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I circulate various social scenes, like an electron doing figure eights around the subcultures du jour, curiously exposing myself to different value systems and philosophies. I am an individual. I don’t feel like I have to agree with everyone in the room, nor they with me. Sometimes I don’t even know what I’m doing in the room? Just following my intuition. I’m present. I try to be a good listener. I ask questions. I give myself permission to express myself freely without fear of judgement. IMO it’s fun to indulge in a bit of theatrics, change the air, keep things interesting! Have a laugh! Eccentrics are never bored but if you do feel like you’re getting drained or things get dicey you can hop back in the saddle and ride away!
Sep 22, 2024
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It would be hypocritical from me to say i don’t follow trends, quite the opposite some of them can really be interesting and i “follow” them but i have no desire to fit in.
Everyday i embrace my soul, my heart and my mind because it took me years to be the Me of today and as an individual it’s totally normal to be unique in my own way.
I am unapologetically myself, no matter how much “trouble” it gets me with people i don’t care. To be put in a box just to fit in or follow the “rules” was never something that i tolerated nor could handle.
I value self reliance and resent depending on someone
I am selective when it comes to socialising because i prefer being alone than having small talk
I question everything to be convinced before i accept it or do it
I am assertive, i express my needs, opinions and boundaries even if it means leading to a conflict with someone
I dont care about social pressure, i believe anyone can achieve anything at any age
I don’t care about approval
I am always open to learn new stuff and never afraid to be seen as “uneducated“ during the process
I don’t wanna copy.
I am me, if i wanna read a kid’a book i will, if i wanna paint a tomato i will, if i wanna learn Russian i will, if i wanna wear a blazer with sweatpants because I think it looks good ON ME i WILL, me is ME and you is YOU.
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Jan 25, 2025
i’ve distanced my self so much from what’s considered normal or traditional, honestly just to be a contrarian and live my niche kitschy life, but now i’m so used to being outside the norm, that now when i want to experience new/ different things, i do the most normal shit ever.
idk if it’s human nature, or just the beauty of life in general, but this experience has truly shown me that i can really be anything i want.
Feb 26, 2025
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Being the main character: portraying an already written role associeted with the established norms. individualistic and self-engrandazing. pastiche
Embrancing the theatre of life: engaged with the unexpected. open to and observant of social interactions. you are the author, director and actor of your own actions.
Jan 8, 2025
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My grandma’s word for word response when I asked her if she had any advice for living a long life. She lived to be 99 years old. Rest in Paradise Donna.
Dec 8, 2024
I am obsessed with this Art Deco Extraordinaire, a Polish-born painter whose glamorous figurative compositions came to life in 1920s-30s Paris. Influenced by Cubism and Neoclassicism, her works—especially her portraits of women—blend beauty, strength, modernity, and a timeless cosmopolitan flair. After leaving Paris, she continued her career in New York, Hollywood, and Mexico. Now on view is her first American retrospective at the de Young Museum in San Francisco until February 9th.
Jan 5, 2025
I've been doing a lot of live drawings at shows, this one is of Juvenile and Mannie Fresh when they played at Brooklyn Bowl to celebrate the 25th anniversary of "Back That Azz Up." They had a live band with them and the energy was so hype! His son messaged me "My dad love the painting" and got my email so I'm hoping this ends up in his house one day :) Musicians are my main muses. I sell the drawings as fine art prints and because they are ink on paper, the replicas look pretty identical to the OGs. Live drawing is a practice I've devoted myself to out of not having a studio and living out of a storage unit and it's made me brave and remember that MFA degree and Art World aside, art is about curiosity, creativity, openess, innovation, and being present to the beauty in front of you. It is the conscious action to make marks, to trust the ancient technology embeded in our bodies, to allow a picture to reveal itself, and connect to some kind of truth on the daily.
Oct 14, 2024