#source: bfa in English

[smoakingskye]

Yes. Depending on what comes right before this (if Lena and Alex are mentioned and there’s no other “her” Alex could be speaking to), it would also make sense to say “Alex flatly informs her, before reaching for Lena’s gun”.

Grammatically it doesn’t make sense without a subject for “informs”, since “informs” is a transitive verb. (The comma should also technically be there, whether you use “her”, or “Lena”.) You might see it that way sometimes but that doesn’t mean it’s technically correct. Yes, grammar and language change and evolve, but the point of grammar is to help things be as clear as possible for as many people as possible.

The ONLY way you could potentially say the same thing without a subject/object is if you used an intransitive verb - such as “announces”. If Alex is declaring in general that Lena is bleeding (even if Lena is the only one there), there is no need for the object. If you want to show that Alex is specifically and intentionally telling Lena, the object absolutely needs to be there. Again, it depends more on the type of verb you use (transitive vs intransitive) but sometimes thinking about it like that can help you understand the difference!!

Putting someone’s name (or a pronoun when it makes sense) in places like this, even when it feels like “too much” actually helps keep the reader in the story - if they have to stop and think about who Alex might be informing (even for a second, even if you mention Lena right before and after that line), it pulls them out of it. (At least it does for me).

Hope this helps - happy writing!!

grammar/word usage question:

must the dialog tag "informs" have an object?

example: "You're bleeding," Alex flatly informs before reaching for Lena's gun. -> must i add in the object of who is being informed? changing it to: "You're bleeding," Alex flatly informs Lena before reaching for Lena's gun.

[shesirens]

                    spotted    !    HANA    STERLING  -  BLUME    on    the    cover    of    this    week’s    most    recent    tabloid    !    many    say    that    the    TWENTY    SEVEN    year    old    looks    like    IM    NAYEON    ,    but    i    don’t    really    see    it    .    while    the    PRINCIPAL    BALLERINA    &    USC    GRADUATE    STUDENT    is    known    for    being    AUTHENTIC    my    inside    sources    say    that    they    have    a    tendency    to    be    VITRIOLIC    .    i    swear    ,    every    time    i    think    of    them    ,    i    hear    the    song    HAPPIER    THAN    EVER    BY    BILLIE    EILISH    .

                    full    name    :    hana    sterling  -  blume    .    nickname(s)    :    bunny    ,    only    used    by    father    .    origin    :    hana    [    korean    origin    ,    the    number    one    ]    ,    sterling    [    old    english    origin    ,    little    star    ]    ,    blume    [    german    origin    ,    flower    ]    .    age    :    twenty    seven    .    date    of    birth    :    june    15th,    1995    .    place    of    birth    :    jeju    ,    south    korea    .    gender    :    cis    woman    .    pronouns    :    she    /    her    /    hers    .    religion    :    agnostic    .    sexual    orientation    :    bisexual    biromantic    .    language(s)    :    korean    ,    english    ,    and    french    .    occupation    :    principal    ballerina    with    the    los    angeles    ballet    and    graduate    student    of    finance    at    the    university    of    southern    california    .

               it’s    the    summer    of    1995    when    hana    is    born    to    a    young    couple    that    were    not    prepared    to    have    a    child    of    their    own    .    it   wasn’t    that    the    couple    didn’t   want    her    or    that    they    didn’t    love    her    ,    but    their    income    wouldn’t    be    able    to    support    a    baby    in    the    way    they    would    have    liked    .    she’s    given    up    for    adoption    only    four    days    after    her    birth    by    her    teary    eyed    birth    parents    ,    but    not    before    they    bless    her    with    the    name    of    hana    .    she    spends    the    next    three    years    in    an   orphanage    before    she’s    officially    adopted    by    donna    blume    and    clark    sterling    .

              moving    to    los    angeles    is    a    shock    for    the    little   girl    ,    alongside    learning    that   the   two    new    people    in    her    life    were    now    her    parents    .    at    first    ,    it    takes    some    adjustment    ,    especially    as    she    had    to    learn    a    new    language    while    getting    used    to    a    new    environment    .    one    of    the    ways    that    hana    finds    her    bearings    is    when    she’s    signed    up    to    begin    ballet    lessons    when    she’s    five    years    old    .    she’s    a    little    late    to    the    game    when    she’s    signed    up    ,    but    it’s    clear    that    she    has    a    natural    affinity    to    the    discipline    .

               ballet    becomes    everything    to    hana    ,    and    it’s    something   that    she    enjoys    .    she    makes    friends    and    is    constantly    showered     with    praise    for    her    quick    grasping    of    each    learned    skill    ,    which    leads    to    lead    roles    in    productions    and    praise    from    those    within    the    industry    .    when    the    time    comes    for    college    ,    she    finds    herself    in    new    york    city    where    she    pursues    a    bfa    in    dance    at    new    york    university    .    while    there    ,    hana    continues    to    impress    ,    and    lands    lead    roles    at    the    university’s    productions    .    her    most    notable    was    as    clara    in    the    nutcracker    and    as    princess    aurora    in    the    sleeping    beauty    .

               hana    graduates    from    the    tisch    school    of    the   arts    when    she’s    twenty    two    ,    and    moves    back    home    to    los    angeles    .    she’s    home    for    a    few    years    ,    landing    a    spot    with    the    los    angeles    ballet    when    her    entire    world    is    suddenly    rocked    by    news    of     her    parents’    divorce    .    hana    ,    always    the    observant    child    ,    knew    that    there    was    something    going    on    ,    but    she    never    knew    (    and    still    doesn’t    know    )    why    they    separated    after    all    of    this    time    .    as    much    as    hana    loves    her    parents    ,    she    can’t    help    holding    anger    and    displeasure    with    the    both    of    them    for    entirely    different    reasons    .

               now    ,    hana    is    a    graduate    student    at    the    university    of    southern    california    while    also    pursuing    her    full  -  time    career    as    a    principal    ballerina    .    she    likes    to    be    as    far    removed    from    hollywood    as    she    could    possibly    be    ,    but    somehow    manages    to    still    get    involved    with    it    whenever    it    comes    to    her    mother’s    work    (    and   sometimes    her    inability    to    not    be    so     damn    opinionated    )    .

headcanons.

growing    up    as    a    child    who    witnessed    how    much    it    drew    her    parents    away    from    home    ,    hana    wants    to    be    as    far    removed    from    hollywood    as    possible    .    unfortunately    ,    she    hasn’t    been    successful    ,    and    she    carries    a    lot    of    resentment    towards    her    parents    for    not    being    there    when    she    needed    them   .

hana    is    the    typical    eldest    daughter    ,    often    butting    heads    with    her    mother    and    feeling    as    though    she    has    to    take    care    of    her    younger    siblings    .    she    goes    through    stints    where    she    doesn’t    go    home    as    often    as    she    should    unless    the    younger    sterling  -  blume    siblings    beg    her    to    .

in    truth    ,    she    carries    anger    and    upset    towards    both    of    her    parents    ,    but    her    mother    typically    gets    the   brunt    of    her    attitude    .    she    struggles    with    forgiving    her    parents    ,    and    would    rather    bottle    up    her    feelings    over    letting    anyone    know    what’s    really    bothering    her    .

she    lives    in    a    spacious    $1.2    million    dollar    condo    in    los   angeles    ,    which    she    moved    into    shortly    after    her    graduation    from    college    .    hana    prefers    driving    herself   around    the    city    ,    and   can    often    be    spotted    in    her    2023    mercedes    a  -  class    .

the    only    reason    hana    decided    to    pursue    a    master’s    degree    is    because    she    wanted    to    have    a    fall    back    plan    .    she    wasn’t    sure    if    she    would    have    been    able    to    pursue    ballet    as    a    career    ,    but    she’s    managed    to    complete    her    degree    while    also    being    a    principal    ballerina    with    the    lab    .    she    is    set    to    graduate    this    upcoming    may    .

[sydneysspins]

Reading Laterally / Blog #3

Since former President Biden dropped out of the upcoming 2024 election with Vice President Kamala Harris taking his place, social media has become a breeding ground for both parties political agendas to be spread. While scrolling X, I can across the post shown below. Within the post, X user @/Bubblebathgirl accuses Tim Walz, current Governor of Minnesota and current pick for Vice President, of being “A pathological liar, criminal, predator, and someone who should never be near the White House”. Due to the bold claims and accusations within this post, I have decided to investigate the credentials of X user Paul A. Szypula or @/Bubblebathgirl.

To begin my deep dive on Paul A. Szypula, I began to look at his X profile to see what type of content they regularly posted. Szypula has over 69k posts, most of which describe current events, Kamala Harris and the state of our nation. From the looks of it, Szypula is Pro-Israel and an avid Trump follower.

Each post usually contained a picture of video with the post describing what was happening and Szypula usually adding his own opinion on the matter at the bottom. This is not where it stops with Szypula, they have often released their own statistics on the current economy.

Szypula replied with this comment under a post by made by Kamala Harris where she spoke about Trumps economy. Since viewing these statistics it lead me to wonder who Paul A. Szypula is and if he has any kind of credibility to be stating these numbers and where he got them from.

