How to fall in love with the contradiction of being a creative mind, Zen but ambitious at the same time
with Tona Olvera
The Workshop
This workshop is a space to talk honestly about the reality of creative life. The pressure to grow, stay visible, perform, and constantly improve often clashes with the need for calm, focus, and meaning. This session looks directly at that contradiction rather than trying to resolve it.
The focus is not on productivity tricks or success formulas, but on how creatives actually sustain their work over time while navigating doubt, ambition, responsibility, and change.
The Details
This 90 minute session combines shared reflection with practical frameworks drawn from real creative careers.
You will explore how accomplished creatives manage the tension between making meaningful work and meeting real world demands. The workshop looks at daily practices that support creative energy when motivation is low, and at simple structures that help hold uncertainty without becoming overwhelmed by it.
Attention is given to the different roles creatives are forced to play, from artist to organiser, dreamer to realist, and how to move between them without burning out. The session is conversational in nature and designed to feel more like a shared working space than a lecture.
By the end of the workshop, you will:
Understand common patterns behind creative doubt and pressure
Learn practical ways to sustain creative work when motivation fails
Develop frameworks for managing the contradictions of creative life
Build healthier daily practices that support long term work
Leave with a clearer sense that struggle is part of the process, not a failure
Dates:
17 June 2026
Online 6pm CET. (90m)
How to fall in love with the contradiction of being a creative mind, Zen but ambitious at the same time
with Tona Olvera
The Workshop
This workshop is a space to talk honestly about the reality of creative life. The pressure to grow, stay visible, perform, and constantly improve often clashes with the need for calm, focus, and meaning. This session looks directly at that contradiction rather than trying to resolve it.
The focus is not on productivity tricks or success formulas, but on how creatives actually sustain their work over time while navigating doubt, ambition, responsibility, and change.
The Details
This 90 minute session combines shared reflection with practical frameworks drawn from real creative careers.
You will explore how accomplished creatives manage the tension between making meaningful work and meeting real world demands. The workshop looks at daily practices that support creative energy when motivation is low, and at simple structures that help hold uncertainty without becoming overwhelmed by it.
Attention is given to the different roles creatives are forced to play, from artist to organiser, dreamer to realist, and how to move between them without burning out. The session is conversational in nature and designed to feel more like a shared working space than a lecture.
By the end of the workshop, you will:
Understand common patterns behind creative doubt and pressure
Learn practical ways to sustain creative work when motivation fails
Develop frameworks for managing the contradictions of creative life
Build healthier daily practices that support long term work
Leave with a clearer sense that struggle is part of the process, not a failure
Dates:
17 June 2026
Online 6pm CET. (90m)
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