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Was it my first act of self determination?
I was listening to today’s Gibraltar Today discussion on how National Day came about and the issues of self-determination, and was thinking: why is it that it has, to this day, continued to be a central focal issue? Indeed, the SDGG has done absolutely incredible work through the decades, but the fight for self-determination started… Read more
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Slow down, create, and become part of the solution
It’s been a hot summer, hasn’t it? It certainly has for those of us living in southern Europe. Of course, there are always people who will say, “It’s summer—it’s supposed to be hot.” I tend to ignore those comments. Not because they’re entirely wrong, but because they often become an excuse to dismiss the bigger… Read more
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a change is coming
It was September 17, 2016, some three months after the Brexit referendum, that I last crossed the border into Spain. I had already made my decision before then not to bother crossing while the restrictions on Gibraltarians would be so great following Britain’s decision to leave the EU. However, a friend asked me to cover… Read more
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The Innocence of Child and Nature – Art, Meaning & Story
There’s something quietly powerful about the way children experience the world—unfiltered, curious, and completely immersed in the present moment. “Innocence of Child and Nature” began as an attempt to capture that fleeting feeling. In this illustrative collage, a young child sits beneath the sheltering branches of a tree, mesmerized by the graceful dance of butterflies.… Read more
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Responsibility of a Creative Towards Sustainability
That’s a heavy title, isn’t it? You’re probably expecting a long lecture about climate change, saving the planet, and all the usual talking points. I’m not going to do that—at least not in the way you might expect. Instead, I’ll start with one simple statement of fact: I am just one person. I cannot change… Read more
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A New Era — a new domain
It’s an exciting moment. The move to stephenignacio.art places the focus, for the first time, exactly where it belongs — on my art, my creative work — not as a side project, not as a business experiment, but as the central thread that connects everything I do. For years I’ve been building across different platforms:my… Read more
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Not Cheating. Translating.
It’s been a while. A lot has happened — and yet, very little. Sometimes art has to take second place while life rearranges itself. Mine did. I stopped pushing outward so I could stabilise inward. From the outside, not much changed. Inside, everything did. I asked myself the questions artists avoid:Why so many platforms but… Read more
