About

My Story

I spent decades learning art by imitating the masters. Now I want to create.

Art. Writing, drawing, classical dancing, music, painting.

Throughout my life, I've practiced these disciplines at various levels of commitment. I've lived the good and the bad sides of the artistic industry.

Music was the last art where I put all my endeavor, and which many people still associate me with, although I relaxed quite a lot about it many years ago.

The approach I mainly practiced for decades in music learning and dancing was interpreting the works of others. Although I learned a lot and enjoyed many parts of it, there was a point where I couldn't bear it anymore. I felt the need to create something original.

At the same time, after witnessing (and experiencing) the insane dark side behind the process of producing music at its higher levels, I started questioning whether an unhealthy learning approach of the arts does any good to humankind.

Wouldn't it be better if artists produced from a healthy state of being?

So, in the last years, I've been on the constant lookout for balance, well-being, and mental health to try to answer this question in myself.

What could I create if I part from a being-healthy-first approach? Being healthy first, then create.

While in this process, I'm exploring the idea of creativity in the general sense, from all the angles I can. Giving me permission to question everything, including music itself.

Is it really good to use art to heal from things? (I've seen and felt that this approach may not be true...)

Or is it better to be healed first? (What's "better"?)

Is there a point where, practiced excessively, art could cause more harm than good? Where is that point?

What kind of art could be produced by healthy humans?

I don't have the answers to these hypotheses, yet. Just a hunch. This website is a channel for exploring these and new ideas, researching, creating, reflecting, and learning.

If you feel intrigued about these questions, too, you are invited to be part of Pitaya Letters, a newsletter where I'm documenting my creative process through monthly emails.

*About the photo: The path goes up! It's a hill.

Last page update: 12th of July, 2025.