# @instagram on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BUfXvXwDMSO
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11623959-instagram-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/8af56e92a4.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-05-24T21:28:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** instagram (@instagram) — https://gondola.cc/instagram

## Caption

“#hellomynameis Malena Flores (imalenaflores). I’m 23 years old and I’m an illustrator. I live in Itamari, a rural town in Bahia, Brazil, where I find the small moments of beauty that inspire me — like a clear night sky, where I hunt stars. Drawing has always been close to my heart. It was my favorite pastime as a child and is the best way I have to externalize my thoughts. I like experimenting with lots of different things; I’m incapable of sticking to a single medium. Art is freedom.
Light, colors and flowers are the elements that characterize my work. Without them, what I do would be empty. Before, I used to draw on my own in my room. Illustration is a solitary pursuit; people spend a lot of time alone, creating. Today, I receive lovely messages from thousands of people, more than the entire population of my town. Knowing that what I do here reaches and inspires other people makes me feel that I have fulfilled my duty and gives me a warm feeling.
May our future be filled with flowers.”
Illustration by imalenaflores

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