Brianda Fitz-James x' mid/night 00.00

In your book: "My Recreational Universe. Curiosities and Other Beasts", you draw yourself with a tail, horns, claws and dragon wings.

Yes. It is a joke that depicts that moment when you feel totally out of place, a strange duck. It is something very intimate about me but also very universal. At some point, we have all felt like a kind of strange mythological being.

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And what would you like to show?

My art. I am interested in seeing and sharing beauty so that people are happy. That is my intention.

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Taking care of comes from coidar, which derives from the Latin term co-gitāre, that is to say, to reflect on. How do you think of yourself?

I now find myself at a point where I try to take care of myself and not abandon myself. I make an effort to be attentive to the subtleties of life and to the body, which always warns you of things. I try not to wait until I feel terrible before I go to the doctor. I practice alternative therapies like yoga, acupuncture or homeopathy. Also, I just quit smoking! It’s only been a week but there’s no turning back now. And, of course, I use products from mid/night 00.00: natural, without chemicals and non-aggressive.

Do you manage to be calm?

When I escape to the countryside. In Madrid, the closest thing to nature is my cat. When I spend time with her, she gives me a lot of peace.

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Any secret ritual?

I usually try out different things but meditating for ten minutes is a must do for me. To focus all your attention on breathing and then to suddenly enter the void. To breathe and be calm, that is my ritual.

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How do you illustrate Nature?

At first, many images spring to mind. I have no definite or clear idea about it. I interpret it depending on what I want to tell. I look it up in books, mostly botanical ones, and, if I can, I go for a walk.

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When was the last time you were moved by something?

I am very whiny. When I see something beautiful, I immediately get emotional and there are millions of things that move me. I believe that the last time this happened was when I went to the countryside in Salamanca, just a brief moment, at sunset.