If each of his works is a visual narrative, the message Elson leaves for future
generations is crystal clear: “The Amazon is not an inheritance to be spent, but a
responsibility to be passed on.” And perhaps it’s this very awareness that makes his
art an act of healing. “Art can’t heal nature alone,” he says, “but it can open cracks in
the way we see. It teaches us to view the forest as a relative—not a resource.”
With his ballpoint pen as an extension of his soul, Elson Júnior draws what can no
longer be ignored. His works are emotional maps—guiding us through memory,
feeling, and resistance. And they invite us to a practice more necessary than ever: to
relearn how to see—and how to care.
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