I know that the way I can best contribute to the lives of others around me, and what excites me the most, is helping others see something that they haven’t seen so far in themselves. These moments of “wow, I didn’t know I could create like this, express myself like this, that I have it in me”. It is worth living for, and if through Creatosphere we can help someone experience it - it’s worth the hustle.
Achieving flashy heights or mind-blowing outcomes isn’t what 's important to me at all; it's more about offering curious souls the chance to reach into themselves, knowing that the ripple effect of inner change can lead to a brighter world for everyone! Because when you change your inner world, you end up changing the outer world too – and that's what it's all about, making the world a better place, one person at a time.
I consider myself a walking contradiction. When I was little, relatives would often try and encourage me to choose one career path to take in life. Back in the day, I was doing theatre classes on Monday and Wednesday, guitar lessons on Wednesday noon, writing short stories and poems in the local book club on Thursdays, and taking pictures/creating short videos whenever I had the time. I can still see why this can be confusing to people - but it was my way of living. As a matter of fact, it still is.
We got the fantastic opportunity to present our first-ever event, ЕмoциON, at the Aleko Konstantinov Community Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, on March 2, 2024. 26 people gathered to learn about Nonviolent Communication, a technique that combines awareness, connection, and empathy to promote a more peaceful society. Toni, Tony, Eli, and Ani, who had trained in Brno, enthusiastically offered their knowledge. The program included participatory activities, personal connections, and informative talks, leaving everyone motivated and eager to apply NVC ideas in their daily lives. This debut event marked the start of Creatosphere's journey to create a community focused on personal improvement.
"By knowing our emotions, we know ourselves. Everyone has needs and they are universal. Emotions exist to help us understand them and yet satisfy them in one way or another. Nonviolent communication speaks about our needs being universal and our feelings being quite similar, but the strategies we use to meet our needs can be very different. Conflicts arise at the level of strategies - our strategy may conflict with the other person's strategy to get our needs met. But the moment we understand what the other person feels, what they need, then our conversation is much easier," explained Toni Lyubenova.
In our quest to enhance youth education, we came across a have a powerful tool to aid us in the development of our trainings and approach when it comes to working with youth. The concept of visual anthropology has excised for decades, but it’s gaining popularity recently.. Let's dive deeper into this approach and see how it can benefit our working methods.
The Method of Creation operates on a simple formula: to make the world a better place, all you need is resources, creativity, and perfect timing. It's our little cosmic recipe for success, with a pinch of innovation and a dash of growth.
This is my inspiration for this theme and it is something I recently discovered as a mindset. I found new logic for my entire life through caring for another and how much hope that brings to an individual when they have to do things to make another creature’s life better and not their own. Which of course makes everyone in the equation happy.
