A text written in the air

“This text was written in transit, during a journey, on a flight, through connections and layovers, from São Paulo to Paris.”

A traveling writer, shaped by impermanence, by the theme of nomadism, by the eternal search of the artist, sets out on a new voyage.

In search of a story, a character, a narrative that might offer him meaning and direction.

Without this journey, he seems to barely exist.

The pandemic — perhaps the great odyssey of our times — confines us, cements us in our homes, in isolation. Yet it grants us a rare opportunity to travel inward and come to understand ourselves as a collective.

Just as the gypsies pack their bags...