Memento Mori Lab

Episodes

1. 28

   #28 Self-doubt

   The evil that destroys our dreams and leaves us for dead in the dark corner of our minds. Or is it? Maybe not, but still I can't shake the feeling that self-doubt holds us back as artists and there's no magic solution. All we can do is talk about it. What's Memento Mori Lab? Memento Mori Lab is…

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   Jun 28, 2021

   18m
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   #27 Finding Ourselves

   Should we really be looking for ourselves? Maybe this whole trying to find myself journey is a hoax and there’s a better way, but it’s hard to swim against the current when you don’t even know where you’re swimming to. This episode is even more confusing than this description but it might all…

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   May 3, 2021

   15m
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   #26 Thoughts

   If you are human, then chances are, you live more in your thoughts than objective reality. But we are not our thoughts and we often forget that. We don't realize how much our thoughts affect us but questioning these thoughts can be the path to more freedom in our creative process and in our…

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   Apr 12, 2021

   17m
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   #25 Choices

   The thought of right or wrong choices stops us from making any choices at all, in life and the creative process. We can't get away from making choices, but we can choose to look at them differently. What's Memento Mori Lab? Memento Mori Lab is our permission slip to experiment, try new things…

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   Mar 29, 2021

   15m
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   #24 Momentum

   Mass in motion. Building momentum and creating a process might be among the best ways to follow a creative path. The challenges and fears bound to creativity are many, but momentum can help us push forward beyond our resistance leading to our best work yet. But how can we build momentum? And how...

   Mar 15, 2021

   19m
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   #23 Freezing

   Let's talk about facing blank pages and feeling completely frozen. Whenever there's a creative thing we really want to do, why is it that we feel completely paralyzed, unable to inch forward while our minds work overtime? Or is it just me? Also, in this episode: overthinking, analysis paralysis,...

   Feb 28, 2021

   14m
7. 22

   #22 Circles

   We keep running around these circles and we always end up right where we started. This episode talks about the vicious and virtuous cycles we can encounter in our creative process. What's Memento Mori Lab? Memento Mori Lab is our permission slip to experiment, try new things, and keep bringing...

   Feb 8, 2021

   16m
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   #21 Weathered

   Worn out lives, weathered souls. We all have moments in our lives that we feel depleted, like all the energy we had, dissipated. The colors of the world don't shine as bright, and we feel spent. But, maybe there is something we can do about it. Something that might make our lives a little better,...

   Jan 25, 2021

   16m
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   #20 Past, Present & Future

   Abstractions of time, we created to make sense of the fact that we are going to die. "They" say that the past is dead and the future unborn, so all we can worry about is the present. But how can we do that when we are consumed by imagined scenarios and past traumas? Memento Mori Lab does not have...

   Jan 11, 2021

   16m
10. 19

    #19 Voices

    Inner critics, self-saboteurs, censors, oppressors. We all have different names to these little voices in our heads that criticize our every move and keep us from doing the creative work we want to do. These voices are one of the main reasons we avoid focusing on our creativity. No one wants to...

    Dec 28, 2020

    16m
11. 18

    #18 Fears

    Let’s talk about fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of success, fear of not being good enough and all these other invisible monsters that haunt our creative minds. If anything, this episode will make you feel less alone when it comes to dealing with these quiet fears we fail to see. What's...

    Dec 21, 2020

    21m
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    #17 Chaos & Control

    Let's talk about our chaotic lives, how we invite more chaos in and how we have absolutely no control over most things. It's hard to accept how little we can actually control in life, and maybe this episode is a bit extreme. Or maybe it's accurate. Who knows? What's Memento Mori Lab? Memento Mori...

    Dec 14, 2020

    18m
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    #16 Brief Obsessions

    Brief obsessions come and on. All of a sudden, we get interested in something. The interest escalates quickly and becomes an obsession. We consume everything we can find about it, we learn, we try, and we feel like our lives have a new meaning. Until, just as suddenly, we don't. Sound familiar?...

    Dec 7, 2020

    18m
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    Memento Mori Lab Podcast

    Memento Mori Lab is our permission slip to experiment, try new things, and keep bringing ideas to life. In my case, that means writing mediocre poetry, some stories and scripts, doodling, and recording this podcast. Memento Mori reminds us, we are going to die. Whatever creative endeavor you've...

