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Literal yoga: Warrior 2

At the first yoga class I’ve ever taken, I had already decided that wasn’t for me. The instructor spoke too slowly and moved too fast, he didn’t explain the why behind every movement –

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From Brazil, in Los Angeles, working with fashion and visual communication and blogging about art and dreams.

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Meet Max! She is all about dancing with her friend Meet Max! She is all about dancing with her friends and being the self-proclaimed coreographer. That was until her mom decided to move to the big city, there’s no dancing with friends there - except for that ballet class, ugh, those clothes are so tight and itchy.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Max’s dancing dress was inspired by “pastoril” and “guerreiro”, two types of folkloric dances from the northeast of Brazil. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#visualdevelopment #conceptart #artistsofinstagram #costumedesign #costumevisdev #fashiondesign #costumeconceptart #characterdesign #costumedesigner #visdev #costumeconcept #pastoril #folclorenordestino #guerreirodealagoas
my love and fascination for the creative process ( my love and fascination for the creative process (and what stands in the way of it) have always been with me, but in the recent years i've gained a vocabulary that allowed me to talk about it - to others and myself - in a much more productive and compassionate way. i no longer talk about "feeling lazy", "procrastinating", or "having to do x amount of hours" when it comes to art making, i understand these things come to signal something bigger and judging them at face value has never helped, even though it's widely practiced.
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these books talk about different subjects, but all of them have an approach to creativity i relate to and appreciate. i recommend each one of them. if you wanna hear about them individually, let me know and i'll gladly chat away :) #recommendreads
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1. Art & Fear - by David Bayles & Ted Orland
2. Creativity, Inc - by Ed Catmull
3. Self-Compassion - by Kristin Neff
4. Daring Greatly - by Brené Brown
5. How to Do Nothing - by Jenny Odell
I can’t decide 🧐 is she a teenager wizard on I can’t decide 🧐 is she a teenager wizard on a quest or someone about to go to the farmers market post-lockdown ✨🤓 thoughts?
i really like this one! @matherlouth served us som i really like this one! @matherlouth served us some amazing costume and props, my mind was at full speed imagining stories during this whole session :)
sassy sunday :) sassy sunday :)
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