Nycka, the Nomad ©

This is a text about friendships . I'm Nycka Nunes, digital and cultural nomad, and I work as a visual artist, fine art photographer and stylist. In recent years I have experienced an intense healing process from emotional traumas. I believe that personal style is intertwined with lifestyle and personal development, so in this blog I share personal reflections and a little about my lifestyle. Not everyone will like you the way you are. Friends value and respect us for exactly who we are and support our growth without hurting or forcing us. It's not about pretending we're perfect and don't need to improve, but about respecting our time and, when we decide to improve, they're there cheering for our victory and supporting as much as possible. And when we fall, we can count on our friends' shoulders to cry on, and their support to pick us up and move on. Whoever wants good friends must be a good friend. And knowing when to cut relationships if there is no recip...

This is a text about my relationship with my body. I'm Nycka Nunes, digital and cultural nomad and I work as a visual artist, fine art photographer and stylist. As a stylist, I believe that personal style is linked to self-knowledge, personality and lifestyle, and therefore it is impossible to label a personal style. Also, if someone imitates someone else's appearance it goes against the grain of developing a strong personal style. I've always been skinny. To the point that, at a certain point, I took medicine to whet my appetite. At that time I ate little because the food at my maternal grandmother's house, where I lived, was ugly and bad. Fortunately, at the other grandmother's house, the food was always very tasty. Nowadays I try to eat well, without exaggerating, and I've learned to understand many of my body's needs. I am 1.75 m tall. And since I was a teenager I have wide hips, and small breasts. And my body type today is hourglass, because the mea...

This is a text about some experiences from my adolescence and their impact on defining my personal style . I'm Nycka Nunes, digital and cultural nomad. I work as a visual artist, fine art photographer and stylist. I recommend that you follow my profiles on social networks because I often write texts that are better understood by those who follow my content. I will consider adolescence the period of my life from 13 to 22, in this text. At 11 and full of traumas, I started studying at the only school where I stayed for more than two years. I studied there until the end of high school. I have already told you in another text how the first year there was. The second was not much different. People started approaching me. In the third year studying there I was very comfortable and all my closest colleagues were in the same class. Except for the fact that I didn't answer roll call or present work to the class, no public exposure of my voice or being the center of attention, it was...

Psychologists say that those who had traumatic experiences in childhood do not usually have hobbies . This text is about my childhood and how I dealt with the limitations that were imposed on me. I'm Nycka Nunes, digital and cultural nomad, and I work as a visual artist, fine art photographer and stylist, in addition to creating content on this blog and on social media. I graduated in advertising. I started working at 5 years old. I lived with my maternal grandmother for most of my childhood and adolescence. When I was very young I studied ballet, piano and flute. I lived opposite the music conservatory in my hometown at the time. I've been passionate about piano ever since, but even though they enrolled me in the course, my family never encouraged me and I didn't have a piano to practice with. And I was frustrated with the lack of evolution between one class and another. The other courses I don't even remember wanting. I still reject the flute. I now know that narci...

Have you ever heard that looks can be deceiving? Could they be deceiving? I'm Nycka, I work as a stylist, visual artist and fine art photographer. As a stylist, I was a world pioneer in working with personal image as a non-verbal communication tool. Once, during the cold period in Curitiba, I went to work looking very androgynous. I'm tall, thin, I have short hair and my appearance already contributes a lot to the androgynous aspect, which I eventually reinforce in clothing. After work I stopped by the supermarket before heading home. And, on the way, as I was on foot (I was working in a mall close to home), while waiting for the traffic light to turn green for pedestrians, a woman with a little girl of about 5 or 6 years old stopped beside me. The girl asked her mother, looking at me: “is it a boy or a girl?”. The mother got mad at the child, and as soon as the traffic light turned green she ran out and scolded the girl. I don't believe that clothes have a gender. I o...

Are you that kind of person who likes everyone? Is it the one who hates anyone who is different from you or has different values? Or some type that is neither of those extremes? This is a text about 5 characteristics that I consider positive and 5 negative characteristics of people . I'm Nycka, I work as a stylist, visual artist and fine art photographer. As a stylist, I consider personal image as a non-verbal communication tool, and developing a strong personal style is part of a process of self-knowledge and exposure to new possibilities. I am an artist even when working as a stylist, as non-verbal communication is also part of visual arts and fine art photography. As a stylist, I see each client as a work of art, where the communication intentions are not mine, but theirs, as well as in my works of art and photographs made to order. I believe that we can only know ourselves by living different experiences, meeting different people and discovering what we like and what we don...

