Thoughtful Intentions
An embroidery exhibition on the nature-being-other bond
This embroidery exhibition is part of the series The Five Seasons by Paula Castro, a
Brazilian textile artist. Using linen and thread, the embroideries illustrate the
feminine, the woman's body in organic transformation with nature and the value of
each phase of the life cycle.
The threads pass through childhood, youth and maturity and give life to the processes
of mourning and maturing. The changing seasons are metaphors for the states of the
soul. The embroidered scene emphasises the flowering of human intimacy in painful
moments, the value of being connected to each other and also to nature.
In this way, the canvases provoke us to feel the bond between Nature - Being - Other
and to conjugate the verb to care.
To care about looking inward, knowing oneself, the needs that spring from
within, and their purpose for being in the world;
To be careful about cultivating the garden around oneself, and pollinators, and
maintaining the creation of life on the planet.
To be continuously caring about others in the terrible autumns of their
existence. To always be a support for their pain.
Hands take care. Hands are protagonists in this series. With them, we look after ourselves, each
other and the Earth. With our hands, we touch, we create intimacy and, through caring, we
establish bonds. We need this bond to feel safe and to develop as human beings. Therefore, care
is urgent and essential. By caring every day, we participate in building the bond with ourselves,
between ourselves and others and between ourselves and the planet.