Black and White: Pedra (Nóia)

Devorados pelas sombras do ego, Perdidos nas próprias sensações, Feitos somente de pele e osso, Foram capturados pelo vício, Não sente fome, Não sente frio, Se arrastam pela vida, Pura apatia, São caveiras servas da pedra, Vagam pelas vielas, becos, ruas, Afogados nos olhos fundo das cidades, Debaixo do sol e da lua, Consume a pedra, Para ser consumido por ela, Ciclo vazio, Nóia, Dopamina suja, Nóia, Habita quartos imundos, Reza com a boca na lata, Genuína paranoia. Nóia...

Note: I tried my best to translate this text into English, but it was not possible, there are terms in the text that do not exist in the English language. The example is the two words in the Title that are purely from the Brazilian Portuguese language. The word Pedra and Nóia are terms used specifically for crack users. Pedra is the crack and Nóia is the user. The word Nóia derived from the abbreviation of the word Paranoia. There is no word that sounds like these terms in another language, it would break the metric and the text would be meaningless. So if you translate the text, you know that when these two words appear it is directly linked to the drug and the drug user! Finally, there is the other side: this drug is a drug that has been on the streets of Brazil for over 30 years. The "character" of Nóia is common in many Brazilian cities and the text speaks exactly of a perjorative view of this social "character".

Technique: lost woodcut matrix. File size: 1710x2633 pixels Size: 14.8 cm x 21 cm. Physical printing: 280g canson paper