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Cactus of the sands
These drawings were inspired by the simple form, stark environment, and complex history of the copiapoa cactuses that grow in the Atacama Desert. I found solace in the tranquil indifference with which these centuries old cactuses have grown, since times unknown, against all odds, in the oldest and driest desert of the world, a land of uttermost solitude, finding sustenance in just fog and sunlight. At the same time, their current predicament, facing extinction in habitat, mostly due to poaching, mining and climate change, was also present in my mind, adding a larger significance to this exploration, leading me to imagine these cactuses as existential talismans, living fossils of the sands.