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Mindful Creation: Meeting the Matter and the Beginner’s Mind
The evolution of an artistic and clinical research never occurs in a solipsistic vacuum; rather, it is nurtured through precise moments of relational attunement. Recently, an in-depth dialogue with coach Beatrice Redi — which culminated in a conversation shared on her YouTube channel, available to watch at this link — became an opportunity to redefine the coordinates of my practice. This was not a mere exchange, but a field-testing of an essential theoretical and practical node: the necessity of weaving together informal art, the philosophy of imperfection, and the rigor of therapeutic presence through the lens of conscious creation (mindful creation).
In today’s digital landscape, the concept of mindfulness suffers from a troubling semantic exhaustion, all too often trivialized as a synonym for simple relaxation or a mental escape from reality. In my experience, Mindful Creation is the exact opposite: it is a visceral grounding in the here and now. Inhabiting the process means deposing the anxiety of aesthetic control or the illusion of the ego to step into a state of pure listening to the matter. The sculptures, pigments, and photographic traces that constitute my work are not born to indulge the viewer’s taste or to decorate a space; they are born as invitations to slow down time, to measure posture and breath in the face of the form’s physical boundary.
This approach grafts organically onto the aesthetic root of Wabi Sabi, the Japanese philosophy that traces the dignity of an artifact not in its geometric perfection, but in its transient, fragile, and incomplete truth. Tending to the surface of the clay means precisely honoring this silent, asymmetrical beauty, where the mark of the hand is not an executive defect, but the tangible testimony of the Self incarnating into the substance. Art thus ceases to be an utilitarian exercise and transforms into a daily discipline—a rhythmic return to the weight of the earth and the quality of light.
Yet, protecting this space of research requires a counterweight: the capacity not to become imprisoned by the rigor of technique or the demands of the adult intellect. It is at this precise point of equilibrium that the archetype I chose for my logo resides: Momo the rabbit. Far from being a mere graphic whim, Momo embodies what Eastern tradition defines as the “beginner’s mind.” He represents the spontaneous energy of wonder, the patience of non-judgment, and the radical capacity to let go of the outcome. Art, before crystallizing into a clinical trace and residue, lives deeply within a dimension of play and marvel.
Mindful Creation is therefore not a protocol to be applied or a pre-packaged solution, but an ethical posture in the world. To create not to demonstrate, but to listen—welcoming the mistake and the fracture as thresholds of regeneration. This is the sophisticated and rigorous practice that guides both my research in the Atelier and my art therapy workshops: transforming the artistic act into a living biographical resource, capable of restoring everyone to their own inner anchor.
