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Lianne Dalziel Christchurch's mayor being intervened about the event.
It was Five years today September 4, 2015 that Canterbury was first shaken by a major quake, the people of Christchurch gathered on New Brighton beach this morning to mark the anniversary. I went with a friend but she didn't want to get up so early so we missed part of it. New Brighton Christchurch New Zealand at dawn.
There was a person from Radio News interviewing people there about their experiences of the earthquake five years ago and I was on the Radio News and also in a article.
This the link to me on the News www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/20...
And this is the article: www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/283264/christchurch-marks...
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Location
Vienna (Austria): U-Bahn [Subway].
Subject
In a subway station of Vienna I found the man you see on the right, standing still in the middle of a lane, wearing headphones and holding an humongous microphone in his hands. I was ambushing him along the wall, when the second man came into the frame: it seemed like Big Mike was asking for an interview. Actually, I think that Big Mike was a technician measuring the level of noise in the subway.
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A full interview with the Israeli painter Raphael Perez (in Hebrew Rafi Peretz) about the ideas behind the naive painting, resume, personal biography and CV
Question: Raphael Perez Tell us about your work process as a naive painter?
Answer: I choose the most iconic and famous buildings in every city and town that are architecturally interesting and have a special shape and place the iconic buildings on boulevards full of trees, bushes, vegetation, flowers.
Question: How do you give depth in your naive paintings?
Answer: To give depth to the painting, I build the painting with layers of vegetation, after those low famous buildings, followed by a tall avenue of trees, and behind them towers and skyscrapers, in the sky I sometimes put innocent signs of balloons, kites.
A recurring motif in some of my paintings is the figure of the painter who is in the center of the boulevard and paints the entire scene unfolding in front of him, also there are two kindergarten teachers who are walking with the kindergarten children with the state flags that I paint, and loving couples hugging and kissing and family paintings of mother, father and child walking in harmony on the boulevard.
Question: Raphael Perez What characterizes your naive painting?
Answer: Most naive paintings have the same characteristics
(Definition as it appears in Wikipedia)
• Tells a simple story to absorb from everyday life, usually with humans.
• The representation of the painter's idealization to reality - the mapping of reality.
• Failure to maintain perspective - especially details even in distant details.
• Extensive use of repeating patterns - many details.
• Warm and bright colors.
• Sometimes the emphasis is on outlines.
• Most of the characters are flat, lack volume
• No interest in texture, expression, correct proportions
• No interest in anatomy.
• There is not much use of light and shadow, the colors create a three-dimensional effect.
I find these definitions to be valid for all my naive paintings
Question: Raphael Perez Why do you mainly choose the city of Tel Aviv?
Answer: I was born in Jerusalem, the capital city which I love very much and also paint,
I love the special Bauhaus buildings in Tel Aviv, the ornamental buildings that were built a century ago in the 1920s and 1930s, the beautiful boulevards, towers and modern skyscrapers give you the feeling of the hustle and bustle of a large metropolis and there are quite a few low and tall buildings that are architecturally fascinating in their form the special one
Also, the move to Tel Aviv, which is the capital of culture, freedom, and secularism, allowed me to live my life as I chose, to live in a relationship with a man, Jerusalem, which is a traditional city, it is more complicated to live a homosexual life, also, the art world takes place mainly in the city of Tel Aviv, and it is possible that from a professional point of view, this allows I can support myself better in Tel Aviv than in any other city in Israel.
Question: raphael perez are the paintings of the city of Tel Aviv different from the paintings of the city of Jerusalem
Answer: Most of the paintings of Jerusalem have an emphasis on the color yellow, gold, the color of the old city walls, the subjects I painted in Jerusalem are mainly a type of idealization of a peaceful life between Jews and Arabs and paintings that deal with the Jewish religious world, a number of paintings depict all shades of the currents of Judaism of today
In contrast, the Tel Aviv paintings are more colorful, with skyscrapers, the sea, balloons and more secular motifs
Question: Raphael Perez Tell us about which buildings and their architects you usually choose in your city paintings
Answer: My favorite buildings are those that have a special shape that anyone can recognize and are the symbols of the city and you will give several examples:
In the city of Tel Aviv, my favorite buildings are: the opera building with its unusual geometric shape, the Yisrotel tower with its special head, the Hail Bo Shalom tower that for years was the symbol of the tallest building in Tel Aviv, the Levin house that looks like a Japanese pagoda, the burgundy-colored Nordeau hotel with the special dome at the end of the building, A pair of Alon towers with the special structure of the sea, Bauhaus buildings typical of Tel Aviv with the special balconies and the special staircase, the Yaakov Agam fountain in Dizengoff square appears in a large part of the paintings, many towers that are in the stock exchange complex, the Aviv towers and other tall buildings on Ayalon, in some of the paintings I took plans An outline of future buildings that need to be built in the city and I drew them even before they were built in reality,
In the paintings of Jerusalem, I mainly chose the area of the Old City and East Jerusalem, a painting of the walls of the Old City, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the El Akchea Mosque, the Tower of David, most of the famous churches in the city, the right hand of Moses, in most of the paintings the Jew is wearing a blue shirt with a red male cord I was in the youth movement and the Arab with a galabia, and in the paintings of the religious public then, Jews with black suits and white shirts, tallitas, kippahs, special hats, synagogues and more
I also created three paintings of the city of Haifa and one painting of Safed
In the Haifa paintings I drew the university, the Technion, the famous Egged Tower, the Sail Tower, well-known hotels, of course the Baha'i Gardens and the Baha'i Temple, Haifa Port and the boats and other famous buildings in the city
Question: Have you created series of other cities from around the world?