I began my search for his credibility by viewing his profile, specifically his biography on his public X account. Szypula’s biography only contains one line of information “SAVE AMERICA NOW”. Below that is Szypula’s information like their location, when they joined X and what job they have. Szypula has 237k+ followers and is verified. But the X verification means nothing now since it is no longer awarded by the app to the creator and can be bought by the creator if they are a verified subscriber.

From the looks of it, Szypula does not seem to be a reliable source for factual reporting. From here, I decided to search “Paul A. Szypula” on Google. A banner popped up stating that Szypula is an “internet personality”, along with his X account, an Instagram account with the same handle as their X account and an article about a Child Support hearing.

First, I decided to investigate the Instagram account that went by the same handle. Unfortunately, the account was private with on 21 followers. It had the same profile picture as their X account, the same “SAVE AMERICA NOW” in the biography but with an added link. Within the Instagram bio, Szypula claims he ran as a US Sentate Candiate for New York in 2022. When I clicked on the link in his bio, it took me to a pink webpage that explained that “Bubblebathgirl is the creative and technical showcase of Paul Antonio Szypula”. This website had a bunch of clickable links. On this website, Szypula listed his resume, which I viewed as it would be a good source of information on where Szypula could possible have some credibility.

Viewing the resume, Szypula lists jobs he has worked at what positions he has held. All the way down at the bottom, Szypula states that he has received his BFA in Graphic Design and AAS Illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology. From the looks of it, Szypula has worked as an animator, flash developer and creative. None of which correlate with the political information he is posting on X.

Szypula has also done an interview with “Bak Magazine”, which can be designed as “An online magazine and source of inspiration for creative people”, the magazine is developed in English and Turkish. Here, Szypula explains his background, where he grew up and the origin of “Bubblebathgirl”. He claims that the site is for linking projects he has been working on since 2000 using both Flash and Design.

Going to 65media.com, I was taken to a domain that was available for sale.

Scrolling further down the Google search for Pau A. Szypula, I was taken to a site called Gab.com, which Szypula is a member of with the same screen name. Gab states that is “The Home of Free Speech and the Parallel Economy. Join our community where people who support, family, faith and free speech can speak freely and shop at business who share their values”. Szypula has around 7k followers on Gab with 4.9k “Gabs” which I’m assuming are posts. Within his Gab biography, Szypula has the same “SAVE AMERICA NOW” as well as where he can be found on other social media sites including TruthSocial, a site similar to X with the same values as Gab.

From all of the gathered and presented information, Paul A. Szypula is not a credible source for information regarding politics and world affairs. Szypula has no background in politics to be spewing the incorrect information on the various social media platforms he is apart of. Szypula’s page is heavily biased and should not be used or viewed as a reliable source for political information.

[amitynoida]

Best Animation Colleges in Delhi NCR | Enhance your skills and boost your career at Amity Noida

Are you searching for the best animation colleges near Delhi NCR? If you have a passion for artistic fields like design, film, illustration, and drawing, then Amity University Noida campus is the perfect place for you. 

Private Colleges in Delhi for Animation

One of the most prestigious Animation colleges in India, the Amity School of Fine Arts (ASFA), offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in animation, visual communication, applied art, and painting, among others.

At Amity Noida, students are provided with the required skills, technical knowledge, creative awareness, and attitude to succeed in the Fine Arts industry. 

The institution's primary objective is to cultivate students' intellectual capacity, increase their appreciation of the arts, and promote their creativity and cognition.

The Animation and Game Design course at Amity University is designed to equip students with an in-depth understanding of the game production principles, including strategy, creativity, and implementation. 

The program teaches students advanced technical skills and the ability to code in various languages, along with the use of a range of tools and procedures, such as proprietary scripting languages, design papers, databases, and level and map editors, among others.

Upon completion of the B.Sc. Animation & Gaming program at one of the best animation colleges near Delhi NCR, students can expect a wide range of employment opportunities. They can work in various fields, including art galleries, the film industry, news and media, colleges and universities, photography, and the game industry. Potential job roles include game designer and web designer, animation designer, storyboard artist, gaming animator, game artist, associate game producer, and gaming software developer.

Program Details

Amity Noida offers a four-year undergraduate program in Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation), along with a range of other courses. 

Eligibility for the program is Class XII with an aggregate of 50% marks, calculated based on the scores obtained in English and three academic subjects.

At Amity University's Noida campus, students receive a comprehensive education in creative expression. The institution provides individualised care, counselling, and coaching to help students achieve their professional goals. 

With a focus on delivering high-quality art education and tailored academic training, Amity University Noida campus is one of the best animation colleges near Delhi NCR with the premier Animation Design courses in Delhi. 

Summary

If you are searching for animation schools in Delhi, consider studying at one of the prestigious animation universities like Amity University Noida campus. The Amity School of Fine Arts provides a four-year undergraduate (BFA) degree in applied art, painting, visual communication, and animation, as well as a two-year postgraduate (MFA) and PhD (Fine Arts) programmes. 

The programme is intended to broaden students' understanding of the arts and build appropriate intellectual ability, while also teaching advanced technical skills. The project includes a variety of tools and methods, such as databases, proprietary programming languages, design papers, and level and map editors.

For additional information, visit us at amity.edu 

Source:"https://sites.google.com/view/bestanimationcollegesneardelhi/home?authuser=5"

[collegecoward]

Hey, so I graduated this past May and since then I've just been working 40 hours a week. I feel like I need to go to college to do something with my life but I feel like theres so much in my way and I havent done anything to even start and I dont have a clue what I'd want to do. I'm so unsure on how to do anything regarding financial aid or even applying to colleges. I'm also worried that it wouldn't work with my schedule for my job. I work 5 days with 2 off days and I'm on evenings so I feel like I wouldn't be able to balance work and school, but I would have to bc I'm my only financial support. Sorry for the dumping my problems, but any advice?

How To Do College 101

Congratulations on your graduation! Working a full-time job after graduation (during a freaking pandemic, no less) is no small feat either, and I applaud you for that, too. Once upon a time, I was like you: I didn’t know anything about college except that I wanted to go, and now I run a blog telling people how to go to college. College might be strange and unfamiliar now, but in time, you will learn how to do it! 

This might be my longest post, so strap in for a fun ride!! My answer comes to you in three parts:

How To Do Community College

How To Do University

How To Do Financial Aid

P.S. I’m going to say this only once, but feel free to ask why: Do not attend a for-profit college. Okay, now onto the basics!

How To Do Community College

I encourage you to read my Ode to Community College. Community colleges are real colleges designed for people who are low on funds, are working or have other responsibilities, don’t know what they want to study yet, and/or don’t know how college works yet.

Step 1: Applying

Community colleges accept anyone who applies, and the application is usually just like filling out a job application, but you will also need to send in your high school transcript, and I recommend sending any test scores. Your college may have you take a placement test to see if you’re ready for college. If you’re not quite ready, they may have you take some pre-college courses in English or math before you officially start a degree program.

Step 2: Choosing a Degree Program

Among other things, community colleges award associate’s degrees, which are essentially the first two years of a bachelor’s degree at a four-year college or university. You’ll take introductory classes like English, math, science, and social sciences, as well as electives (i.e. fun classes). Here’s a list of programs that might be offered at your community college.

Step 3: Taking the Right Classes

Make sure you stick to your college’s degree plan so that you take classes that 1) count toward your associate’s degree and 2) will transfer to a university. Most classes you take for an associate’s degree (AA, AS, or AFA) should transfer to a bachelor’s degree (BA, BS, or BFA) easily enough, but sometimes universities aren’t very transfer-friendly. The best option is to transfer to a university that has a partnership with your community college, which is information you should be able to find on your community college’s website. If your community college doesn’t have any partners, you’ll want to research the transfer policies at the universities you’re interested in and follow their guidelines on what classes to take.

Step 4: Transferring

In your last year of community college, you will apply to a four-year college or university for your bachelor’s degree. You’ll need to pick a major when you apply because for the next two years, that’s what you will be studying. Make sure you tour the university before you attend and get acclimated before your first day! 

How To Do University

Whether or not you attend community college for the first two years or enroll directly into a four-year college or university, you’ll want to understand how to navigate the basics as early as possible.

Step 1: Exploring Your Options

Use my Self-Reflection Toolkit and this quiz from Marquette University to explore potential majors. These are just meant to get you thinking and guide you as you learn more about yourself and your interests. This process will take time to research and figure out, and if you enroll directly into a four-year college you can change your major after you apply. As I mentioned, the first two years are mostly basics and figuring stuff out, so either way you have time. 

I was very bad at choosing colleges to apply to and applied almost at random. I learned a lot from those mistakes, and on my FAQ page you’ll see me trying to impart that wisdom on others. I recommend doing your research, going on virtual tours, and getting used to just looking at college websites, even if you don’t know what you want yet. Start by window shopping for colleges in your state and see what they have to offer you. College Board also has tools for finding a college that fits your needs. It’s worth starting as early as possible, and I know that you can do it. Like I said, I was really bad at it and I still made it through.

