“Without leaf, there is no dream
Without leaf, there is no life
Without leaf, there is nothing.”
Ildásio Tavares

“He had embraced errantry or taking to the sea
as the closest thing to freedom
he would experience.”
Sadiya Hartman

Ewê and Omí, leaf and water in Yoruba, are the elements that have guided us here. The power of the herbs and woods, the marine flow, and the rocking of the tides, overlapping in a conversation that begins with two works by Bahia-born artist Ayrson Heráclito – ‘Agué com Avivi,’ 2022 and ‘Sacudimentos – O encontro das margens do Atlântico’  [‘Shakings – the meeting of the Atlantic’s shores’], 2015. The images created by Heráclito help us understand broader issues concerning spirituality and the multiple perspective...