May 27 • Ana Benavides
Some Things Are Meant to Be Felt
Starting the second week of the Hands On residency program, and I’ve already had some realizations and really meaningful insights.
During our last session, we spoke with Maria Positano. As I was explaining my process, I mentioned that I wasn’t sure whether I should include text or poems alongside my work to help explain it. She said something that has stayed with me ever since: not everything needs to be explained, the work itself speaks.
That thought has been sitting with me for days.
I think, for a long time, part of me felt the need to prove that what I was making was important, almost as if I needed to provide evidence or justification for it. But why? Why did I feel the need to over-explain something that could already be felt?
Maybe some things are simply meant to be experienced rather than translated into words.
As I continue reading The Other Side, I’ve come across reflections that resonate deeply with the way I experience and create art. Lately, I’ve been realizing that the more expectation, ambition, and ego I bring into the process, the less space I leave for creativity to flow naturally.
One quote from the book that I absolutely love says:
“Perhaps this is how inspiration arrives: by letting go of expectation, of ambition, of the ego. By allowing unexpected elements in. By not always knowing the answer, or shifting the tenor of the question.”
And I think that’s exactly what I’m learning right now, to trust the unknown a little more.
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