DARK GENESIS - A manifesto or a fall into the abyss?

When I decided to create my portfolio, I wanted for the first time to build a project where I could be vulnerable. A space where my soul could finally come through.

The last few years were tough. Studying alone asks more from you than you think. That’s when I realized I was in my own process of developing creativity. I fell so many times, but slowly I started to understand how important it was to listen to my intuition, because that’s where my heart screamed the loudest about what I needed to say, what I wanted to express.

I still feel like I’m in this process. And honestly, I don’t think it ever ends. Every experience shapes something in me, how I see the world, how I feel life, the way I reinvent myself.

Creativity, for me, is that. A deep listening to yourself. And that’s what gives shape to everything I create.

When I read Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, I felt like the raven was that choked, muffled voice living inside our chest. It speaks, but how many times do we shut it down because of what’s happening outside?

Our intuition never lies. It’s pure truth, even when it hurts. It’s always there, quiet, restless, poking you like a needle in your pillow, keeping you up at night.

I wanted to bring a Brazilian trace into this. I wanted to talk about Brazilian bohemia, but not the romantic version with alleys, samba, and bars. I wanted to show the pain hidden behind a smile. The sacrifice made in the name of freedom. The price we pay for giving voice to our intuition.

Sometimes, intuition pulls us away from people, places, or paths that seemed ideal. Because what’s truly yours doesn’t distract you. It pushes you toward your purpose.

Every step in this collection was a moment of deep vulnerability for me.

And I’m honestly happy I get to share something that carries 100 percent of my essence and heart.

Because it’s love that makes art truly visceral and unique.

This collection isn’t the end. It’s the beginning of the walk.

That’s why the name is Dark Genesis, the start of creation.

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The first drafts of the pieces and the meaning behind each one

The first look was about being encapsulated, rooted, pulled down by the moss that lives inside us.

The second one represents the fall. The fishing net, bohemia, pulls you down. Something caught you. The cane appears as a symbol of support.

The third is intuition. There’s not much to say. I think the word itself says everything.

The fourth one is rebirth. When you’re born, you cry. Behind every birth, there are layers, there’s pain, there are scars. You might be new, different, but you can’t hide the marks that brought you to where you are.