Welcome to Coming Home to your Creative Self - Inspired Interviews with Change Makers and Magic Seekers that I love and find Inspiring. I see the Creative Self as that part of each of us that is Soul-led and Co-creating with life - when we listen to its callings we find our way home to an inner sense of belonging.
This episode was made possible by Art Nexus Studio in Babinda as part of the Tapestry of Yarns project.
In this episode, we explore Naomi Evans’ story of coming home to her authentic self through studying art and taking time for herself. We hear of the transformation this brought forward in her life as we discuss the range of ways creativity can manifest. As Naomi (Mum’a Nai) explores turning the old and discarded into something new and useful, she also discovers new aspects of herself in the process, urging her to bring these discovers to her community so that they too can build resilience in their everyday lives. Mum’a Nai shares her top tools for cultivating resilience, suggests an art practice we all can explore, and reminds us to give ourselves permission to explore.
Mum’a Nai is an emerging artist born in Cairns in 1985. She has been creating from home her whole life, and most of her work has been around repurposing used and discarded objects, exploring the notion of beauty and function, and she has previously dabbled in floristry and making pallet wood furniture, creating flexibility to explore different styles, materials, and mediums outside the box; resulting in a crossover between traditional and contemporary craft and conceptual art. Her influences are her parents and grandparents, who were all creative in a variety of ways, and instilled a deep-seated value around repurposing. Her practice focuses on the female form, the human condition, exploring feelings, connection, community, belief systems and ideologies, storytelling, sharing positive messages and personal life experiences.
Nai is currently working on a group exhibition for a female based theme – ‘Resilience in the Face of Adversity’, to be exhibited in 2025.
“Upcycling and working with textiles makes my heart so happy!” - Naomi
IG: https://www.instagram.com/muma_nai/
Show Notes & Links:
Joy, Embrace, and Activate
Grid Technique : https://www.art-is-fun.com/grid-method
Intro and Outro Music - Postcards by Jeremiah Johnson
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
― Joseph Campbell