Step 2: Applying

Applying to a four-year college will take more steps than a community college application. Many colleges require letters of recommendation, essays, and application fees (look on their websites for fee waivers). More information is on my FAQ page, of course, but be prepared to complete these steps before application deadlines. Each college sets its own deadline, but if you want to go next year, you’ll likely need to apply by January or February. Applying can be daunting, but you will need to do it at some point, even if you go to community college first. 

Step 3: Finding Resources

Access any and all resources your university offers, which will include advising, counseling, career services, and more. The same is true at a community college, but I would argue it’s even more true at a university. You might find out about internships, research opportunities, fun events, and all that stuff that excited you when you saw it on your university’s website! Even if you don’t feel like you need resources, you’re paying for them, so you might as well use them! Often people won’t know how to help you unless you tell them you’re struggling, like how you told me what you’re going through and I wrote a post that’s turning into a short novel! (I’ll be done soon, I promise.)

Step 4: Taking The Right Classes

Just like at a community college, you want to make sure you’re taking classes that count toward your degree and interest you. Make sure you’re following the prescribed degree plan on your university’s website and communicated by your advisor. If you find that you’ve chosen a major that doesn’t fit your interests, make sure you speak with your professors, your advisor, and anyone else whose opinion you trust.

How To Do Financial Aid

Step 1: Understanding The Basics

There are three major types of financial aid: loans (money you have to pay back after you graduate), grants (government money you’re awarded based on your financial need that you don’t have to pay back), and scholarships (money from a college or other source that is awarded for any reason that you don’t have to pay back). Loans might come from the government, your college, or a bank. I recommend borrowing from the federal government because the interest is so low (basically, it’s cheaper to pay off than a bank loan).

Step 2: Filling Out FAFSA

If you want to go to college next fall, or if you just want to do a practice round, fill out FAFSA now. I’m assuming you’re under 24, so you will need your parents’ tax information even if they’re not going to help you pay for college. Filling out FAFSA will never, not ever ever ever require you or your parents to take out any loans. Rather, FAFSA gives you access to any need-based financial aid you might be eligible for, whether that aid comes from the government or not. Loans agreements are a totally separate form, and you can take some loans without your parents’ help. If you’re not eligible for FAFSA, check whether your state or college has its own FAFSA alternative.

Step 3: Reading Your Award Letter

After a college sends an acceptance letter, they will also send a financial aid award letter. The letter will show you how much you’ve been awarded in scholarships and grants and how much you can take out in loans from the federal government or the college itself. You should compare your financial aid amount to the total cost of attendance, will you can find on the college’s financial aid webpage. The total cost of attendance is how much it costs to pay for tuition, fees, housing, and a rough estimate of your other living expenses. Basically, it’s how much it costs to be a student for one year.

As you said, I wouldn’t expect you to be able to work 40 hours while maintaining good grades, so may need to be frugal and creative to fill in any gaps financial aid didn’t cover. Private colleges tend to have a really big “sticker price,” but may offer generous scholarships as discounts, whereas public colleges tend to be cheaper and may have (large and small) scholarships to help you pay.

Step 4: Applying

In addition to the scholarships that you may be automatically awarded if you meet certain criteria, your colleges may also have scholarships that you have to apply for by yourself. This information will be located on a college’s financial aid webpage. There are also scholarships from nonprofit organizations and businesses. Visit my resources page for info, ask people you know if they’re aware of any scholarships, ask your boss and coworkers, and ask Google for “scholarships in [your town].”

Okay, I threw a lot at you, but those are the basics as I see them! You can totally do this. It’s going to be a big learning curve, but the payoffs will be big. And you can always come back here for more advice and reassurance. I’m proud of you already for thinking of your future and doing what you can to support yourself and your learning.

[sarita-daniele]

Hi, angel! Hope you're doing alright 💓 (hola ángel! También hablo español :) ) I was wondering if you could give some advices in starting out in an arts career?

Hola amigx, ¡perdón que nunca vi tu mensajito! I’m not on my Tumblr very often and definitely forget to check my messages. Luckily my favorite causita @luthienne told me you’d messaged me! 

I don’t know what arts discipline you’re in, so feel free to let me know if the advice I have doesn’t apply to you (and ignore it!). There are so many ways to build an arts career, but I’m happy to share some things I’ve learned through trial and error along the way. 

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Educate yourself in arts technique, but also study widely. 

Techniques are important in art, but only as important as the concepts behind them. When I was younger, I wowed people by drawing near-photographic portraits, but that technical talent and skill alone couldn’t make me a professional artist. Memorable artwork has not just a how, but a why. It isn’t just the object but the story behind the object, and the meaning of the object in the world. Art is about what interests you, what makes you think, what you most value and want to change in this world. So as you build an arts career, learn the techniques behind drawing, woodworking, casting, writing, music-making, whatever your discipline is, but take time, if you can, to also study history, sociology, anthropology, ecology, linguistics, politics, or whatever else you’re drawn to conceptually. Study as widely as you can. 

The studio art program I went through (a public university in the US) was very technique-forward; we signed up for classes according to technique, like printmaking or small metals, learned those techniques, completed technique-based assignments. Then I did a one-term exchange at arts university in the UK that was very concept-forward. We had no technical courses, just exhibition deadlines, and what mattered in critique was the concept. Both of these schools had their strengths and flaws, but what I learned was that, to be a practicing artist, I needed both technique and concepts that I genuinely cared about and could stand behind. If I could go back and change anything, I would probably take fewer studio courses (after graduating, I couldn’t afford access to a wood shop, metal shop, or expensive casting materials, and lost many of those skills) and more courses in sociology, Latin American studies, linguistics, ecology, anthropology, etc., because my artwork today centers on social justice, racial justice, Latinx stories and histories, educational access and justice, the politics of language, and community ethics. 

And please know that whenever I talk about seeking an education, I’m not talking solely about institutional spaces. College career tracks in the arts (BFA, MFA, etc., much less high-cost conservatory programs) are not accessible to everyone and aren’t the only way to establish an arts career. You can study technique and learn about the world using any educational space accessible to you: nonprofits that offer programming in your community, online resources, Continuing Education programs. And of course, self-education: read as much as you possibly can!

Know the value of your story. 

I come from a Cuban/Peruvian family and grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. My father’s family fled political violence surrounding the Cuban Revolution and came to the U.S. when he was a teenager. My mother was born in Brooklyn to Peruvian parents on work visas and moved back to Lima in her childhood. I grew up with these two cultures present and deeply embedded in our household, in our language, our food, our sense of humor, our sense of history. And yet, some residual assimilation trauma still affected me. I drifted towards the most American things, the whitest things, English authors and Irish music, in part because I enjoyed them but also because those were the things I saw valued in society. I wanted to fit in, wanted to be unique but not different, wanted to prove that I could navigate all spaces. The reality of marginalized identities in America is that our country tells us our identities are only valuable when they can be seen as exotic, while still kept inferior to the dominant, white American narrative (note that this “us” is a general statement, not meant to make assumptions about how you identify or what country you live in). 

But as an artist, all I have is my story, and who I am. I wasn’t willing to look at it directly. For years, I avoided doing so. It turns out, though, that I couldn’t actually begin my career until I reckoned with myself and learned to value everything about myself. To fully acknowledge my story, my history, my cultural reality, my sense of language, and my privileges. So I encourage young artists to look always inward, to ask questions about themselves, their families, and what made them who they are. 

The reason for doing this is to understand the source from which you make art.  Sometimes, however, for marginalized artists, the world warps this introspection into a trap, pigeonholing us into making art only “about” our identities, because that work is capital-I-Important to white audiences who want to tokenize our traumas. This is the white lens, and if anything, I try to understand myself as deeply as I can so that I can make art consciously for my community, not for that assumed white audience. 

Know that your career doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s, or like anything you’ve envisioned up to this point. 

As a high schooler I imagined that a life in the arts meant me in a studio, drawing and making, selling my work, getting exhibitions near and far, and gaining recognition. It was a solitary vision, one with a long history in the arts, rooted in the idea of individual genius. My career ended up completely different. Today, my arts projects involve teaching, collaborating, collecting interviews and oral histories, and creating public installations, rarely in traditional galleries or museums. 

As you work towards an arts career, figure out what does and doesn’t work for you: the kind of art you like and don’t like, the kinds of spaces that feel comfortable and those that don’t. I always thought I wanted to be part of traditional galleries, so I got a job working in a high-end art gallery in Boston during my grad program. Once in that space, however— even though I found the space calming and the work beautiful— I realized that there was something that I deeply disliked about the commodified art world. I didn’t like that we were selling art for over $10,000, that our exhibitions were geared exclusively towards collectors and wealthy art-buyers. The work was often technically masterful, but didn’t move or connect with me on a deeper level, and I realized that was because it wasn’t creating any change in the world. I liked work that shifted the needle, that made the world more inclusive and equitable, that centered marginalized stories (that gallery represented 90% white artists). I liked artwork that people made together, which drew me to collaborative art. I liked artwork that was accessible to everyone, not just the wealthy, which drew me to public art. I liked art exhibited in non-institutional spaces, which led me to community spaces. Since I was in an MFA for Creative Writing, I liked interdisciplinary art that engaged performance, technology, text, that was participatory and not just a 2D or 3D object. Figuring out all of these things led me to apply to my first major arts job: as a teaching artist in a community nonprofit that made art for social change in collaboration with local youth, in a predominantly Latinx neighborhood. 