    Nov 30, 2020

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    #15 Waves

    The expectation of a constant stream of happiness, creativity, or anything we crave is the recipe for disappointment. What if all comes in waves instead? Maybe we need to look at things differently, zoom in and out of our lives, and search for progress to find happiness. What's Memento Mori Lab?...

    Nov 30, 2020

    18m
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    #14 Invisible

    If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Most of us feel invisible, most of the time. Do we need to be seen to exist? What about our creative work? Does it exist without an audience? As always, an episode full of questions and with very few answers.…

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    Nov 16, 2020

    17m
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    #13 Regrets

    "I wish I had done BLANK when I had the chance” Sounds familiar? Regret seems to be a common feeling going around, particularly the regrets of things we didn’t do. It’s so painful and yet, we feel completely powerless over it. If we can’t go back in time, then what can we do? What's Memento Mori...

    Nov 2, 2020

    19m
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    #12 Simplicity

    Simple is far from easy. In a world that keeps complicating things, how can we use simplicity to improve our creative processes and our lives? We are complex creatures, but if you consciously simplify things, we might surprise ourselves and create even better work. Best of all, simplicity can…

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    Oct 26, 2020

    17m
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    #11 Memories

    Memories play a huge role in how we see ourselves and how we tackle our creative process. But is the past truly set in stone as they say? Maybe not. This episode is not a trip down memory lane. It’s all about the questions that emerge when we think about all the things we remember and the ones we...

    Oct 19, 2020

    16m
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    #10 Stuck

    Some days, it just feels like we are not really in it, we get stuck, and inspiration doesn't come anywhere near our creative work. This was one of those days! It's hard to accept that we can't live in a state of constant flow, creating one "masterpiece" after the other, isn't it? Maybe this…

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    Oct 12, 2020

    15m
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    #09 Death

    Facing our own mortality, figuratively speaking, can be a catalyst to finding happiness in being alive. This episode is about our own deaths and how they can put everything else into perspective. If you don't want to think about any of this right now or ever, it's better to skip this one....

    Oct 5, 2020

    18m
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    #08 Mirror

    Who am I? Who are we? Does the mirror reflect who we really are? This is an episode full of questions. We constantly search for ourselves, and, simultaneously, we hide our true selves from the rest of the world afraid of being judged for being different. What's Memento Mori Lab? Memento Mori Lab…

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    Sep 28, 2020

    15m
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    #07 Time

    Is time the evil monster that keeps us from doing what we want? Are you haunted by time every time the clock ticks? This episode is all about time! Along with three poems, Mayra discusses (with herself) the struggles imposed by our obsession with time, how evil time can be and how it might be the...

    Sep 21, 2020

    17m
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    #06 Decisions

    Making decisions can be such a struggle, not only within creativity but life in general. This episode brings up some of those feelings and talks about how not deciding can have a huge impact on our lives. And there are a few ideas on trying to be more decisive! Obs: Sorry about the weird...

    Sep 14, 2020

    11m
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    #05 Perfectionism

    This episode is a deep dive into perfectionism, what it is all about, and some things we can try instead. There are some perfect poems throughout the episode, and we take a look at how perfectionism might be destroying our dreams. If you struggle with perfectionism, this podcast might NOT be the...

    Sep 7, 2020

    17m
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    #04 Truth

    An episode about the inner truths of an artist, the concept of truth, opinions and dealing with negative feedback. Through the episode there are a few poem readings, a confession and some philosophy from someone who knows nothing about Nietzsche. Our creative minds get caught in rules disguised…

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    Aug 30, 2020

    12m
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    #03 Overwhelming Ideas

    Overwhelming ideas - This episode starts with a poem called Russian Dolls. At some point in our creative process come the ideas. But sometimes there are too many ideas, and that can make us freeze. Other times we struggle to take an idea all the way to the end and feel the need to move on to the...

    Aug 24, 2020

    10m
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    #02 Expectations

    Expectations - This episode starts with a little poem called Expectations, and then we dive a little deeper into this topic and how it affects our creative process. Expectations are one of the many ways fear shows up and gets in the way of our creativity. I feel that in my writing, doodling, or...

    Aug 16, 2020

    9m
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    #01 Creating Time

    A poem on creativity, time and death, followed by some context and a call to all creative souls desperate to finally start making things! Creating time We can do anything, We can do everything, We can do nothing. Though nothing usually is still something. We take time for granted, clocks melt...

    Aug 9, 2020

    7m