Silent book “MUDAR”

“Mudar” means “Moving”.

“Moving” coincides with my personal experience of leaving Portugal and moving to Belgium. The idea for the story came when, one autumn afternoon, crossing the city park in Antwerp, I picked up a leaf from the ground. I thought: “It’s changing colour, it’s adapting to a new reality”. To represent this change, I resorted to using two color, yellow and blue.

“Moving” tells the story of someone who, for whatever reason, decides to leave, to go to an unknown territory in search of a better life. Leaving the comfort zone, choosing what to take and what to leave behind, the uncertainties, the enthusiasm of the adventure, the reaction of those who stay and those who welcome us are a part of a complex process of adaptation. This book is a metaphor for today, when all of us, whether for adventure, work, religion, war, love, family or curiosity, travel, circulate, move and mingle around the world.

The illustrations were inspired by places, houses, stores, plants, friends and family that I get to know.