My career path didn’t look like anything I expected, but I love it. The bulk of my income comes from teaching creative writing and art classes for nonprofits, working as a core member of a public arts nonprofit, and freelance consulting for book manuscripts. I love being an educator and consider it part of my creative practice. I love that I’m constantly collaborating with and talking to other artists. I love working with books and public art every day. I publish poetry, fiction, and literary translations, and exhibit artwork I’ve created in the studio and through funded opportunities. 

Fellow artists tell me often that I’m lucky, that my “day jobs” are all within the arts. But there are downsides to the way I’ve chosen to structure my career. I’m constantly balancing many projects, and my income is unstable. It’s difficult to save and plan towards the future,. I get by, but financial instability isn’t an option for many artists with families and dependents, with debts, medical expenses, and just isn’t the preferred lifestyle for a lot of people. I know artists who worked office jobs for years to support their practice and gain financial stability. I know artists who had entire careers as lawyers or accountants before becoming artists full time. I know artists who teach in public schools or work as substitute teachers. I know artists who are business owners and artists who work in policy and politics. I know artists who work in framing stores and shipping warehouses while being represented by galleries. These are all arts careers, and I admire every one of them. So as you build your career, don’t feel like it has to look like anyone’s else’s, like there’s anything you “should” be doing. Focus on the kind of artwork you want to make and what kind of work-life balance is best for you, then structure your career around that as best you can. 

Any job you use to support yourself can connect to an arts career!  

I get asked often by young people looking for jobs what kinds of jobs will best propel them towards an arts career. I believe that any kind of job can connect to and support an arts career, and I know that some suggestions out there in the arts world (like “get an unpaid internship at an art gallery!” or “become a studio apprentice to a well-known artist!”) assume a certain amount of privilege. So I want to break down how different kinds of jobs can connect to your art career: 

1) Jobs that allow for the flexibility and mental capacity to create. My friends who work restaurant jobs while going to auditions fall into this category. Who work as bartenders in evening so that they can be in the studio by day. Who dog-walk or babysit or nanny because the timing and flexibility allows for arts opportunities. My friends who are Lyft drivers or work in deliveries. These are often jobs outside of a creative field, but they can be beneficial because they don’t drain your creative batteries, so to speak. You still have your creative brain fully charged, and some jobs (like dog-walking) even allow for good mental processing (you can think through creative problems). As long as the job doesn’t drain you to the point where you have no energy at all, these kinds of jobs can be great because they allow time and space for your creative work. 

2) Jobs that place you in arts spaces, arts adjacent spaces, or spaces where you can learn about material/technique. My sculptor friends who work in hardware stores, quarries, foundries, or in construction. My printmaker friend who interned with graphic designers. My writer friends who work in bookstores and libraries, artists who work in art supply stores. My friend who worked with her dad’s painting company and got to improve her precision as a painter, which she then took back to the canvas. My teen students who get paid to work on murals or get stipend payments for making art at the nonprofit I work for. My filmmaker friends who worked on film crews. Friends who worked as theater ushers, in ticket sales, or as janitorial staff at museums. All of these jobs kept these artists adjacent to their artwork, whether through access to tools, materials, supplies, or books, through networking and conversations with other artists, or through skillsets that could enhance their art. 

3) Jobs that deeply engage another interest of yours, that bring you joy or can influence your work in other ways. If there’s a job that has nothing to do with your art but that you would love, do it! First, because I believe that the things we’re passionate about get integrated into our art, and second, because any job that gives you peace of mind and joy creates a positive base from which you can create. My friend who worked at a stable because she got to be around horses. My friends who worked at gyms or coaching sports because it kept them active. My friend who worked in a bike repair shop because he was obsessed with biking. An artist I knew who worked at the children’s science museum because she loved being around kids and planetariums. An artist who worked at a mineral store because rocks made her happy. If you have the opportunity, work doing things you like without worrying about whether it directly feeds your arts career.

Because believe it or not, all jobs you work can intersect in some way with your art. You’re creative— you find those connections! A Nobel-Prize winning poet helped his dad on the potato farm and wrote his best-known poem about it. Successful novelists have written about their time working in hair salons and convenience stores. A great printmaker I know who worked in a flower shop began weaving botanical forms and plant knowledge into her designs. The key in an arts career is to see all your experiences as valuable, to find ways that they can influence your art, and to be constantly thinking about and observing the world around you. 

As for me, I worked as a tennis instructor, a tennis court site supervisor, an academic advisor, an art gallery intern, and a coffee shop barista before and during my work in the arts!

Let go of objective measures of what it means to be good. 

I was always an academic overachiever. Top of my class, merit scholarships, science fair awards, AP credit overload, the whole thing. On the one hand, I grew up in a house where education was valued and celebrated, and my parents emphasized the importance of doing my best in school— not getting good grades, but working hard, doing my personal best, and reading and learning all I could. I loved school. I loved academics. And I’m not saying this to brag, but to lay the groundwork for something I struggled with in the arts.

It is jarring to be an academic overachiever and enter an arts career. I thrived off of objective value systems: study, work hard, get an A. If I worked hard and learned what I was supposed to learn, I earned recognition, validation, and opportunity. 

And then I entered the arts. The arts are entirely subjective. We hear it over and over— great artists get rejected hundreds of times, certain art forms require cutthroat competition, etc. —but it’s hard to understand the subjectivity of the art world (and the entrenched discrimination and commercial interests that affect who gets opportunities and who doesn’t) until you’re trying to live as an artist. That you can work hard on something, give all of your time and physical effort and mental and emotional energy to it, only to have it rejected. That what you think is good isn’t what another person thinks is good. That there is a magical alchemy in the act of creation that can’t be taught, or learned, but must be felt, and that you can be working to find that light while actively others try to extinguish it. That you can be good and work hard, yet still not get chosen for the awards, the exhibitions, the publications. If you chased being “the best” your whole life, you’re now in a world where there is no “best”, where greatness is subjective, where the idea of competitive greatness is actually detrimental to artists supporting each other, and where work that sells or connects to white, cishetero traditions is still the most valued. 

After struggling with this for a long time, I came to the conclusion that the most important thing to me now is making the art I want to make, the art only I can make, whether or not it fits what arts industries are looking for or what’s going to win awards. If I make art I believe in from a healthy mental and emotional place, doors will open, even if they aren’t the doors I expected. So try to let go of any sense that worth comes from external validation. Learn to accept critical feedback when it is given kindly, thoughtfully, and constructively. Surround yourself with friends and artists who who can talk to about your work, who build up your work and help you think through it rather than cutting you down. Don’t believe anyone in the arts world who thinks they get to be the arbiters of what’s “good” and who has “what it takes”. People have probably said things like that to the artists you most admire, and if they’d listened, you wouldn’t have experienced art that changed your life. 

Work to gain skills in basic business, marketing, and finances for artists. 

Many artists (at least where I am in the U.S.) go through an entire arts education without receiving resources or training in the financial side of the arts world. Your arts career will likely involve some degree of self-promotion and marketing, creating project budgets and grant proposals, artist statements and bios, sorting out taxes, and other economic elements. I can’t speak to other countries, but for artists in the U.S., taxes can be extremely complex. If you’re awarded a stipend, grant, fellowship, or employed for gigs or one-time projects, you’ll likely be taxed as an independent contractor and have to deduct your own taxes. Through residencies and exhibitions, you may pull income in multiple states and countries, which can also affect taxation. If you’re an artist who doesn’t have access to resources about finance and taxation in your arts program or who doesn’t independently have expertise in those fields, I recommend finding ways to educate yourself early: online resources, low cost courses, or even just taking your financially-savvy friends out for a coffee!

ANYWAY SORRY FOR THE LONG POST I HOPE SOMETHING IN THIS DIATRIBE WAS HELPFUL I HOPE THERE WEREN’T TOO MANY TYPOS AND I hope you have the most wonderful, fulfilling arts career! <3 

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NY / After Our Bodies Meet

Cyriaco Lopes, Sunset (documentation of a performance), 1997, Inkjet Print, 4” x 6″

After Our Bodies Meet January 9 – February 14, 2021 The gallery will be open every Sat & Sun from 3 – 6pm and by appointment

Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York is pleased to present After Our Bodies Meet, a group exhibition curated by Daniel Johnson, featuring works by Margrethe Aanestad, Daniel Arturo Almeida, Dalia Amara, Cyriaco Lopes, and Randy West.

In the novel Tar Baby, Toni Morrison wrote, “At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.” Exploring themes of love and memory, the artists in this show have created works that grapple with how we relate to each other and ultimately posit the question: What is enough? Whether through the investigation of familial bonds as with Almeida and Amara’s work, romantic love in West’s series, or the nature of being in the work of Aanestad and Lopes, the works in this show evoke an ethos of delicateness and a celebration of impermanence.

