In an era of information abundance, the power of storytelling stands out as a strategic tool to construct meaning, reflect on ourselves, connect with others, and share our understanding of the world. The Estalo in Lomba do Pinheiro explores the creation of visual images from orality and a scale of proximity to contest control and influence the creation of stories told about who we are and our immediate life context.

Urmeer's mural is the result of a workshop with regular users of the community center. The artist employed a series of methodologies to catalyze the construction of a collective story. In the process, and considering the limitations of words to convey certain ideas, special attention was given to color, which becomes a direct and metaphorical narrator, capable of transmitting the emotions and reflections that emerged during the working sessions and appear in the work only in some symbols—after all, storytelling is not simply creating a narrative but shaping perception. It is about deciding which stories will be told, how they will be told, and who will tell them.