Food for Thought

  • Reflecting on Inspiration and Perfection
    Reflecting on Inspiration and Perfection

    De Carmen Seijas

    Whenever someone asks me why I don't do sketches, why I don't think about a clear project, why I don't define what I'm going to do before doing it, my answer is because so much intentionality, so much looking for meaning destroys the creative experience for me. 
    Plus
  • Fighting your inner critic. How to change our internal dialogue
    Fighting your inner critic. How to change our internal dialogue

    De Carmen Seijas

    If the concept of constantly fighting your inner critic sounds familiar, welcome to the club! It is part of the human experience.  Although it depends on the sensitivities and life...
    2 commentaires
    Plus
  • *Fe en el caos / Faith in Chaos *
    *Fe en el caos / Faith in Chaos *

    De Carmen Seijas

    “Tu visión solo se volverá clara cuando puedas mirar en tu corazón. El que mira hacia fuera sueña y el que mira hacia dentro despierta”― Cart GustavJung En los momentos...
    Plus
  • The Paradox of Productivity against Creativity. 2
    The Paradox of Productivity against Creativity. 2

    De Carmen Seijas

    About seven or eight years ago, I was interviewed by a friend for a magazine. We met at my house to have a tea and chat for three or four hours while our conversation was recorded.  I don't know with what divine patience she managed to make sense to my three-hour rambling, she decided to lead the interview with this iconic quote from Walt Whitman. Months later, when I read the interview, I realised how much she really knew me, because I had never felt so seen in a few words.
    Plus
  • The paradox of productivity against creativity
    The paradox of productivity against creativity

    De Carmen Seijas

    I used to be a workaholic, it was something I was very proud of. I defended and justified my addiction daily.Over time I realized how wrong I was to reduce my self worth to my expectations on my productive capacities, I reached a point where my love for creation and the healing qualities it had for me all my life disappeared and they were replaced by heaviness, apathy and rejection.
    1 commentaire
    Plus