The house of poppies / Third Rua

"The inspiration for this mural came from recognising historical events that mark the history of Nimy, but also from a personal look at what I have learnt. Firstly, the historical mark of the Battle of Mons, immortalised in John McCrae's poem ‘In Flanders Fields’, and the reference to poppies, which honour the fallen soldiers of the First World War. The soldiers and the poppies became central elements, because I felt a great closeness to the representation of the flower as a symbol of homage and resistance; in my country, Portugal, the carnation is the flower that popularly and unanimously represents the fight for freedom, which must never cease.

To these elements we can add ceramics, an equally important element in the economic and cultural history of the town of Nimy. Finally, the familiarity inspired by the figure of the cat, linking all the other elements. How many of us take our eyes off the concrete paths to look at a cat lying on a window in the sun? May this moment of tenderness be repeated on anyone who looks at this fresco."