26 January 2026

Clinical depression, or major depressive disorder, is a serious and common medical condition that negatively affects how a person feels, thinks, and behaves. It is essential to distinguish it from normal sadness or temporary discouragement, which everyone experiences after a loss or a disappointing event.

26 January 2026

 

I walked into a rehearsal of The Weight of an Island three days before its premiere. The Avellaneda Theater had no electricity. The stage was held together by the faint daylight filtering in from one side and a few scattered flashlights that carved moving bodies out of the darkness. There was no lighting design yet—though Freddys Núñez Estenoz’s was already on paper—but there was something more essential: theater stripped to its core, where gesture, word, and breath are enough.