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Creus' Buenos Aires series also feature the black hooded spirits known as "nomads". In this series, the nomads are shown in various photographs Creus took of parks in Buenos Aires. She uses a verse from
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as a message from the dwarf to Diego Velázquez: "EspĂritu divino, que de mi nada sabes... No podrias tomarme en tus manos suaves, y decirme en voz baja, desdichada crĂature?" Translated to
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