TEDx Adventures

2025

Context

I participated in TEDx Adventures – El Arte de Sentir, an intimate experience by TEDx Calle Aldama and TEDx Morelia that brought together art, emotion, and gastronomy at Cantera Diez in Morelia.

The event presented two artistic approaches: memorial art by @ianmccartor and my own perspective on creativity as presence, curiosity, and living life in color.

Objective

To share my creative journey and the story of how I reclaimed my own trace: simple, imperfect, and personal, while highlighting art as a tool to connect with emotion.

Role

Guest speaker and participating artist.
Talk development and contribution to the creative experience.

Concept

My talk explored the idea of embracing one’s unique visual language.
Ian’s perspective focused on emotional healing through memory, creating a meaningful contrast that enriched the experience.

Afterward, Ian led a workshop where participants wrote a message for a loved one, burned it symbolically, and painted with the ashes — a ritual of memory, release, and creation.

Highlights

– Collaboration with TEDx Calle Aldama, TEDx Morelia, and Cantera Diez.
– Dual-perspective artistic experience.
– Workshop combining ritual, memory, and symbolic painting.
– Focus on emotion, identity, and creative presence.

Outcome

The evening closed with a Michelin-starred culinary experience from Hotel Matilda, reinforcing the event’s core themes of sensitivity, storytelling, and intention.

TEDx Adventures reaffirmed a belief central to my work: art lives through presence and the courage to look inward.

What colors would you use to paint the way you inhabit the world?