LOOKING AT THE WORLD THROUGH A DIFFERENT GLASS

E duardo Pena was the last s p e a ker on sta g e for TEDxColombo 2018. “When we are kids, we just care about the now. Not the future”. It’s simple and innocent. These are the words that Eduardo started off with, and we agree. When you are a child, you think only in a way a child would. But as you grow older, you tend to think differently.

But Eduardo’s dream was to always keep that inner child with him. So, he began to draw. He took inspiration from elements such as people, places, and emotions and put that into an image. An image that he felt he related to. So, in essence, he would take something real, make it surreal and then give it to the people.

This always encouraged him to look at what’s around him in a different way. “Whatever I’m designing, I believe in them”. Eduardo went on to explain that it’s all about the frame of mind. It’s all about telling an entire story through one single image. He emphasized that all this is easier as a kid. You can create different characters, different worlds. All by just looking at things differently.