My open letter to Boston

Gonzalo Veloz

This project for me it's the culmination of a cycle, it's reaching a "Full circle", not for a particular reason, it's more because it feels right, as an artist it seemed like a project that took a piece of me, not because of the result but more about the impact that this period of time had in me. This is an opportunity to share what my eyes have seen and to share memories. Going through all these images, bring me to so many moments and emotions that I think are a too complicated to explain one by one and to put them in words. When I got here, I was so hurt and so done that honestly I never thought that I was going to be able to get back on my feet, it seems very exaggerated, but it was not. Probably nobody will understand how I felt but myself. I was being pushed to my edge, and this place (and the people that were here for me) saved me. Two years later, it's a different situation. The fight is still there, but the struggles are different. When the most difficult part of my time here ended, I let myself get caught up in other things, and that's why I decided on working on this project for the past year. This is an open statement about my inner fight, how these videos and photos are a compilation of the moments that I captured, and how they represent moments and days where my camera became the "Excuse" that helped me not to be locked inside four walls when it was hard to deal with myself and when I was not feeling good in my own skin. Also, This is also an open request to anybody that may be reading this, and they have felt this way or can relate to what I'm describing. You are not alone. Get an "Excuse" to put the mind somewhere else, search for help, do what you have to do, don't let This project helped me realized my search for help, and probably that's the reason that I feel so connected to it. Boston changed me, in more ways than I can explain. And I hope this rendition serves justice to what this place has done for me, Thank you Boston.