Answer: I created series of New York City with all the iconic and famous buildings such as: the Guggenheim Museum, the famous skyscrapers - the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Lincoln Center, the famous synagogue in the city, the Statue of Liberty, the flags of the United States and other famous buildings
Two paintings of London and all its famous sites, Big Ben, famous monuments, the Ferris wheel, Queen Elizabeth and her family, the double bus, the famous public telephone, palaces, famous churches, well-known monuments
I created 4 naive paintings of cities in China, a painting of Shanghai, two paintings of the city of Suzhou and a painting of the World Park in the city of Beijing... I chose the famous skyline of Shanghai with all the famous towers, the famous promenade, temples and old buildings, two Paintings of the city of Suzhou with the famous canals, bridges, special gardens, towers and skyscrapers of the city
Me and my cousins Hubby Balaji, both of us had an hours time of talking about the lives of these kids at the Ahobila Madam. They answered our silly questions on Religion, Mythology and god patiently. The session was one of the most enlightening and interesting ones i have ever had. This was shot while we spoke on many a things in general about life, religion, perspective, money etc.,
As Balaji started off with questions he urged me to ask more of them since im more comfortable in striking conversations with strangers. Of course he then later took over and the things that come out of these small great minds is fascinating. They are clear, focussed and balanced about just about everything! Something i never am, was or could be.
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My set from the San Francisco Photowalk be seen here: Photowalk San Francisco
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Today, we had the chance to ask some questions to Wesley Marien, Crafter from Belgium who made all kind of gorgeous furniture from recycled wooden pallets. If you think you deserve to be featured in the next interview, please, drop us an email.
Tell us a little more about you? Who you are? Where are you from?
My name is Wesley Marien. I live in Belgium, am 31 years old, married to a fantastic wife, a little son (from a former relationship). I’m kind of a rebel. At 20 years old, I started to D.J., but got into music in general when I started playing at age 11. I like to be as versatile as possible. I’m always looking for practical solutions at home or when people ask for my help or skills, and it makes me happy when they ask me. It’s hard to obtain a job though because I’m not the easiest guy to work with, so I want to start on my own business. I can quickly add to my skills, so I want to start something small - on my own and be my own boss. I do like to providing a service to people, so what better way to do it than with some creativity?
Why do you craft?
The urge to create things is greater than ever. Everything I make, I make with pride!
How did you learn to do wood crafts?
I have a basic education in woodcraft from school but never properly finished school. I like to challenge myself because I know I can learn anything if I put my mind to it. My father took me along to do some jobs with family or anyone who paid him when I was only 11 - 12 years old. Ever since I left school I became my father as my friends always could rely on me to do a job no matter what it was. I know a bit of everything... woodwork, electricity, metal, plumbing, and renovation in general, and I’m glad of it!
How long have you been working with pallets?
Since last summer.
Why did you choose to work with pallets instead of purchased wood?
I think we have all the wood we need in the world to recycle. There’s no need for cutting down new trees for mass production. :)
What are your can’t-live-without essentials?
My wife & my son!!! My music!!! My wood!!!
Are there any brands that are your favorites?
I’m not a brand type of guy.
How would you describe your crafting style?
Not perfect at all but solid and playful; unorthodox and maybe a little stubborn.
Are there any crafters/artists/designers that you particularly look up to?
Not really. You can learn from anybody and anything.
Where do you do your wood crafts? How would you describe your workspace?
In my shed and its well organized, otherwise it’s impossible to do a decent job. I always work organized, but never with a plan.
How did you make your workspace more functional and/or inspiring?
I made my own workbench, toolbox, shelves and I know a thing or two about electricity so that’s all well provided. If you create your own workspace then the morale and respect for your equipment is so much greater then when it’s all store-bought.
