(2020)
In Colombia, I was fortunate to visit two places in the countryside near the city — my parents’ farm and my in-laws’ farm. They were two landscapes I explored meticulously with my camera, searching for nature’s tiny treasures. Each time I went, I wandered through them knowing what I would find in every corner.
During the pandemic, those explorations became part of my daily routine. One of those treasures that turned into an obsession was spiderwebs — strong, elastic, almost invisible weavings that hold, trap, immobilize, and protect. Just like in human life, we find ourselves entangled in multiple networks, invisible threads that manipulate and sustain us without our awareness.
Today, we live within many kinds of networks — physical, technological, and internal — within our minds and ancestral heritage. All of them, often unseen, move and guide us along pre-established paths that we unconsciously follow.
Making those threads and networks visible is possible through contemplation — through silent, distant yet constant observation of the details and events that unfold in our lives. Becoming aware of their existence allows us to navigate this life with a visible and predictable map.
