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A one-eyed alien caught by surprise by my camera

In 1971, Dr. Seuss created the Lorax, an absolutely fascinating character who speaks one line that has stuck with me, and which I repeat to myself on an almost daily basis as a mantra: “I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.”

I have always had a very intimate connection with trees, and their branches and patterns have especially fascinated me since childhood, though I never quite understood why. I just liked looking at them for hours on end. I am Brazilian and grew up in Rio de Janeiro, a city that has a national park right in the middle of it. Almost every weekend my parents would take me and my brother to play in the midst of this great forest in the heart of a large metropolis. What a way to train the imagination of a child!

Axons and synapses

Dancing cork oak

Dancing to the light

Trees play a very central and special role in my personal universe. They are supre...

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