Sugar exports
October 7, 2026Although it may not seem so, there are central themes that present themselves each month in the making of this blog’s posts. Elections aside, this…
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Readings
Texts that evolve into essays, drawing from existing publications to construct new ways of viewing the world—spanning science, art, history, and culture.
The editing of reality
October 1, 2026We are in 2026, another election year in Brazil. And, as happens with every election, we have already begun to see circulating on social networks…
Impermanence in silence
September 28, 2026Silence is not static, it demands impermanence. And there is a kind of scream that is not born from fear. It is born when something…
Botanical embroidery
July 19, 2026This year, almost all of my embroideries have been botanical. Leaves, flowers, branches, roots. It wasn’t a conscious decision. It just happened. Today I think…
Moths and orixás
June 27, 2026For a long time, science believed that several moths belonged to the same species. They were found in different regions of Brazil and received a…
Handmade and marketing
June 4, 2026Sometimes, a piece of news goes beyond the field of consumption and forces us to reflect on memory, culture, and labor. That was what happened…
Embroidery: the oldest in the world
May 6, 2026The history of embroidery is older than any written memory. Among the stitches still used today, cross-stitch is often pointed out as one of the…