#88 Jacopo Ficulle - Filmmaking as a Form of Healing

Gian Carlo sits down with Jacopo Ficulle — an Italian filmmaker and colorist known as The Dormant Seed — for a deeply personal conversation about what it means to stop running from yourself and start creating from an honest place. Jacopo opens with the origin of his alias: after years of commercial filmmaking left him slowly hollowed out, losing four major clients at once forced him to finally listen to a quieter inner voice he'd long been suppressing. From there the two explore the camera as a form of meditation, the writing process born from twelve years of therapy and journaling, and how Jacopo's personal filmmaking is the deliberate opposite of his commercial work — less control, more presence, more truth. The conversation moves into people-pleasing, the paradox of needing isolation to recharge while also needing connection to feel alive, and the unexpected discovery that communal living in art residencies gave Jacopo what modern life never could. Both men reflect on family, older generations, and how sitting with yourself — uncomfortable and unfiltered — might be the most radical thing a creative person can do. The episode closes on Jacopo's simple hope for his work: that someone watches it, puts their phone down, and asks themselves what they actually feel.FOLLOW JACOPO ► https://www.instagram.com/thedormantseed/SUBSCRIBE ► https://www.youtube.com/@UC7fGr0b4pbFeVzwtDUYzEMA Switch to Musicbed and start your 14-day free trial today: https://musicbed.com/tcgpSign up to Milanote for free with no time-limit: https://milanote.com/carlostigsLearn more about Nanlite & Nanlux Products: https://nanlite.com/ // https://www.nanlux.com/#/en❤️ Enjoy the show? Rate us on Apple Podcasts & Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/6yWlxm2ktUy9DFUbTi0jA8?si=d8b2250d259448c4https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creative-gap/id1639440566________________________________________🤝 Follow The Podcast & Carlo!The Creative Gap: https://www.instagram.com/creativegap/ | https://www.youtube.com/@CreativeGapPodcastCarlo: https://www.instagram.com/carlostigs/ | ⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@carlostigs