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Long before borders and names, the peoples of Europe lived in conversation with the forest. It sheltered them, fed them, frightened them — a vast, breathing world of spirits and unseen presences. In its depths, myths were born: gods turning into trees, voices whispering through roots and mist. From this shared ancestry emerged the slavic figure of Leshy — guardian of the woods, trickster and protector, shifting between human, animal, and shadow. More than a figure of folklore, he is the pulse of the forest itself: unpredictable, dangerous, and generous. Today, our lives unfold through digital architectures, guided by light and data. And yet the forest persists — as memory, as longing, as a threshold to another way of seeing. To walk among trees now is to listen differently, to remember that we are surrounded.
— Katya Quel
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Long before borders and names, the peoples of Europe lived in conversation with the forest. It sheltered them, fed them, frightened them — a vast, breathing world of spirits and unseen presences. In its depths, myths were born: gods turning into trees, voices whispering through roots and mist. From this shared ancestry emerged the slavic figure of Leshy — guardian of the woods, trickster and protector, shifting between human, animal, and shadow. More than a figure of folklore, he is the pulse of the forest itself: unpredictable, dangerous, and generous. Today, our lives unfold through digital architectures, guided by light and data. And yet the forest persists — as memory, as longing, as a threshold to another way of seeing. To walk among trees now is to listen differently, to remember that we are surrounded.
— Katya Quel
