Nadia Hernández nuestro consuelo, mi consuelo (our consolation, my consolation)
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After the account of his kidnapping (redacted) reflected upon the grandiosity of the Ávila mountain [in Venezuela],
A site familiar, now took on a different meaning.
7 years ago, in the darkness of my abuelos’ house, among pumpkins and cacao, bachacos and ants, I sensed the mist of the Andes descend and calm the entire city.
Fresh air and rain through the night …
On a recent internet search I too wanted to grasp the light of the Caribbean through [Armando] Reverón’s Playa de Macuto.
In dialogue with the intangible, in metaphysical exchange.
The grandiosity of the landscape: a remedy, a consolation.
Nadia Hernández, 2023