{"id":10407,"date":"2026-01-14T06:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/istriceillustra.com\/?p=10407"},"modified":"2026-10-04T23:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T21:21:00","slug":"autenticidad-como-base-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/istriceillustration.com\/en\/autenticidad-como-base-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The superpower of being yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to play a song in the background while you read this letter:Ghosts on the east end<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello 2026!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In my last newsletter I talked about power and authenticity for us, as artists and as people: how sometimes choosing the hardest path leads us to the only thing that, in this world saturated with information, is still inimitable\u2026 our\u00a0uniqueness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve chosen three illustrations that represent exactly this idea: peeling away layers and showing what lies beneath!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTRAVEL\u201d<\/strong><\/a>This painting is about the bond that forms between travel companions and places, how everything becomes one, how we become inseparable, how we become a mountain, able to face the hardest climb and the steepest descent without fear.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cFROM MY WINDOW\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/em>Since I\u2019ve lived here, I have large windows that open onto animal, wild and mountain worlds. I can watch nature in its dances, silently, without being noticed, and that\u2019s what I\u2019ve tried to convey with my painting.Acrylic on cardboard and vintage frame. Size: 20 \u00d7 15 cm. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WHAT IS INTIMACY?<\/a>The sea said to the fisherman: \u2014 Intimacy is when you stop seeing me as a simple stretch of water and start thinking of me as a companion. When you no longer look at me as a resource, but truly begin to feel my presence. It\u2019s when my waves follow the rhythm of your breath, when you come close and sense my moods \u2014 my calm, my fury, my silence. And like your net gathering fish, I gather your thoughts: I welcome them, I keep them, I become their only witness. I hold them within me, and they remain our secret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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from my newsletter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy career as an illustrator has never been a straight path. It reminds me of that scene in\u00a0<\/strong>Big Fish<\/strong><\/em>where Edward sets off with the giant and finds himself at a crossroads: he can take the familiar road or the winding one. In the end he chooses the second, knowing he can\u2019t die. And what does he find? Experiences, places, unexpected situations. But above all, he finds himself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0I\u2019m \u201can Edward\u201d: I chose curiosity, freedom and adventure.<\/strong>That choice made my path much longer. A shop in the town centre would certainly have made things simpler and, above all, would have shortened the journey\u2026 but do you know how many things I would have missed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Would I have been myself if I had chosen that path?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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If you want to read my full reflection,\u00a0subscribe to my newsletter<\/strong>.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I promise not to bombard you with emails: I\u2019ll only write when I have something to share and, now and then, a little gift for you! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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until next time <\/p>\n\n\n\n

xxx Andrea <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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