DELIRIUM

This is the story behind this photographic series and its name, "DELIRIUM": One hot morning last week, I walked to the grounds near the town's municipal cemetery. My intention was to take refuge for a while in the shade of some enormous trees that have been there for years, even before the streets were paved and were still dirt roads, according to the oldest residents. The thing is, while I was trying to cool down under those trees, I couldn't help but observe the marvelous abstraction and diverse textures present in their old bark, and that's how I ended up walking around the trunks, some even bearing the marks of having been ravaged by fire. And while I was observing, I was also, of course, taking photos, and even talking to myself out loud. And just as I was doing that, an old high school classmate rode by on his motorcycle and, without stopping, shouted at me: "Now I'm sure you're delirious! It must be the heat, you've completely lost it!" 😂And he burst out laughing as he disappeared down the street. I just waved, but right then it occurred to me that "DELIRIUM" would be an excellent title for a series made up of the photos I was taking of those interesting tree barks... And that's how this came about, and I still haven't seen my friend to thank him for his help with the title, by the way! 😂