Nada Muere una vez que entra en el aire
“Once it bursts into the air, nothing dies” is a reconnection with nature and memories through the contemplation of the moment, while myths and folk stories from the Peruvian forest are the background of this whole experience in a town called Oxapampa. “Once it bursts into the air, nothing dies" (Nada muere una vez que entra en el aire) is a gaze that was under another one while I was spending genuine moments with my twin nieces and nephew who live in the highland forest in Peru. As I started to document the everyday of my family, it was on those daily walks we take while they share names of plants or what they do here and there something awoke. As they unfolded this experience, I felt it was the beginning of a collaboration, where they show me their way, the purity of their interactions while I connect with the environment in a way I felt I had forgotten. Relearn to listen to the blow of the wind touching the leaves, the trees "speaking” to each other, the sound of the flowing water from the river. Whilst the magic of the place is singular, the forest guards many stories that are kept alive and passed down from generations. The lands guarded by the Chullachaqui, the guard of the Amazon who transforms into a human to take you into the depths of the forest are one among other myths. I was introduced to this world by unique human beings and I reconnect to it through memory and new experiences which inspired these moments. My intention is to continue nurturing this relationship while unearthing the stories and learn other myths of this part of the Peruvian forest and the relationship it has with their inhabitants.