Venice De Castro

When Hackett’s Paw Lands On My Knee

Hackett is my mother’s cat. He is 11 years old. When he was 5, he felt incredibly unhappy inside the house, looking out the windows, meowing until he was brought outside. He loved the outside cat life. He became part of a gang of cats, had a few babies until he was neutered at 6Continue reading “When Hackett’s Paw Lands On My Knee”

Green Grace

For my sister’s birthday we met her in an island 5 hours from the city she lives in today. We walked in the forest near the opening of a road and found greens covering the side of the road, it was always summer in the island but underneath the trees, were the greenest greens thatContinue reading “Green Grace”

I think I’ve been Waiting

Today, I felt incredibly lethargic before I took lunch. Perhaps I was hungry, it is 3pm and I had a late breakfast. I found out a month ago that I was not producing enough cortisol. Apparently, cortisol is not just a stress hormone (contrary to what I thought), it also helps you get moving, getContinue reading “I think I’ve been Waiting”

River Walks

A conversation with a friend from 05 January 2024. “…It was really beautiful. I mostly did post production work. But it has been inspiring. In the work, but also in the everyday life.

A Cup of Home

I spent the last two months of 2019 until January 2020 in Bogota with Anna in the house she grew up in. At that time, I was in the middle of editing “Last Days at Sea”. The edit felt like a never ending mystery, something that I could see in my mind but could notContinue reading “A Cup of Home”

The Heaviest Snow Since 1981

I rushed out of bed to open the window as soon as I read Yoonsoo’s message: “Omg there’s snow.” Never mind that I was in a T-shirt fit for filming in Manila’s summer heat. I did not wantTo miss a secondOf this beautiful snowKnowing that it would evaporate before we knew it We kept theContinue reading “The Heaviest Snow Since 1981”

Forgetting

This morning, I forgot the password to my laptop. Just yesterday, all I had to do was graze my hand on the keyboard and my fingers would move by themselves. But this morning, I touched the keyboard and my fingers have forgotten where to go.

Distance Between Two Bodies

I realise I haven’t written anything here lately. My notebook is full of daily notes though. Over time my relationship to this space has changed. But some things I want to re-start again. Just like writing, freely.

Dream – Life

Dream – Life I wish I had known sooner That I was already livingthe lifeI thought I could only dream of Thatthe futureI had been waiting to arrivehad always beenhere.

The People We Were

Last night, I had a dream.We were living in Lisbon in a sunny apartment. It was the end of the day and we were about to go for dinner at a park.Lately I’ve been thinking about the time I spent in Lisbon.

Drawing

I remember I used to draw a lot. It didn’t matter where I was standing, if it was raining or if it was freezing, most importantly, what mattered to me was that I drew my best.

M

Two years ago, I spent my birthday on the other side of the world. Bogota was the farthest city in the world for me. It took a 35 hour journey for me to get there. That day, we walked in a garden and looked at flowers. When I was 12, I thought that when youContinue reading “M”

Mga Kaibigan (Friends)

I take a lot of photographs but it often takes me months before I see them again after the moment of taking. I mostly photograph people around me. I used to think that I would have a life as a photographer but right now, that’s not the life I have. Today I found these photographsContinue reading “Mga Kaibigan (Friends)”

A Tiny Box

In March 2017, Marta, a former teacher of mine arrived in Lisbon. She had been to Colombia and told me that my friend Anna sent a package for me. When I had met Marta, she handed me a tiny woven box, that fit in my palm. In it was a note and a pair ofContinue reading “A Tiny Box”

About today

“For the tender flower — I think of you. So far away. Where ever you are.” Many months ago, the biggest fear I had, were no match for the realities of today. These days, in the time of difficulty, in the face of a New Corona Virus, taking away those we love, and puttingContinue reading “About today”