Margrethe Aanestad

is a Norwegian-born artist (1974), living and working in Brooklyn, NY and Stavanger, Norway. Aanestad studied fine arts at the Rogaland Art College and graduated with a BA from the University of Stavanger in Culture&Art Management (2000). She works in drawing, painting and sculpture, and has exhibited internationally at galleries including Open Source Gallery, NY; Torrance Shipman, NY; Dimensions Variable, Miami; Interface gallery, CA; Kunsthall Stavanger (Norway), Abingdon Studios, England. Since 2001 she has worked independently to initiate, produce, and curate projects at the art scene in Stavanger, where she also co-founded and co-directed the artist-run, non-profit, space Prosjektrom Normanns (2011- 2020). She is one of the co-founders and co-owner of the creative studio/working space ELEFANT (est 2013-). Aanestad serves on the advisory board of Kunsthall Stavanger and Open Source Gallery (NYC). Currently she is working on a commission for NYU/Clive Davis Institute, and will soon enter a 3 month-residency at Residency Unlimited, NY.

Daniel Arturo Almeida

(b. 1992. Caracas, Venezuela) is a cultural producer and artist working through photography, installation, archiving, journalism, and public engagement. His practice chronicles intimate and collective stories that shape belief systems and hierarchies of power in the Americas. The product of generational migrations, Almeida researches images, music, anecdotes, and documents portraying national pride, nostalgia, and collective amnesia. The work observes shared culture through loss, decadence, hope, and empathy. He has exhibited in The U.S.A in various institutions, galleries, and festivals, including La Salita Project, Columbia Teachers College, Project for Empty Space, Satellite Art Show, Doral Contemporary Art Museum, and the SVA Chelsea Galleries, among others. Almeida holds an MFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts (2020) and a BFA in Painting and Installation from Florida International University (2017). He currently lives and works in Queens, NY.

Dalia Amara is an American-Jordanian multidisciplinary artist in New York working in photography, video, performance, and sculpture. Amara was raised in the US, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, and UAE. She received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York, and her BFA from Columbia College Chicago. Amara has lectured, screened, and exhibited in New York, Toronto, and online at White Columns, Gallery 44, and Selena Gallery. Her work has been reviewed in The New Yorker, Artnet News, and The Art Newspaper.

Cyriaco Lopes is a New York-based Brazilian artist has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, the Museum of Art of São Paulo (MASP), El Museo del Barrio in NYC, the Centre Wallonie Bruxelles in Paris, Casa Degli Artisti in Milan. His work has been curated by artists such as Lygia Pape, Janine Antoni, and Luciano Fabro. He is the winner of the NYC World Studio Foundation Award, the Contemporary Art Museum Saint Louis Project Award, the São Paulo Phillips Prize of trip to Europe. He received grants to attend the London Project residency and Skowhegan. Lopes is an associate professor of art at John Jay College / the City University of New York. He also teaches in the Stetson University low residency M.F.A. of the Americas in Poetry in the Expanded Field.

Randy West (born 1960 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American fine art photographer, perhaps best known for his distinctive and avant-garde scanner use of the photographic medium, as seen across several series of his work. West is also on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts, and a director of the school's Master of Fine Arts program for photography, video, and related media. West has been represented by the Bruce Silverstein Gallery in New York and the Craig Krull Gallery in Los Angeles. He has had solo exhibitions at Jan Kesner Gallery, Yancey Richardson Gallery, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, the Houston Center for Photography, and as part of the Here Theater Project. His work has also appeared in group exhibitions, including exhibitions with the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the International Center for Photography, the San Diego Contemporary Art Museum, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, and the Marlborough Gallery.

Daniel AnTon Johnson is an artist with a diverse practice based in photography, language, film, and video. His work examines how technology shapes notions of identity within popular culture and contemporary visual media. Focusing on authorship and representation, Johnson’s practice explores cultural and visual literacies and how they form worldviews. Johnson has taught and lectured at School of Visual Arts, Adelphi University, Rutgers University-Newark, and Columbia University, and mentored teens at ICP and The Harlem School of the Arts. Johnson holds an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts, and an MA in English from Washington College. He currently resides in Brooklyn.

photos by Daniel Johnson

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┊ 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎!  self-introductions are the bane of my existence, but please call me noa or she/her. i’m a 23 year old obsessed with hozier and i live in gmt+1. this is my boy, gabe - a photographer whose poor practical skills are only rivaled by his imaginative and passionate nature. i’m super excited and looking forward to playing with y’all. beyond the cut you’ll find some groundwork info on him (still under big time construction though ;;) and i’ll be posting his wanted connections soon, too. hmu anytime ♡

☕ . ˚ ◝ ( kim taehyung. cismale. he/him. ) gabriel "k" lee is a twenty-four year old sagittarius. the photographer’s go-to order is a mocha caramel latte. they like to listen to classical music by deceased composers while they wait for their order. the employees of the deja brew think they are spacey but swear they’re totally kind as well. maybe that’s why b&w photographs, half tucked button downs, messy hair, and holding hands when you're really excited about something remind me of them.

PERSONAL

┊ 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄: gabriel lee ┊ 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄(𝐒): gabe, k (his professional pseudonym) ┊ 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 (𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐒): cis male (he/him) ┊ 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘: december 20 ┊ 𝐙𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐂: sagittarius ┊ 𝐎𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: photographer (interior/real estate & freelance) ┊ 𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍:  bfa in photography & media ┊ 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐍: queens, nyc ┊ 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: westwood, la.  ┊ 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘: american ┊ 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘:  korean-ameriacan ┊ 𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓: 180cm ┊ 𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑: naturally black, but he dyes it often (currently blonde) ┊ 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑: dark brown ┊ 𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐒: none ┊ 𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒: just his ears ┊ 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐒: a tiny scar on his cheek, barely visible unless you lean in close. ┊ 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌: kim taehyung

HEALTH

┊ 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒: none. ┊ 𝐒𝐌𝐎𝐊𝐄?: no. ┊ 𝐃𝐑𝐔𝐆𝐒?: just weed. ┊ 𝐀𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐇𝐎𝐋?: sometimes.

RELATIONSHIPS

┊ 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒:  misun "missy" byun (mother) & kangmin lee (father) ┊ 𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒: henry lee (older brother) ┊ 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍: none. ┊ 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐒: none. ┊ 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒: single. ┊ 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒: girlfriends, boyfriends. no one too notable.

BIOGRAPHY

┊ 𝐒𝐍𝐀𝐏𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓. We never truly realize how much we love someone until we're at some place wonderful and beautiful and we wish they were there. Maybe that’s why we take pictures, so that we can keep a piece and give it to them. At least, that’s why Gabriel likes taking pictures.

┊ 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑. Leaving the grime and bustle of New York to attend UCLA was an adventure. Gabriel moved with the mind to grow up a little bit, but most of all he wanted to go somewhere new, to start something new. Away from the clustering businesses in Queens. Away from his hawk-eyed parents.

┊ 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘. Hard-working people who migrated to America in search of a better life, Gabriel’s parents found themselves part of the Genesis of Asian culture in Queens. Like many immigrants, they worked shitty jobs in dangerous locations to make ends meet, guarding their entrepreneurial ambitions: by the time Gabriel was nine, they’d started their own business.

┊ 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃. Two traits invested in him were diligence and dedication, but he’s never been as selfless as his big brother; studying medicine to make their parents happy. Nonetheless they grew up together, their childhood defined by a small and crowded space filled with goods imported from Asia, where his mother always stood on her feet with Gabriel and his brother clinging to her sides. Time and memory might move in different directions, but the scent of tea, roots, snacks and cooking ingredients are vividly embedded in his mind.

┊ 𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍. Despite being raised by traditionally Korean parents, in a distinctly Asian part of New York, Gabriel’s connection to his heritage waned rapidly in his early teens. Matters only got worse in sophomore year when his brother left for college and Gabriel became the sole focus of his parents’ lofty expectations.

┊ 𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐋.  He was a good student, but never as great as his parents wanted him to be. He didn’t have the sort of friends they approved of, he wasn’t as brilliant and promising as his older brother, and certainly not as successful as other people’s children. Demands that seemed unreasonable, their inflexible rules—Gabriel hated them growing up, and unlike his older brother, he always had a way of making his feelings known

┊ 𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐋 𝟐.𝟎. Gabriel lied about attending study groups to hang out with friends. He brought his camera for good measure, snapping photos of neon-lit street corners and the sunset at Rockaway. They were just kids from school who loved to run the city’s traffic-choked streets, loitering around parks and beaches and taking the subway anywhere, really anywhere, riding New York’s frenetic pulse and only stopping for $1 pizza. Kids being kids, their carefree smiles captured by the camera’s eye.

┊ 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒. Screaming matches erupted whenever his parents caught him lying. He winces at them now, mortified at the memory of his own words: “Then why don’t you two just learn English already?” Yet the fights weren’t enough to stomp out his willful spirit. He would stage small rebellions: if his parents didn’t want him dating, and didn’t approve of his first girlfriend, they certainly weren’t going to know about the boys he kissed.

