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Living, Resisting, and Re-existing in the Colombian Andes

My relationship with the Colombian Andes is not purely one of landscape: it is affective, political, and inherited. I come from a peasant heritage that taught me, from a very early age, to see the mountain not as a distant backdrop, but as a living being that nurtures, feeds, and also calls for care. I […]

To Be Seen, but Not Known

Not Many Know Me Not many know me For they only know my exterior Amidst people who are unaware of reality I remain the unseeing eye. Who desires me? Those who do, only want my body Not my heart I seek a toe-hold Not felicity. Why are they so blind? If I can quench the […]

We see you, we love you.

Driving through the breathtaking landscape that houses the Nairobi National ParkI found myself wonderingI could almost swear I was dreaming.The Lion majestic in his gait gave us a show,a very private moment, something we only read about in booksThen came the giraffe,heavily pregnant yet she stood regally carrying a generation I have already named,reminding me […]

Return to Being

Who must gobble up the carbon budget, Wrap Mother Earth in endless bales of smog?

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