Opuscle

Brief notes on the creative process, the gaze, the gesture, and silence.

Opuscle

There is so much poetry in what we often overlook

There is so much poetry in what we often overlook

Pere Rius

The poetry of the everyday reminds us that life does not dwell only in the extraordinary, but in the gaze that lingers, in our capacity to find depth and meaning...

There is so much poetry in what we often overlook

Pere Rius

The poetry of the everyday reminds us that life does not dwell only in the extraordinary, but in the gaze that lingers, in our capacity to find depth and meaning...

On the Dilemma as a Source of Creativity

On the Dilemma as a Source of Creativity

Pere Rius

We live surrounded by problems. We detect them, classify them, solve them.Problems make us feel useful, efficient, secure within a system that rewards clarity.But life, art, and thought are not...

On the Dilemma as a Source of Creativity

Pere Rius

We live surrounded by problems. We detect them, classify them, solve them.Problems make us feel useful, efficient, secure within a system that rewards clarity.But life, art, and thought are not...

The gesture

The gesture

Pere Rius

There is a moment before the gesture appears.A space so brief it almost doesn’t exist: the still hand, the spreading silence, the breath that sharpens. Everything begins there. 

The gesture

Pere Rius

There is a moment before the gesture appears.A space so brief it almost doesn’t exist: the still hand, the spreading silence, the breath that sharpens. Everything begins there. 

Intuition and Improvisation

Intuition and Improvisation

Pere Rius

Intuition is like a gentle voice that guides us without words. It doesn’t reason or argue; it simply knows. It appears when we stop anticipating and learn to listen from...

Intuition and Improvisation

Pere Rius

Intuition is like a gentle voice that guides us without words. It doesn’t reason or argue; it simply knows. It appears when we stop anticipating and learn to listen from...

All That Returns Within

All That Returns Within

Pere Rius

Some processes don’t start with a clear idea, but with a vague feeling that asks for attention. It might be a texture in an image, a piece of a branch...

All That Returns Within

Pere Rius

Some processes don’t start with a clear idea, but with a vague feeling that asks for attention. It might be a texture in an image, a piece of a branch...

Calligraphy, the dance of the stroke

Calligraphy, the dance of the stroke

Pere Rius

Calligraphy is much more than the art of beautiful writing. It is a gesture that unfolds with the intensity of a silent dance, where the brush becomes the companion that...

Calligraphy, the dance of the stroke

Pere Rius

Calligraphy is much more than the art of beautiful writing. It is a gesture that unfolds with the intensity of a silent dance, where the brush becomes the companion that...