In the Chilean Patagonia the wind is like a roaring beast, slashing the blue glacial lagoons before crashing into the Andes: persistent, from west to east, like a cold arrow.
I place my hand on the freezing ground and words climb up my arm and into my mouth. It is not a hallucination. It is not in vain. It is words and wind that shape my spirit.
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Mario is a Dominican artist, writer and photographer. His work has been featured in the NY Times, Discover Wildlife by BBC and Outdoor Photographer Magazine. He is the author of “Narraciones para Incriminarme”(2003), “Todo lo que quiero es olvidar” (2012), “Wildscapes”(2013) and “Africa: narraciones de un viajero”(2014). Mario works in some of the last wild places of Earth, producing images that explore beauty and silence. He is 40 and lives in Santo Domingo.