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Ornela Ramašauskaitė: Portrait painting as a psychological experience and the luxury of slow time
Art market expert and head of the agency artxchange Global, Ornela Ramašauskaitė, is currently curating one of Azerbaijan's most promising artists, Mouk. This September, Mouk held a portrait painting workshop at the Amres Art gallery in Vilnius, an experience that proved enriching and unexpected for both the artist and the four sitters involved. How can portrait painting transform into a journey of self-discovery and growth, and ultimately serve as a manifesto for living more slowly, authentically, and thoughtfully? We speak with Ornela Ramašauskaitė and share insights from the workshop organizer Rasa Baltė Balčiūnienė, the four sitters, and Mouk himself.
Researcher Asta Lisauskienė: aesthetic images, nature boost motivation and productivity
Asta Lisauskienė, a researcher at ISM University, had long observed how significantly the environment influences people and their decisions. Her curiosity about this phenomenon led her to academia, where, alongside other researchers, she conducted two widely recognized experiments exploring the hypothesis of nature as a reward. The findings confirmed that exposure to beautiful natural settings or aesthetically pleasing visuals, even in abstract form, increases productivity and motivation. We discussed how these insights can be applied to daily life.
Eva Saikovska: sometimes we desire to know the rules so much that we lose authenticity
Eva Saikovska, curator of a vintage furniture studio, always looks for aesthetically pleasing spaces and objects, especially those with an interesting history. “Vintage furniture is often chosen by more curious people who allow themselves to try something unconventional,” notes the interviewee. The idea of "allowing oneself" is particularly important in our conversation. We discuss choosing objects for one's space, the role intuition plays in this process, and how vintage furniture can help shape habits.
Jeweler Adelė Dagytė: when I stop hearing my intuition, I pause
Adelė Dagytė, jeweler and co-founder of Adele Notes, discovered her delicate, precise and often minimalist style during her studies and has been refining and strengthening it for more than ten years. Today, she feels a deep satisfaction in following her own path and allows herself to pause and listen more intently to her intuition whenever doubt arises.
Wood product creator Donatas: finally, I am working without any inner resistance
The importance of nature in the life of young Kaunas resident Donatas Šopis, and his self-awareness as part of it, has gradually integrated into his work. Currently, he creates furniture and interior accents, using fallen trees from emergency felling, as well as glass and concrete waste. Donatas says that organic natural forms are particularly revealed in contrasts, and having them in the home or workspace even helps people be more themselves.
Perfumer Laimė Kiškūnė: we choose fragrances as an additional element that complements us
"Scents are not just perfumes: every phenomenon has its own scent. From a thunderstorm, to fresh snow, to a person, to their state of mind. And our brains can read those scents", says Laimė Kiškūnė, a perfumer and scent artist. She wishes everyone to smell consciously more often and to trust their intuition to "read" the scent.
Impressed by clay plaster, Raimonda favored intuition over business strategies
Raimonda Radvilavičienė's business journey did not begin with hiring employees or growing the business, but with stopping decades of production losses and laying off over sixty employees. As the director of "Alytaus keramika," she faced bankruptcy threats and managed an outdated brick production facility.
R. Baltė Balčiūnienė. Nurturing feedback: how to achieve it?
According to a recent Gallup survey, 80% of employees who received meaningful feedback in the last week report being much more engaged at work. The key word in this study is "meaningful": not all performance discussions are equally effective. For example, only 14% of people in an organisation say they are encouraged and inspired to improve after annual performance reviews. Most would prefer more frequent and less formal feedback.
At this time, we often talk about growth mindsets, growth delegation, and I invite you to explore what feedback is growth and how to achieve it.
Asta Petrus, who swapped marketing for the world of desserts: taste training allows you to know yourself better
Asta Petrus, a marketing expert and co-founder of a successful food blog, felt more than a year ago that the blog had "grown up", gave up her previous jobs and started a dessert subscription business. She says that she created and continues to create it in a different way than was usual for her and the business world in general: without a clear strategy, relying mostly on her intuition.
Intuition explorers
Rasa Baltė Balčiūnienė
Founder of the HAI Institute
Founder of the HAI Institute
Ornela Ramašauskaitė
Art market and marketing expert
Asta Dekinienė
Head of Xerox
Central and Eastern Europe Region
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