A Feast of Mangoes in the Afternoon

Some scenes need very little explaining. Omar knew this when he raised the camera and simply pressed record: parrots among the mango-heavy branches, pecking at the ripe fruit with that precision of theirs, letting rinds and seeds fall to the sanctuary floor. Four videos arrived from the field, and in every one the same quiet story repeats itself — the green of the feathers, the yellow and red of the mango, the dull sound of beaks at work. No more words were needed than the ones Alejandro sent: "Parrots eating mangoes, there's nothing more beautiful." He's right.