Visions of the Lake, is a celebration of power, not loud or imposed, but quiet, ancient,
magical, and deeply rooted. It honors the interconnectedness of nature, of community,
and of the deep relationships between people, animals, land, and spirit. It is a tribute
to cycles of growth, memory, loss, and regeneration and to the sacred threads that
bind us all. Everything is connected.
This work becomes a tactile offering to those connections: an invocation of continuity,
care, and protection. I returned to the lake not just as a place of inspiration, but as a
living portal of power. Atitlán is magnetic, its landscape formed by volcanic force. At
the heart of this work is the interwoven strength of women, their hands as keepers of
knowledge, their threads carrying stories of endurance and transformation. Through
textile, tradition becomes ritual. The material is not passive, it is alive with cultural
memory, charged with spiritual meaning.
Watching over this landscape are the nahuales, sacred beings of Maya cosmology,
animal spirits born under one’s day-sign. They are companions, protectors, and
bridges between worlds. Their presence is subtly drawn into the background of the
textile, reminding us that every being visible or invisible has a role in maintaining the
harmony of life.
The piece itself does not sit still, it speaks. It speaks of blooming and withering, of grief
held in silence, of collective dreaming. It speaks of protection, of imagination, and of
the future as something we can still shape. With our hands, our stories, and our shared
care, we are called to look back, to draw from the wisdom of nature and the feminine
in order to build futures that are rooted, respectful, and alive. In a world that so often
seeks to divide and distract, this work is an act of remembering. A reminder that
nature is not separate from us, it is us. That stories are where we learn and that we
need more stories that inspire change. There is still so much to learn from the land
itself. This is a call to protect what is sacred, to honor what came before, and to
imagine together what comes next.
