too perfect
I will never be able to fight against it
And will lose
Today I said I would just go and walk there
After three hours of walking freed from any thought
I stood on one rock and just started
I am done
I think I made many cakes
Maybe for all the people that I want to be with and celebrate this day
Perhaps it is just a gift to this landscape
I can’t know
I am happy to be alone today
I feel relieved
I cried
I went to the ocean, dried myself and walked away
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It is midday
I need to go back to return my bike and meet Inês