“In many places, when man assumes his archetypal role as builder, he acts as sculptor, taking the raw form, the earth, and shaping it to his needs, nearly unrecognizable in its final state. For the people of Lima, their relationship with the earth is fundamentally different. They don’t sculpt the land; the earth remains visible if not nearly unaltered despite their development. Whereas the people of developed nations affect the form and therefore identity of the land, the people of Lima quite literally merely scratch the surface—their relationship to the ground is not one of dominance, but acquiescence. It is only in two dimensions that they can affect the land. They conform to the surface. Their relationship is inverse—it is the earth’s will which is primary. In this way, they do not sculpt but can only paint the landscape, their presence forming a mere translucent film over the land’s topography.” - Caros Jimenez Cahua
Click the picture above to learn more about Lima and the desert surrounding it. Land for thought.
