Category: life
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The fortune of the non-conformists
To bet one’s life on the life we dream of having means to risk it itself. Those of us who recognize ourselves as non-conformists, we know of the extreme abyss that is felt when facing a decision that inevitably puts us on the other side of the river with little or no security at all. […]
Valeria Alves da Florencia | Photography & Stories
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Blossom
These days are the silent demonstration that life overcomes death, that at some point the winter must also die to be reborn in a new form. Like everything and everyone. I was thinking what a flexible role winter plays… Strengthening the roots by folding in on itself, reassembling, nourishing itself… What a brilliant acceptance of […]
Valeria Alves da Florencia | Photography & Stories
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The place of what is lost
A few days ago I was in Italy, in one of my beloved cities: Verona. One of the things I am passionate about doing is visiting my favorite bookstores. In one of them, I spent almost an hour browsing the two floors, filled with all sorts of themes and titles. To my surprise, out of […]
Valeria Alves da Florencia | Photography & Stories
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On grief and grieving*
*quoting Elisabeth Kübler-Ross book of the same title. In the past few months I have walked an intense and profound path into myself, into the deepest darkness of sorrow. My life has gone through a journey I had never thought I would have to live or experience. However, it might probably be the most transforming […]
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