Pause and wonder among ink and words

Review of "London Spring" by Teresa Clara Martínez

Abstract

Londres Primavera, by Teresa Clara Martínez, is a poetic and visual work that explores the fusion between the natural and the urban in London through the repeated observation of a suburban garden. The author transforms this everyday space into a microcosm where tensions between stillness and movement, presence and absence, artificiality and nature are reflected. Blending drawing and writing, Martínez proposes a radical form of attention and wonder, akin to the perspective of Rachel Carson. The book does not impose a fixed narrative but instead builds a network of sensitive, fragmented observations that shape a choral vision of the city. The carefully crafted edition balances image and text, creating atmospheres and silences that invite reflection. In this context, natural elements acquire architectural qualities and vice versa, dissolving traditional boundaries between them. Londres Primavera becomes an invitation to inhabit the world with a slower, more poetic gaze.