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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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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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Nearly three years on…
“It’s been nearly three years since I last wrote in this blog, and since then, many things have happened. The one big thing that has happened is a realization that to break into the art world and get recognized, you need to market yourself, and that is one thing which I find difficult to do.… Read more
