Amid a raging sea and sharp waves that threaten to swallow and submerge into oblivion, a family is found. The ephemerality of the paper boat confronts us with urgency—this family must be saved. Their lives cling to nothingness; their safe harbor has been taken from them, yet they remain bound to one another.

They are a family that needs to be saved. Perhaps the yellow light shining upon them is the signal of a ship that has seen them in the midst of the storm. How precious are the lives that have been slipping away like a paper boat in an endless ocean?

Ana Terra Castro Viana (Goiânia/GO)
Illustrator & Designer. Migratory cause activist. Moved by beauty and hope.
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Artwork presented in 2024 at the VIII Refugees Forum
Theme: “The Hope That Moves Us”