Escrevida - Texts from Laura Esteves, brazilian writer.

Memoirs of a Guardian, Laura’s Legacy

You Know Me

The Dog’s Dilemmas

A Fragment of Observation

Verses observing the urban and cosmic landscape, from teenagers in the park to constellations floating in the silence of the ocean.

Retina Mirror

Between notifications, likes and bright screens, we lose the open mic, the face-to-face conversation and the joy of real life.

The cosmos' contribution to love

There is something like cosmic dust. That when stirred, flees into the nebulae. Through the fusion of celestial bodies

Singularity 500

In the year 3426, an artificial intelligence connected to all of humanity begins to question the purpose of its existence; and the worth of those who created it.

Juvenile Nightmares of a Normal Human Being

The brutal account of a teenager sent to a psychiatric facility for cheating on a test, where he faced violence, isolation, and the death of his only friend.

Epitaph of passion

Loving you was optional, But falling in love with you was not, Loving you was within the limits of my heart, But love for you was a matter of life, and death.

Escher, authors and deities

The fabric of the narratives tends to reveal with each development that the ending, paradoxically, is often nestled in the beginning.

Ode to Femininity

We, women, are the fabric of strength, skill and deep empathy, which intertwine with the divine gift of life, radiating a love that fills our hearts and shapes destinies.

Paternal Midlife Crisis

A father watches his daughter get ready to go out and realizes, between a sip of whisky and a restrained compliment, that she's grown up and he's getting old.

Sex and good morning

Why is good morning a simple everyday wave, while sex, for many, carries such a disproportionate weight? The answer, woven through centuries of patriarchy, takes a heavy toll on women.