Beatriz Nascimento
National Archive of Brazil/Courtesy The Beatriz Nascimento Foundation
THIS year I made what may have been a mistake: I agreed to write two books. And having written that sentence, I feel compelled to reassure both of my editors (should they see this column) that all is totally fine, I am on top of this and you will get my drafts by the agreed dates.
Both books, in different ways, are about the cosmos and my (maybe strangely) enduring love for the thing. I say strangely because of the year we have had – turmoil on Earth might…