This is a text about grief . Grief doesn't exist just for someone's death. It is a process that can happen in many different situations. I'm Nycka, I'm a stylist, visual artist and photographer. In this blog and in my profiles on social networks, I talk about different subjects, many of them not related to my work. On social networks, I publish notices about posts here on the blog and also exclusive content. On Spotify I have a playlist only with songs to deal with grief, and I've been adding new songs to this playlist and the many others I have on that platform as I remember songs I've known for a long time and also as I discover new ones. In addition to death, in what situations can we experience grief? Some situations that I notice are: End of a friendship; end of a romantic relationship; quitting a job, especially when you are fired; moving to another city (you may feel emptied by the new experience, not knowing anyone in the new city, and not having yo...

Do you know the differences between who is a fashion victim and who has style ? I am Nycka, an expert in colours, shapes and textures as non-verbal communication tools, I work as a stylist, photographer and visual artist and in this text I will talk about these differences. Those who are fashion victims emphasise the trends of the season and buy a lot and often (a lot of purchases each season). Because they buy a lot, they commonly buy fast fashion, low-quality pieces, but some may also buy high-end or luxury brands. The fashion victim does not have a defined style. (S)He doesn't know how to differentiate catwalk style from personal style (I've already talked about this in another text). (S)He usually coordinates the pieces exactly as seen on the show, or in a fashion editorial, on the internet or as a celebrity wore it (in a movie or series, for example). (S)He can also adapt these references according to what (s)he has available. The fashion victim is an insecure person, ...

“Girls wear pink and boys wear blue”. Have you ever heard anyone say that? Perhaps you have already said or thought this. Perhaps the “masculine” and “feminine” colours in your country are different. I'm Nycka, stylist expert in colours, shapes and textures as non-verbal communication tools. I also use this knowledge in my work as a photographer and visual artist. In this text I will talk a little about this belief. Are there male and female colours? Do colours have gender? The psychology of colours brings important perspectives to be evaluated, proven in the study of art. Nossa Senhora Aparecida, patroness of Brazil, wears a dark blue mantle. Is she a he? No. Many other female religious figures are depicted wearing blue in artwork, and male religious figures such as Jesus Christ are often painted wearing red. Blue is psychologically related to characteristics that binary thinkers call "feminine": calm, purity, etc. Red, where pink comes from, is linked to "mascul...

What clothes are always in fashion? I'm Nycka, a stylist with long experience in fashion and personal style, and I work based on the fact that personal style is a non-verbal communication tool. And in this text I will talk a little about the ephemeral nature of fashion and the question that started this text. Everything in life is ephemeral. Fashion is a very faithful portrait of this inevitable reality. We humans also develop and change throughout our lives. Not everyone reaches their full potential, but at some level everyone experiences change and personal development from birth onwards. Before birth, there are also physical changes, but I'm talking about psychological changes and emotional maturation. Fashion changes because we change, we mature, we want different things, we learn things our parents didn't know when they were our age, etc. My job is to guide my clients so that they are able to value the best of their personality and their appearance through their per...

Here are twelve signs that you should hire a stylist to take care of your appearance. You are a successful professional in your field (and that includes entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals). Above-average professionals deserve to have an above-average personal image. You like to wear quality clothes and accessories, you prefer jewellery to semi jewellery, but you don't know many brands other than the most famous ones. It would certainly be a benefit to have access to a wider range of peer brands to build your own style. You grew up with the habit of buying clothes just to cover your body, being discouraged from consuming clothes with a different design, but you have this desire, you have the money to invest in it and you don't know how to fulfill this desire without looking ridiculous or tacky. You have moved (or are about to move) to a different place from where you grew up and want to dress more stylishly and adapt your personal style to your new lifestyle. Yo...

Aqui temos doze sinais de que você deve contratar uma stylist para cuidar da sua aparência.  Você é um profissional bem-sucedido em sua área de atuação (e isso inclui empresários e profissionais autônomos). Profissionais acima da média merecem ter uma imagem pessoal acima da média. Você gosta de vestir roupas e acessórios de qualidade, prefere jóias a semi jóias, mas não conhece muitas marcas além das mais famosas. Certamente seria um benefício ter acesso a uma variedade maior de marcas do mesmo nível para construir um estilo só seu. Você cresceu com o hábito de comprar roupas apenas para cobrir o corpo, sendo desencorajado a consumir roupas com design diferenciado, mas tem essa vontade, tem dinheiro pra investir nisso e não sabe como realizar essa vontade sem parecer ridículo ou brega. Você se mudou (ou vai se mudar) para um lugar diferente de onde cresceu e quer vestir-se de forma mais elegante e adaptar seu estilo pessoal ao seu novo estilo de vida. Você gosta de ter uma ...