┊ 𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐄. Let’s face it, if you’re a New Yorker who hasn’t been robbed, you’re probably in Boston. Gabriel was photographing pigeons when they stole his camera, his phone and his wallet and left him with bruises on the corner of East 92nd Street and First Avenue. He filed a police report that same night. Nothing came of it, of course, besides a tiny but permanent scar on his cheek to serve as a reminder.  But worse than that is the memory of his parents bursting into the precinct with watery eyes and bone-white faces. He was 17 and he’d never seen his father cry before. 

┊ 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄. His dating history is nothing out of the ordinary. Maybe it was a little weird how he’d sneak around with his high school crushes (looking back, he realizes the thrill of getting away with something “forbidden” must have been part of the appeal; thanks mom and dad) but now that he’s older, Gabriel hates over-complicating things. He likes what he likes and pursues that. Quietly, but with heart. It starts with a spark of something—an undeniable curiosity��because people can be interesting and beautiful that way. He’s not sure if he’s ever been in love, though. Infatuated? Sure, but these days he’s much less likely to jump into relationships that he feels won’t last.

┊ 𝐓𝐋;𝐃𝐑: Sweet, relaxed yet persistent - that’s Gabriel. His parents have influenced him in every regard, for good and bad, but he had a pretty hard time relying on them for emotional support growing up. Instead, he talked to his friends, who were a source of comfort to him. Forward-thinking people with good progressive ideas appeal to his sense of idealism. Growing up, his parents tried to instill some traditional values in him, but everything that’s old-fashioned and out of date bothers him. He’d rather pursue an interesting idea, and he’s never able to completely suppress his love for excitement and adventure—the need to succumb to joyful impulses once in awhile. Granted, his inner “wild child” is more of a dork, pretty content finding interesting people to talk to and going on random trips. He’s not the type to indulge in dangerously reckless behavior… most of the time.   

WANTED CONNECTIONS

┊ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: tba.

┊ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: tba.

┊ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: tba.

┊ 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: tba.

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Javier González Pesce                  

PRESENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH DARLING FOUNDRY Friday, September 13 at 6:00pm Concordia University, de Sève Cinema McConnell Library Building, LB-125 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W. concordia.ca/cica Admission for all Conversations in Contemporary Art events is free and open to the general public. Seating is first come, first serve. The lectures will be held in English. Tous les événements du programme Conversation in Contemporary Art sont gratuits et ouverts au public. Les sièges sont assignés selon le principe du premier arrivé, premier servi. Les conférences se dérouleront en anglais. concordia.ca/cica _____________________

Love, politics, gravity and other sources of attractive energy

"In my work I reflect on how bodies and matter move through space as they react to attractive or repulsive substances and energies. Through a research on entities as love, politics, economy or other simple physical phenomena such as gravity, I intend to observe how all matter is entangled in a network of attractive forces that define their material, spiritual or ideological position."                                                                                                                                   - Javier González Pesce Bio González Pesce is a visual artist and independent curator, who lives and works in Santiago, Chile. He holds a BFA in sculpture from ARCIS University (2008) and studied at Diego Portales University. He has exhibited his work mainly in Chile, China and Switzerland, and in group shows in Argentina, the US, Greece, Uruguay and Colombia. He was nominated for the Altazor Awards in the category Sculpture (2012) and won the first Price at the Young Art Contest of the Visual Arts Museum and Minera Escondida (2012). Since 2011, González Pesce co-directs the alternative exhibition space LOCAL Contemporary Art. Website of LOCAL Arte Contemporáneo Video about Javier González Pesce's work Darling Foundry -« Dans mon travail je réfléchis à la manière dont les corps et la matière se déplacent dans l'espace et réagissent à des substances et à des énergies tantôt attractives, tantôt répulsives. Par le biais d'une recherche sur des entités telles que l'amour, la politique, l'économie ou d'autres phénomènes physiques simples tels que la gravité, j'observe comment toute matière est imbriquée dans un réseau de forces d'attraction qui définissent leur positionnement matériel, spirituel ou idéologique. »                                                                                                                                                                       - Javier González Pesce Biographie González Pesce est un artiste et commissaire indépendant, qui vit et travaille à Santiago du Chili. Il a été formé à l'École d'Art Visuel de l'Université Diego Portales et a obtenu en 2008 un diplôme de l'Université ARCIS, avec une spécialisation en sculpture. Son travail a été exposé principalement au Chili, en Chine et en Suisse, et lors d'expositions collectives en Argentine, aux États-Unis, en Grèce, en Uruguay et en Colombie. Il a été nominé pour le prix Altazor Awards dans la catégorie sculpture (2012) et a remporté le premier prix du Young Art Contest of the Visual Arts Museum and Minera Escondida (2012). Depuis 2011, il co-dirige le lieu d'exposition alternatif LOCAL Contemporary Art. Site internet de LOCAL Arte Contemporáneo Vidéo sur le travail de Javier González Pesce Fonderie Darling                           

[ithacamoma]

20 QUESTIONS FOR: TAMMY SALZL

image courtesy of the artist and DC3 Art Projects

1.Name:

Tammy Salzl

2.Occupation(s):

Artist, Sessional Teacher in Senior Level Painting at the University of Alberta.

3.Where are you from and what is your education?

I was born in Edmonton, AB, into a gigantic dysfunctional family with 18 aunts and uncles, 42 first cousins and barely one parent. I spent my summers being tortured as an English speaking city slicker in French speaking prairie farm communities. Retreating into art and stories and animals was the salvation I didn’t find in the fundamentalist religion I was periodically thrown into. For my undergrad I did 2 years at ACAD (Now called AUArts), and finished my BFA at the University of Alberta.  I received my Masters in Studio Arts (Painting) at Concordia University in Montreal 2014 and have been expanding my practice to include video and multimedia installation since graduation.

4.Where do you live/work (neighbourhood/city/country)?

For the past 3 yrs I’ve been splitting my year between the Southside of Edmonton, AB. and Parc Ex in Montreal QC. I have family in both places, which makes this both possible and necessary.

5.Does your location affect your practice?  

Definitely! Emotionally, psychologically and logistically. I’m lucky to be able to spend time in both eastern and western Canada. Sometimes they seem like entirely different worlds and it’s a privilege to be able to step into both. It broadens my field of vision.

6.What is your favourite tool in the studio?

I have two favourite things. My glue gun, because I love glueing stuff, it makes me feel like a little kid again! I also love it when I have a fresh, unused brush in hand.

7.Where do you look for your source material?

Everywhere! Movies, books, (I love sci-fi books, and I just finished 2 books by Yuval Noah Harari - Sapiens and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century - so gooood!) mythology, ecology, weird/wondrous animals (like the barrel eye fish or the Aye-aye), bus stops, Edmonton’s River valley, back alleys in Montreal, weird stop motion animations, the fresh sights, sounds and smells that come with travel, looking at art and, occasionally, the bottom of my wine glass.

8.What is you daily art world read?

I email subscribe to a bunch of art blogs (like Hyperallergic and artdaily.org etc), and I also try to read Border Crossings and Canadian Art magazines, but honestly a lot of my art world reads come from instagram. Cuz you know… pictures.

9.What is your daily non-art-world read?

I love science and nature blogs. I really enjoy nature.com, naturecanada.ca,  futurism.com/, and for quick global news stuff I like Quartz Daily Brief. It’s hard…you don’t want to be ill informed yet it’s so bleak out there…I think overexposure to media can be harmful. I try to find a balance.

10.What role does writing play in your practice?

Sadly, not much. It’s an inescapable task for every artist, and one I dearly wish I could escape. That said, aside from the necessary evil of artist statement/proposal/grant type of writing, I sometimes play at creative writing. I make little one page tales that turn into paintings, or I write a short narratives based on something I’ve made. I’ll often have automatic writing embedded in my underpaintings, and if you look hard enough you can sometimes find traces of a word here and there.

11.What role does research play in your practice?

Because I peddle in tales, I research the history, culture, psychology, pop culture, philosophy of whatever traditional tale or mythology I’m referencing, and how others have interpreted those tales over time - even if I’m referencing something like Dr. Seuss. I often tie that into the research I do out of my interest in ecology and nature. For me, working representationally means there is intension in everything. I try to have layers of meaning and make work that engenders multiple interpretations. I research the symbolism and history of objects, places, animals, colours , etc. With my installations there is a lot of material research involved as well.

12.What role does collaboration play in your practice?

Since expanding my painting practice into intermedia work, I’ve done quite a bit of collaborating in the form of “I don’t know how to do this technical thing so I need to find someone who does”. It’s taught me a lot in terms of learning to communicate and work with others. As a solitary person, it’s a challenge for me, but I also find it incredibly rewarding and enriching. Also, a couple of years ago 4 female artist friends and I began an art collective called IFPP (incubator for phantom pregnancies) We’ve staged a couple exhibitions and have some upcoming shows, and it’s been really great. You learn a lot about yourself in a collaborative process, and it’s exhilarating ending up with this thing you helped create, but in a mind hive kind of way.

13.How does success affect your practice?

