My story
My name is Nicol and during my studies at the Faculty of Law I suffered a serious accident, as a result of which I lost my sight. It was sudden. No one prepared me for it. Life slowed me down. It threw me into silence and endless darkness. Into a world where the faces of loved ones disappeared, colors, shapes, light…
I had to learn to walk again. To breathe. To touch. To be. To spend 5 years in hospitals and go through twenty difficult surgeries.
However, my life story is not about loss. It is about acceptance. How to say yes to life, even when external circumstances turn life into a difficult challenge. It is about finding the “inner light” in the greatest darkness. About a radical change of perspective from the outside in. To the deepest core of oneself. To the true place where pain is transformed into beauty. And there I found space for my creation.
Painting and poetry are a natural language for me with which I have communicated since childhood. However, the turning point came on my trip to South America, where I was drawn into the wildness of the Amazon rainforest and the silent wisdom of the majestic Andes. It was a return to nature, to myself.
The taste of a virginally pure natural paradise on earth became my main source of inspiration. I immersed myself in local wisdom, shamanism and working with sacred plants, which helped me open my consciousness and touch my essence. At the same time, I felt a desire as a lawyer to participate in the protection and preservation of this incredible natural beauty which happened thanks to the collaboration with close friends on the Bosque Medicinal project.
The natural and cultural diversity of Ecuador captivated me so much that I currently live here. Over the past 10 years, I have become a bit of a nomad on the route from Czech republic to Ecuador. A free, wandering soul, guided by the whisper of the wind, traveling with her heart and carrying home wherever the path may lead her.
I believe that real beauty is hidden in truth. My work is an invitation to look beyond the visible. How to feel more deeply. To experience and perceive the world with your whole being. To transcend inner limits. And to dance with life, even in its unexpected rhythms.