5 reasons for you NOT to have plastic surgeries and aesthetic procedures without first seeking a styling consultation with me: Each of your physical characteristics is related to a characteristic of your personality. Most doctors and healthcare professionals don't understand about this and just look at the aesthetic side. My work includes showing you the personality characteristics related to the physical characteristics that bother you and presenting you with options on how to deal with them, which may or may not include the suggestion of having an aesthetic procedure or plastic surgery. It is common for those who seek these resources (plastic surgery and aesthetic procedures) not to value their own appearance, having self-esteem problems that surgery will not solve and may even worsen. By learning about the relationships between your appearance and your personality, you also learn to deal with your appearance in a different way and accept your own beauty. Accepting your own ...

When will this fad for inclusion in fashion stop? Guys, it's no use. Most people don't know how to choose what suits them, nor are they really interested in knowing. I worked for years with style consultancy and many people, even knowing it, did not seek professional guidance. The best the fashion industry can do is let these people dress poorly. No one will stop buying clothes because they don't have dwarf models, pregnant models, fat models, amputees, transsexuals and everything else you can imagine in campaigns, and as there is much more than that, brands will never represent all possible profiles. The vast majority of people don't have style and never will. This inclusion fad only alienates the public that has style and is interested in clothes with a different design, because we don't want to be like the many people who don't have style and never will. Style requires self-awareness. And things like being able to see an outfit on the runway or in the sto...

Allowing yourself to be photographed naked is an act of self-love. And also intimacy with you and self-acceptance. You don't need to have a perfect body, because the perfect body is different in everyone's mind. What you consider imperfection can be very attractive to some people. And your vision of perfection may seem like an aberration to someone else. When you observe real people, of different physical types and perceive the beauty in each one of them, you are able to see yours. When you don't see your beauty, maybe the photographer's point of view is able to reveal it. But to know the photographer's point of view you need to accept yourself and allow yourself to live the experience of discovering your beauty through the lenses of a professional. When you are intimate with your body, you appreciate it and respect it. Some cultures and some people sexualise nudity. They have a moral code that nudity is only accepted in a sexual context, or while bathing. But e...

Nobody is an island. We all depend on each other and because this network of collaboration exists, humanity persists in the world until today. Not everyone knows how to help someone without the person asking for help. Not everyone is comfortable asking for help. This text has several ideas for you to contribute to improving the day of other people, close or not, without much effort. The following suggestions cover a variety of contexts. Some can even be used to help strangers, while most are about helping people you know, like colleagues, friends, your partner, artists and self employed professionals you follow on the internet, etc. Avoid invalidating people's feelings. If the person fought with her boyfriend or hates her mother, for example, she certainly has reasons for that and invalidating what she feels, saying that every mother loves her children or that her boyfriend did what he did because he loves her are NOT ways of to help. It's ways of being inconvenient and pat...

Beauty has no age, although many people, especially women, feel pressured to look eternally young. In this text I will list celebrities over 50 that I consider beautiful. I like natural beauty, without cosmetic procedures to look like a teenager, but I didn't search to banish anyone who had cosmetic procedures or plastic surgery from the list. Even because sometimes the effect of these things is quite natural and beautiful. But I admit I left out a lot of famous people who struggle to look the same as they did in their 20s. Many even use the same haircut. Have you read "The Picture of Dorian Gray"? People like that remind me of this book. First on the list, the beautiful Judi Dench. I never tire of mentioning her as one of the most beautiful women in the world, in my opinion. And she is not beautiful “despite” being almost 90 years old. She is beautiful the way she is, at her age. Helen Mirren. A woman that the more time passes, the prettier she gets. I saw pictures o...

This Christmas it will be twenty years since I last saw my father alive. He was my biggest emotional support. I decided to make a list of songs to deal with grief, or to listen to when we miss someone we love and has passed away. As in some parts of the world it is common to gather the family at Christmas, it can be more difficult to deal with losses during this period. Perhaps the list is useful to listen to in other situations of grief, of closing cycles as well, but I made it thinking about this type of grief. I believe that we should show love while we are alive and I try to do that. The list mixes a bit of what I listen to when I miss someone I'll never see again and songs written for situations of losing someone the composer loves. Love in the afternoon, by Legião Urbana. Letter to Dana from Sonata Arctica. Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton. Gostava tanto de você, de Tim Maia. Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day. Farewell, from Apocalyptica. The Loneliest, by M...

End of the World Cup and maybe it's the last time this year that I'm going to talk about football here. I haven't followed the World Cup for over twenty years. This year I saw most of Brazil's games and nothing else. Yesterday I decided to watch the final between Argentina and France. France in the first half looked like they were just present in the game so as not to lose by W.O. As I didn't see the other games of the two teams in the competition, I even suspected a bought game, corruption. The famous Mbape barely saw the ball. It was so ridiculous. In the second half, Mbape woke up after hitting a penalty and carried the team on his back. In the whole game, those who saw it know that apart from a goal in the decisive penalties, he was the only one to score for France. Speaking of penalties, I want to see Martinez, the goalkeeper of the Argentine national team, playing for Palmeiras. And I want to see who is going to say that him doing a little dance after saving...