Ideas of success are pretty subjective, no? Speaking in terms of non-commercial success, I would say it helps drives my practice forward. It gives you the incentive and confidence to keep going, to make more, to take risks and think bigger. Sometimes commercial/monetary success can do the opposite because you’re expected to make more of the same, sellable stuff - to keep the formula and not colour outside those lines.

14.How does failure affect your practice?

Failure is an opportunity to learn, and can lead to amazing things. I suck at it. I can be super stubborn and fight with a painting that’s not working for days and days. I’m often my own worst enemy. I’m learning to walk away, to turn the bloody thing facing the wall and only come back to it when I can be more objective - when I’m in a better place to paint over the 100 hours invested and start over.

15.What do you identify as the biggest challenge in your artistic process?

My own stubbornness! My own rules and obsessiveness and need for control. I can get restrained by fear of making something ‘bad,' and I struggle to let myself play more, to let myself ‘fail’. I can get too caught up in my own head. I struggle with a lot of self doubt. A dear friend of mine recently sent me a beautiful quote by Robert Hughes in an attempt to assuage my doubt:

 “The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.” 

I’m not so sure this is the case, but it’s nice to hear!

Also, like so many of us, I struggle socially and will hide in my studio rather than go to an art opening when I know I should be trying to make “connections”. Wine helps tremendously in all my struggles.

16.Who are some historical artists you are thinking about?

This fluctuates a great deal. I often find myself interested in artists I thought I didn’t like years ago, and will lose interest in artists I thought I loved. Art crushes come and go. I just bought a Frida Kahlo book and am rediscovering my fascination with her.

17.Who are some contemporary artists you are thinking about?

Everyone and no one in particular. I was in LA last January and saw an amazing Outsider Art show at LACMA. There was a piece by Greer Lankton titled, “Candy Darling” depicting a transgender actress who was featured in several of Andy Warhol’s films and was one of Lankton’s icons she looked up to as a trans woman. It’s exquisite with an edgy sexuality - totally blew my mind. I also saw some Mark Bradford works at The Broad that really surprised me. You have to be in front of them to understand how profound, beautiful, raw and sophisticated they are.

18.How do you describe what you are making now?

Right now I’m bouncing all over the place with various mediums. I’m working on a new series of oils, sort of taking the piss out of patriarchal old fables and the misogynistic way they portrayed women by retelling them through a contemporary lens. I’m also making a series of small, intricate “naughty fairies” made out of Sculpey (imagine tinker bell-like creatures going down on each other), some larger installation pieces that incorporate a variety of materials - video, sound, found and crafted objects, and I just completed my first short narrative video with footage shot on an artist residency I did in Norway last year. 

Sometimes I feel like I’m spreading myself too thin and there’s an invisible pressure to focus on one thing, but I’m a storyteller and I use whatever mediums best suites the tale. I think everything I do remains distinctly me, it all has connective threads. Generally I paint in the morning and move onto video and sculpture in the afternoon/evening. Painting is mentally challenging in a very singular way; it’s super humbling and I need a fresh, rested brain to do it.

19.Who is an artist that you think deserves more attention?

Oh man. Too many to count. Seems to me art world trends often translate into amazing artists not getting their due. I think Canadian artists in general deserve more of the international spot light. There’s so much talent here.

20.How can we find out more about you (relevant links etc)?

I keep my website pretty up to date, including upcoming shows and press links etc.

www.tammysalzl.com

[worldticketsandhospitality]

South Korea Football World Cup star Son in line for more individual awards

South Korea Football World Cup star Son Heung-min has yet to win any trophies at the Tottenham Hotspurs but has won amply of individual awards in the past few years. He has been named the club's player of the season twice and was also awarded the prize for London's Player of the Year a serious achievement given how many professional clubs there are in England's capital, 17 by most appraisals.

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In 2020, he won the FIFA World Cup Puskas Award, the prize given to the player who scored the best goal anywhere in the world, and last season, he was named in the English Premier League Team of the Year after he scored 17 goals.

There have been many Asian awards too. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the body that supervises soccer in the world's biggest landform, has thrice named South Korea Football World Cup star Son as Asia's International Player of the Year, given to the best Asian player in action outside Asia.

He also leads the Best Footballer in Asia (BFA) Award, which started from Chinese media giant Titan Sports, and which has now become one of the most sought-after honors in Asian football. Keisuke Honda of Japan won the first one back in 2013, but of the seven since then, Son has selected up a very striking six. Only in 2016 was that run broken by Japanese forward Shinji Okazaki, as he helped Leicester City win the English Premier League, one of the shocks of this sporting century.

Son is the strong favorite to get the award for a seventh time, though there will be some competition. There is the Qatar striker Almoez Ali, who was not only the top scorer at the 2019 Asian Cup as Qatar became the champion, but repeated the feat at the Gold Cup, the tournament for North and Central America where the FIFA World Cup 2022 host was appearing as a guest.

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Salem Al-Dawsari has been a standout for Saudi Arabia, as the team has been the best performer in qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2022. Newly-crowned Asian champion Al-Hilal. Japanese defender Takehiro Tomiyasu has also had a fine season in the English Premier League since joining Arsenal. Striker Kyogo Furuhashi has excelled this year both in the J.League and in Scotland since moving to Celtic in Glasgow.

There is always the opportunity of another name coming to the fore, but it is safe to say that South Korea Football World Cup striker Son is the front-runner. There has been a long argument as to which league is the best in Europe, and therefore the world, but at the moment, there is little doubt that the English Premier League is at the top of the tree, with the best coaches and most of the best players.

It could be claimed that the top three teams in England, Liverpool, Chelsea, and Manchester City are the best three teams in the world at the moment. South Korea Football World Cup star Son plays against such teams on an ordered basis and is one of the stars of the league. Such activities mean that he is always going to be a front-runner to win the BFA award.

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Those that have married in to Royal Families since 1800

Monaco

Tatiana Santo Domingo born 24 November 1983

Tatiana was born on 24 November 1983 in New York and raised in Geneva, Switzerland, and Paris, France. Her father Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Jr. was the son of Julio Mario Santo Domingo who was cited as the second richest man in Colombia by Forbes in 2011. 

Her grandfather was owner of the Santo Domingo Group and the Colombian Bavaria Brewery, which was one of the largest breweries in South America. When he died in 2011, he left a sixth of his wealth to Tatiana Santo Domingo. 

Her mother Vera Rechulski is a Brazilian socialite from São Paulo, who has a boutique in Paris that sells Indian antiques. Before opening her boutique in Paris, she ran a hotel in India for many years. 

According to one source, Santo Domingo attended the International School of Geneva and then enrolled at a boarding school in Fontainebleau, near Paris, where she met her future husband Andrea Casiraghi. 

However, according to Bob Colacello in a special spread for Vanity Fair entitled, "Fortune's Children," she actually attended Institut Le Rosey and École Jeannine Manuel. Colacello also claimed that she holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from American University in London. She earned her BFA in 2005.

Santo Domingo is known to have worked as an intern for Vanity Fair magazine in New York City. She also worked for the Aeffe Group, the fashion label of Alberta Ferretti. In 2011, Santo Domingo partnered with Dana Alikhani, daughter of the late Hossein Alikhani to launch Muzungu Sisters, which focuses on ethical business practices that allow them support local artisans, buy handmade garments at a fair price and then sell them. Their brand has been supported by other socialites, such as Eugenie Niarchos, Margherita Missoni and Gaia Repossi. 

Santo Domingo supports several charity organizations, most notably the Motrice Foundation, which funds research into cerebral palsy and which her husband Andrea Casiraghi also supports. In August 2006 she and Casiraghi paid a visit to Manila on behalf of a joint venture of the World Association of Children's Friends and the Virlanie Foundation.

In 2010, Tatiana Santo Domingo relinquished her US citizenship, according to the Internal Revenue Service. In July 2012, Princess Caroline released a statement announcing that Andrea Casiraghi and Tatiana Santo Domingo became engaged after a seven-year relationship. Prior to their wedding, she had already accompanied Casiraghi at some of most important social events in Monaco, such as the Rose Ball, the enthronement of Prince Albert II, the Monaco Grand Prix and the wedding of Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock.

On 6 November, Santo Domingo announced to La Voz Libre that she was expecting a baby. She gave birth to a boy, a son named Alexandre Andrea Stefano "Sasha" Casiraghi, on 21 March 2013, in London, England. As his parents were not married at the time of birth, he was not then included in the Monegasque line of succession. However, due to their subsequent marriage their son currently occupies the fifth position in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne. 

Casiraghi and Santo Domingo were married in a civil ceremony in the Princely Palace of Monaco on August 31, 2013. A religious ceremony was later held in Gstaad, Switzerland, on February 1, 2014. 

Their second child, India Casiraghi, was born in London on 12 April 2015. She currently occupies the sixth position in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne. 

In December 2017, a Vogue magazine article confirmed she is expecting her third child. Her third child, a boy, named Maximilian Rainier, was born on 19 April 2018

Santo Domingo is known for her unique fashion sense, which varies from an elegant style to a vintage, boho-chic, hippie one. She cites Loulou de la Falaise as her style idol.

