“There are moments when I realize that belonging is not a place but something we prepare for. O Começo begins there, in that recognition. If AQUI existed in the liminal air between leaving and arriving, this painting inhabits what it feels like to settle, the quiet, almost fragile act of standing still long enough for a place to shape itself around you. It is the moment where I stop negotiating with the horizon and turn my attention to the ground beneath my feet, even when storm clouds gather in the distance.
Everything in O Começo is arranged with the logic of a room built from interior weather. The two red chairs face forward, not as an invitation to sit but as witnesses, framing a space that is both intimate and ceremonial. They suggest a pairing: the self that came before and the self that arrives, memory and possibility, the you who left and the you who is standing here now. They hold stillness with a kind of vigilance, reminding me that home is often built in the tension between what has been endured and what is yet to come.
Between them, a rose blooms, alive and unguarded. It is not decoration. It is a pulse, a center, a quiet insistence on opening in unfamiliar ground. There is vulnerability in placing something so tender between two structures, and yet, it is exactly that fragility that steadies the painting. The rose names the subtle labor of beginning again: the willingness to soften after uprooting, to grow even when certainty has not arrived.
Above and behind, storm-colored clouds move like thoughts that haven’t yet settled. They mark the psychological climate, the sense that change brings risk, that the future asks for endurance. The storm isn’t the subject; it is the condition. Shelter, I realize, is rarely created in calm. It emerges precisely because the storm exists. Preparing, standing, continuing, that is the work of resilience.
The lamb returns from AQUI, but it has shifted. Then, it carried the raw innocence of someone leaping from one life into another, unknowing, untethered, the Fool. Here, its innocence has become intention. The red heart is no longer naïve but chosen. It is radical vulnerability, trust that has learned to survive experience. It steps forward slowly, deliberately, an animal that understands risk and tenderness and chooses to move anyway.
This is the architecture of O Começo: a place made, piece by piece, from presence and choice. Home isn’t found; it is claimed. The painting reflects the quiet work of occupying your life before you feel fully claimed by it. It honors the courage of preparing for the storm without assuming defeat, of building refuge by simply showing up.
If AQUI held the ache of displacement, O Começo holds the gravity of arrival. Not the arrival of resolution, but the interior arrival of choosing your coordinates. It is an altar to that delicate, private commitment: I will stay long enough to see what this place becomes. I will remain, even when what surrounds me is uncertain.” - Antonia xx
Add a wonderful accent to your living space with this poster that is sure to brighten any environment.
Printed on 200g natural art paper with a matte, uncoated finish and lightly textured surface, that ensures a rich and vibrant display of colors.
Sustainability is important to us, that is why our prints are made to order and not printed until the order is received. All orders are printed and shipped within 3 business days of receiving the order.
Fits standard sized frames. The frame is not included.
If your order has been damaged or lost within 1 month of shipment you are eligible for a complimentary reprint.
All sales are final and cannot be cancelled.
“There are moments when I realize that belonging is not a place but something we prepare for. O Começo begins there, in that recognition. If AQUI existed in the liminal air between leaving and arriving, this painting inhabits what it feels like to settle, the quiet, almost fragile act of standing still long enough for a place to shape itself around you. It is the moment where I stop negotiating with the horizon and turn my attention to the ground beneath my feet, even when storm clouds gather in the distance.
Everything in O Começo is arranged with the logic of a room built from interior weather. The two red chairs face forward, not as an invitation to sit but as witnesses, framing a space that is both intimate and ceremonial. They suggest a pairing: the self that came before and the self that arrives, memory and possibility, the you who left and the you who is standing here now. They hold stillness with a kind of vigilance, reminding me that home is often built in the tension between what has been endured and what is yet to come.
Between them, a rose blooms, alive and unguarded. It is not decoration. It is a pulse, a center, a quiet insistence on opening in unfamiliar ground. There is vulnerability in placing something so tender between two structures, and yet, it is exactly that fragility that steadies the painting. The rose names the subtle labor of beginning again: the willingness to soften after uprooting, to grow even when certainty has not arrived.
Above and behind, storm-colored clouds move like thoughts that haven’t yet settled. They mark the psychological climate, the sense that change brings risk, that the future asks for endurance. The storm isn’t the subject; it is the condition. Shelter, I realize, is rarely created in calm. It emerges precisely because the storm exists. Preparing, standing, continuing, that is the work of resilience.
The lamb returns from AQUI, but it has shifted. Then, it carried the raw innocence of someone leaping from one life into another, unknowing, untethered, the Fool. Here, its innocence has become intention. The red heart is no longer naïve but chosen. It is radical vulnerability, trust that has learned to survive experience. It steps forward slowly, deliberately, an animal that understands risk and tenderness and chooses to move anyway.
This is the architecture of O Começo: a place made, piece by piece, from presence and choice. Home isn’t found; it is claimed. The painting reflects the quiet work of occupying your life before you feel fully claimed by it. It honors the courage of preparing for the storm without assuming defeat, of building refuge by simply showing up.
If AQUI held the ache of displacement, O Começo holds the gravity of arrival. Not the arrival of resolution, but the interior arrival of choosing your coordinates. It is an altar to that delicate, private commitment: I will stay long enough to see what this place becomes. I will remain, even when what surrounds me is uncertain.” - Antonia xx
Add a wonderful accent to your living space with this poster that is sure to brighten any environment.
Printed on 200g natural art paper with a matte, uncoated finish and lightly textured surface, that ensures a rich and vibrant display of colors.
Sustainability is important to us, that is why our prints are made to order and not printed until the order is received. All orders are printed and shipped within 3 business days of receiving the order.
Fits standard sized frames. The frame is not included.
If your order has been damaged or lost within 1 month of shipment you are eligible for a complimentary reprint.
All sales are final and cannot be cancelled.
