A Wandering Coracle

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Descolada

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It is not so much about gluing as it is about un-gluing. It is descolada at its most brutally obvious.

“Descolada” is Portuguese for “un-gluing”. It is not a reference to the chemical activity of adhesives as much as it is a metaphor for a disintegrating relationship or psyche. “I am becoming un-glued” would be the English equivalent. Un-glued from r…

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