She is fluent in Spanish, French, English, Portuguese and Italian. 

She is close friends with socialites such as Charlotte Casiraghi,Eugenie Niarchos, Gaia Repossi, Dana Alikhani, and Teresa and Margherita Missoni.

[ringcrush]

Locally situated Jewelry Business

About Ringcrush

My name is Bailey and I hand make fine jewelry at accessible prices. I received my BFA in Sculpture from SCAD, and after which I pursued my master's degree in Jewelry and Objects. After a couple years designing jewelry for English House of Benney, I decided to begin making jewelry on my own. I hope you enjoy. :)

Production Methods

All of my pieces are completely handmade by me in my home studio in Atlanta, Georgia. Metal sheet is sawed, and sculpted with a mallet. Wire is formed by hand and hammered into ring shapes, then metal is carefully melted in the seams to combine all of the components, creating a solid metal piece. Gemstones are set by carefully burnishing and bending metal over the stone, creating a strong grip that permanently holds the gemstone in place. Some gemstones are set in place by electrically growing a thick layer of metal around the edges. Pieces then undergo a several step process to create either a high polish, or a carefully crafted matte or textured finish.

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Bachelor of Fine Arts Course in Delhi NCR | Amity University Noida 

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Students who want to focus in theatre, visual arts, film, or other similar fields of the creative arts pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Amity University Noida campus. A BFA is a bachelor's degree that will introduce you to the background information and major theories of your chosen field of study while assisting you in honing your skills and improving your art through practical instruction.

Best Bachelor of Fine Arts College in Delhi NCR

Scope 

The BFA program has many benefits for those who are interested in learning about fine arts. Besides getting an education and reforming skills, BFA graduates can pursue a career in the arts as a writer, artists, or art directors. Many students choose a career in fine arts to gain fame and increase their creativeness.  The BFA program also teaches valuable skills that can be applied to many fields.

A fine arts degree can open doors to diverse career opportunities.

You can work as a freelance musician or perform with an orchestra or band. 

You can also develop music for stage productions, commercials, and video games. Education in the fine arts can open doors for many career paths. 

You can become a portfolio worker by taking several jobs that will help support your creative work. 

You can also get a job in the mainstream, such as banking, insurance, media, and public relations. 

A fine arts degree can also enhance your creative and practical skills in a variety of mediums. Depending on your area of specialization, a BFA degree can lead to opportunities in the arts industry. 

At Amity, we groom talent and passion of our studnets that drives them to pursue their dream. This is why we are among the top Bachelor of fine Arts course in Delhi NCR . 

Have a look at the Typical BFA majors include: 

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Dance

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Design 

Film 

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Performing arts administration

Studio art 

Theater

Eligibility

10+2 (min 50%)

Aggregate percentage will be calculated on the basis of marks scored in English and three academic subjects. Student should have passed all the subjects of class XII from a recognized board.

Difference between BFA and BA 

Some majors, like as painting, can obtain a BFA or a BA, but the distinction is significant. A BA places more emphasis on your subject knowledge and your capacity for critical thought than a BFA, which typically calls for practical education that is tailored to your art.

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The decision to pursue a BFA degree is influenced by your interests, aspirations, and resources. Due to the job paths that an undergraduate degree might lead to, many students choose to pursue it.

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sadie moore char. dev.

BASIC INFORMATION

FULL NAME: sadie danielle moore

REASONING: her sister samantha picked it out.

NICKNAME(S): not really

PREFERRED NAME(S): sadie

BIRTH DATE: august 9

AGE: twenty four

ZODIAC: leo

GENDER: cis female

PRONOUNS: she/her

ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: heteromantic

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: heterosexual

NATIONALITY: american

ETHNICITY: caucasian (irish catholic af)

CURRENT LOCATION: [passing train but city somewhere???]

LIVING CONDITIONS: good! she definitely still lives at home in the bedroom she used to share with abby but it's fine!!!!

BACKGROUND

BIRTH PLACE: [passing train]

HOMETOWN: [passing train]

SOCIAL CLASS: middle

EDUCATION LEVEL: bfa, [passing train]; b.a. education, [passing train]

FATHER: robert moore, 65

MOTHER: amy moore, 63

SIBLING(S): robert, 43; jason, 42; tracy, 40; samantha, 36; david, 35; nicholas, 33; thomas, 31; stephen, 29; abigail, 27

BIRTH ORDER: baby

CHILDREN: nay

PET(S): harriet, cat

OTHER IMPORTANT RELATIVES: a legion of nieces and nephews and aunts and uncles.

PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: like she still talks to the guy who took her to prom does that count?

CURRENT RELATIONSHIP: nope.

ARRESTS?: oh god no

PRISON TIME?: nah

OCCUPATION & INCOME

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: cake decorator

CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: it's something she really fell into - she was working as a bakery clerk and then she started helping in the back and then she was taking classes and now she's in charge of decorating - and she couldn't be happier with it.

PAST JOB(S): library page

SPENDING HABITS: pretty reasonable. she saves a lot.

MOST VALUABLE POSSESSION: oh boy, she doesn't really have one?

SKILLS & ABILITIES

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: B

SPEED: B

INTELLIGENCE: B

ACCURACY: A+

AGILITY: A+

STAMINA: A

TEAMWORK: A - she's very used to going with the flow

TALENTS: cake decorating, generous, happy

SHORTCOMINGS: naive, stubborn

LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english

DRIVE?: sure

JUMP-STAR A CAR?: nope

CHANGE A FLAT TIRE?: not a clue

RIDE A BICYCLE?: yes

SWIM?: yes

PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?: clarinet but not welll

PLAY CHESS?: nope

BRAID HAIR?: yes

TIE A TIE?: nope

PICK A LOCK?: nope

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE & CHARACTERISTICS

FACE CLAIM: victoria pedretti

EYE COLOR: brown

HAIR COLOR: light brown

HAIR TYPE/STYLE: medium length, usually up. she has many colorful scarves for her hair while she's baking.

GLASSES/CONTACTS?: contacts but switches to her glasses when doing serious detail work

DOMINANT HAND: right

HEIGHT: 5'4

BUILD: small

EXERCISE HABITS: she's fully aware that she's playing with fire by working in a bakery and not going to the gym but it's fine.

SKIN TONE: fair

TATTOOS: nah but she likes them

PIERCINGS: ears

MARKS/SCARS: a few small nicks here and there from being alive, a few small burn marks on her arms from the ovens

USUAL EXPRESSION: pleasant - she laughs and smiles easily.

CLOTHING STYLE: leggings, big shirt, comfy sneakers for the most part but cleans up well.

JEWELRY: saint clare medal usually but she takes it off if she's about to misbehave because she's superstitious.

ALLERGIES: nah

DIET: probably too much cake

PHYSICAL AILMENTS: nope

PSYCHOLOGY

ENNEAGRAM TYPE: 2 - the helper

MORAL ALIGNMENT: lawful good

TEMPERAMENT: phlegmatic

ELEMENT: water

MBTI TYPE: ISFP - the adventurer

MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: not...really?

SOCIABILITY: p good

EMOTIONAL STABILITY: good - she's pretty laid back and not a lot gets under her skin but holy shit when it does.

OBSESSION(S): perfection.

COMPULSION(S): she will know if you've touched her shit.

PHOBIA(S): mice

ADDICTION(S): nah

DRUG USE: nothing that's not prescription

ALCOHOL USE: sometimes but not often.

PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: not at all

MANNERISMS

SPEECH STYLE: clear and bright

ACCENT: nah

QUIRKS: she smells like cake all the time

HOBBIES: baking for fun, hanging out with her cat, reading, crafting

NERVOUS TICKS: nah

DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: gracious she doesn't even know

POSITIVE TRAITS: warm, soft, generous, creative, cheerful

NEGATIVE TRAITS: sensitive, naive, competitive, easily stressed

SENSE OF HUMOR: silly

DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: not really. the moore family has a swear jar.

CATCHPHRASE(S): nah

FAVORITES

ACTIVITY: baking

ANIMAL: dogs

BEVERAGE: earl grey

BOOK: cookbooks

COLOR: white

DESIGNER: gap

FOOD: honestly, it's still cake.

FLOWER: red tulips

GEM: sapphire

HOLIDAY: christmas day

MODE OF TRANSPORTATION: drive

MOVIE: julie & julia

SONG: "party for one" by carly rae jepsen

SCENERY: a sea of perfectly done cupcakes

SCENT: vanilla

SPORT: not really

TELEVISION SHOW: great british bake off

WEATHER: summer

VACATION DESTINATION: ten kids. the moores don't do vacation.

ATTITUDES

GREATEST DREAM: her own bakery-cafe

GREATEST FEAR: anything bad happening to her family

MOST AT EASE WHEN: working

LEAST AT EASE WHEN: she's being babied

WORST POSSIBLE THING THAT COULD HAPPEN: losing her family.

BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: becoming team lead for cake decorating at the bakery

BIGGEST REGRET: she hasn't really lived enough to have them.

BIGGEST SECRET: never had a boyfriend. never really done a damn thing tbh.

TOP PRIORITIES: oh boy.

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