Nature, places and faces

Nature, Places and Faces was inspired by the places observed and admired, environment / that have brought a lot of inspiration to everyone who looks around. The book is a way of awakening to the beauties that we have in our daily lives and that we often forget to contemplate, we neglect their presence on our way. How wonderful our day would be if every time we went to work we valued the scenes of beauty that greet us along the way. So we decided to produce a book of photo with poetic texts. The photos are mainly from the municipality of Campo Alegre, in Santa Catarina. We the privilege of photos of places not so popular with the media, places that have not yet been published. That is why we leave aside places that seem to be obvious when talking about Campo Alegre, or São Bento do Sul or even Curitiba.

Our greatest interest is to awaken the poetic look around the place where we live, to value the environment so we can better preserve it. It is an old and well-known saying that "only those who know love it", so we have the proposal to make people better know the space they live in, so that they can enjoy it and get energy and motivation to seek a better life.

Views and places are intended to reach readers of all ages, from all regions of Campo Alegre, Santa Catarina, Brazil and the world. Let us open our hearts, let our eyes roam through texts and images. (The author)

This book is an enchanting glimpse, by text and photographs into a brightly textured world of sensuous delight. An elegant match of lyric to image, of dream and memories, eloquently presented, this collaboration celebrates nature at its most beautiful. The little poems present a haiku-like appreciation of the natural world!

(Penn Kemp - Canadian Poet)

I loved, your light words, your apparently simple way of describing things so pure. Your verses reveal sweetness, pleasure and joy. For me it is an extreme delight to appreciate this book that encourages the lightness of a simple reading, loaded with sensitivity, love for nature and its unadulterated features, promoting real pleasure to our lives. These poems reveal belongingness to roots, to origins and to a rich environment.

Thank you for this gift, dear friend Miguel!

(Renata Batista - Poet and Master's student)