cigarra y pantalla

A character leans against a tree, searching for shade from the scorching sun. On the trunk, a cicada slowly sheds its skin, leaving behind the shell of what once was. This quiet moment recalls the story of the cicada and the ant, the worker and the dreamer, a tale often used to judge those who rest or move at a different rhythm.

In many Indigenous cultures, colonial narratives have measured the value of work through constant productivity, feeding the prejudice that rest or stillness means laziness. But under a burning sky, rest becomes a form of resistance. It is a way to survive, to listen, to transform. The painting reflects this tension between labor and pause, body and nature, human and insect, each finding their own way to endure beneath a sun that demands both humility and care.