Why I dare Share My Drawings
People sometimes ask why I share my drawings and the photos from nature awkward details from my Instagram account with the strange name – nature in underwear.
And also: What does any of this have to do with coaching or career change?
Here’s why.
We live in a time where perfection has become the standard
A perfect CV.
A perfect LinkedIn profile.
A perfect method, perfect strategy, perfect productivity system.
Flawless images. Polished careers. Perfect stories of success.
We forget that perfection is not human — and trying to reach it often leads not to excellence, but to alienation and burnout.
Somewhere along the way, we lost the joy of the process.
We lost the slow work of making something with our hands.
We lost the capacity to stay with the imperfect.
Hand-made drawings: the beauty of the imperfect
My drawings are made with pen and paper.
They are simple. They are imperfect.
And this is exactly why I share them.
Because life is imperfect.
Because we are imperfect.
Because handmade things remind us that not everything needs to be automated, optimised, or enhanced.
It reminds me of a line from Afonso Cruz in The Books That Devoured My Father:
“Bombo and I went cycling — something that still isn’t done by computer.”
When we draw, build, write, or create without technology, we use parts of our capacity we’re slowly losing — attention, patience, motor skills, observational skills, curiosity.
My drawings are my way of saying:
imperfection has value — and the process matters more than the result.
Photos of small moments: the overlooked world around us
And the little moments of nature I capture?
Besides the photos being imperfect, they remind us that nature is still here — even in cities, even in unexpected places — if we only lift our eyes from the screen.
People travel thousands of kilometres to admire something “simple” that someone else sees outside their window every day.
We forget that beauty often sits right next to us.
These photos are my invitation to slow down and notice what is already here.
Curiosity: the bridge between doing and becoming
Curiosity is not entertainment.
It is a way of thinking — and a way of growing.
When we explore new paths, curiosity allows us to take small steps without demanding perfect results.
A drawing that goes wrong still teaches something.
A small experiment still reveals direction.
A small walk still clears space.
Curiosity is what allows us to stay in motion without rushing or forcing.
Career transitions and the sense of loss
In periods of transition, one of the hardest experiences is the sense of loss:
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loss of direction
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loss of identity
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loss of interest
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loss of confidence
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When the old career fades and a new one hasn’t formed yet, most people enter a kind of quiet hiatus — a moment that requires reconnecting with themselves to understand where they stand.
Small human moments — drawing, noticing nature, moving, writing, looking — help people reconnect in ways that strategies and frameworks cannot.
This is why, in my coaching work, we begin by revisiting:
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your past interests
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the skills you enjoyed using
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the values you want to live
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the moments that make you feel alive
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It’s not linear. It’s not fast. And it’s never perfect. But it works — because you reconnect with yourself, and as the path unfolds, I’m beside you, helping you keep your direction steady.
An invitation
If you find yourself in a moment of transition, or simply disconnected from yourself:
Give yourself one small moment today.
Pick up a pencil.
Read one poem.
Take a short walk.
Stretch.
Notice something alive.
Notice something imperfect.
Notice something simple.
Not to be productive.
Not to create a result.
Simply to reconnect.
Because sometimes the simplest human moments bring more clarity than any strategy.
