About
Welcome to Memento Mori Lab
Memento Mori reminds us: we are going to die.
That is the only certainty we have in life, and change is the only constant.
And yet, most of us live our lives on autopilot without ever going after what would make us truly happy. Afraid of failure and of disrupting our ordinary lives, we choose to push our dreams aside. Along with our dreams, we often push our authenticity aside to make sure we fit into society’s molds. We want to make sure we belong.
Memento Mori Lab is a place for all of us to reignite that spark and allow ourselves to TRY. Think of it as a permission slip. This is our chance to be fearlessly creative, try different things, and find pockets of joy in life. Whatever creative endeavor you’ve been postponing, now is the time to take action.
This lab is all about experiments, hypotheses, and trials, no need for certainty.
Hopefully, Memento Mori Lab becomes more than a lab and grows into a movement for people to allow themselves to explore creativity, free of judgment.
The creative journey is scary, and it might feel lonely at times. But know that you belong here and you are not alone.
The "scientist"
I’m Mayra, originally from Brazil but currently live in Canada. I’m more than I could ever write here, and I’m nothing but a grain of sand in the universe. I’m a woman, lesbian, wife, cat mother, an artist, an NFT enthusiast, and, hopefully, your friend.
I’ve always been an artistic kid, until I grew up, graphic design became my job, and after being burned a couple of times, it brought me very little joy. Creativity took the backseat, and the 9-5 took over. The pandemic hit and I NEEDED creativity back in my life.
So I started painting, sketching, writing, and I loved all of it. But in between my ADHD, anxiety, self-doubt, and fears, it wasn’t always easy to actually practice those things.
Until I drew for the first time on my iPad, on Procreate, something just shifted for me, and I started doing it all the time. Things clicked. I just love doing it so much. Then came NFTs, and I was instantly hooked.
The creative journey is not easy to embrace, but it’s a lot harder to fight against it. Every day, I face my creative struggles, inner critics, and fears. On most days, I come out stronger. Sometimes, I fold and accept my losses.
It took me a while to get here, and I’m only getting started.
I realized the joy was in the process of exploring creativity, trying new things, and creating stuff more so than in the actual results. That’s why this is a lab, and I’m happy you’re here!
I'm usually on Instagram, doom scrolling my life away. Come say hi!