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Reminiscence | Esencia Journal
From my carriage, dressed in mahogany and velvet, as the world blurred past the windows, I found a fake comfort in the acceleration.
Ana Paula Rivas
Dec 13, 20253 min read


The Art of Living | Soul & Body
An ode to the art of living.
Ana Paula Rivas
Dec 5, 20253 min read


The Meaning of Time | Esencia Journal
Everything happens so fast that sometimes the feeling that an event—or a person—ever truly existed fades away.
Ana Paula Rivas
Nov 29, 20252 min read


Negative Space | Sense of Place
Emptiness is not absence, but a subtle presence that supports and gives meaning to the visible.
Ana Paula Rivas
Nov 22, 20253 min read


Nostalgia | Esencia Journal
And maybe, all along, it wasn’t love I was chasing.
Ana Paula Rivas
Nov 16, 20252 min read


On the Origins of Creativity | A&D
In the space between mysticism and philosophy lies the truth of creation: that ideas are not born from us, but through us. This essay is an ode to that mystery—to the invisible that chooses us, moves through us, and leaves a trace of the eternal.
Ana Paula Rivas
Nov 4, 20255 min read


The Lightness of Being | Soul & Body
A meditation on the balance between freedom's lightness and meaning's weight—and the reconciliation that lets the soul and body expand as one.
Ana Paula Rivas
Nov 4, 20254 min read


A Meditation on Spaces | Sense of Place
Beauty is often described in visual terms, but the essence of a place is felt before it is seen.
Ana Paula Rivas
Nov 4, 20253 min read


The Inner Voice | Esencia Journal
An introduction to the stories that await in Esencia Journal.
Ana Paula Rivas
Nov 3, 20253 min read


Esencia Journal | Step into My Universe
A living atlas of perception, a map of stories that invites you to pause, to look closer, to feel beyond the surface.
Ana Paula Rivas
Oct 20, 20253 min read
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