What types of things inspire you?
Inspiration is like love… you never know from which corner it lurks – like finding a site like 1001pallets.com for example.
Where do you look for inspiration for a new woodcraft?
It all depends… since I’m stubborn I like to do as little inspiration as possible. Not that I don’t do research, but I only need to see something once and then my brain starts to work.
When do you feel the most creative?
All day long!! But it never hurts to let your mind rest every now and then :)
We live in such a mass-produced, buy-it-now society. Why should people continue to make things by hand?
To put a hold on mass production! It’s hard to answer this particular question since I’m not happy with society the way it is. Cutting wood on a massive scale is one thing but what about all the animals that live in and around the trees!? Cut a tree here or there but not the horrible clear-cutting. That’s sad as hell!!
What is your favorite medium to work in (other than pallets)?
Any wood will do as long as it’s not rotten. :)
What are your tips for people who'd like to start crafting?
Push the limit always little by little. Never be afraid to try something new, and watch your fingers.
What are your most important safety tips when woodworking?
Train a steady hand and logic is your friend. Also there’s no need for rushing things while working with wood and be sure to use sharp tools.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Cannabis.
What are some of your other hobbies or favorite things to do (other than crafting)?
Electronic music plays a big part in my life. I’ve played it for 20 years now and also recently into producing tracks and sounds. It’s my ultimate anti-stress, cure against society… music is always with me :) I also like to cook for my family since I’ve worked in several restaurant kitchens and picked up a thing or two from the experience. I make the best salads according to my wife!
Growing crops is also a thing we do in our garden and I have an indoor greenhouse where I spend every day an hour or two. Another thing that I just absolutely love is Western horseback riding. I’m not the best rider, but unafraid and they all say I have the talent for it. My wife says I have golden hands because everything I touch ends up well or turns into gold :)
What are some of your best tips for breaking down, prepping, and cleaning pallets before you build with them?
Take your time, inspect your pieces you want to use and decide where they all go in the project. If there are flaws in the wood, leave them in and give them a strategic place so like it’s meant to be there. Sanding is something you love or hate. I kinda love it because it reveals your end product so train yourself to sand, sand, sand and then sand some more. When the wood is to beat up throw it in the stove :)
Have you designed any special tools or jigs for wood crafts?
Not really but that will change soon.
What are some wood working skills you really want to learn?
Carving and sculpturing.
What is the one project you’re the proudest of so far?
For the moment it must be my famous (local) cathouse.
What else would you like to share with the pallet community?
No project can be bigger than the wood you have!
Editor’s Note: Thank you for your time and for sharing your story with us, and with our fellow Crafters. Your work is beautiful and inspiring to all of us, and we truly look forward to more from you in the future! Keep those gorgeous pieces coming!
Thanks Wesley for this interview :)
To find more on Wesley:
check his profile on 1001Pallets
Mew drummer Silas being gently grilled by a Roman journalist.
I was wandering past, and when I saw how the late afternoon light was hitting him I just had to run and get my camera.
Whenever I take photos of people I tend to panic, and snap without much regard to the background or overall composition, but I'm pleased with this one.
Governor Hogan Speaks with MPT on Sine Die by Patrick Siebert at 110 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401
Interview Tag - Georgina
1 - Como foi a sua infância?
Georgina: Ótima. Um pouco aqui, um pouco ali... Aprendi bastante em cada país onde estive e também deixei um pedacinho de mim por onde passei.
2 - Se você pudesse voltar no tempo e mudar alguma coisa, o que seria?
Georgina: Teria nascido antes, para poder viver nos anos 50.
3 - Quanto você pesa?
Georgina: Vamos fazer assim, para eu não mandar você plantar batatas, vou dizer que peso 50kg.
4 - Alguma vez você já amou e perdeu?
Georgina: Claro! Amei um batom vermelho maravilhoso e perdi em algum banheiro de estrada... Fiquei arrasada e nunca consegui substituí-lo!
5 - O que você faz para ganhar a vida e por quê?
Georgina: Pergunta indelicada essa... minha família é rica, não preciso trabalhar, se é isso que você quer saber.
6 - Que tipo de música você gosta
Georgina: Rockabilly, baby!
7 - Quantos anos você tem?
Georgina: Como é mesmo o nome daquela música? Lembrei! 20 e poucos anos!
8 - Qual é a coisa mais irritante do mundo?
Georgina: Um banheiro sem espelho! u.u
9 - Qual é a sua palavra favorita?
Georgina: freedom \o/
10 - Você tem algum hobby interessante?
Georgina: Interessante não.
11 - Qual é a coisa mais romântica que alguém já fez por você?
Georgina: Me carregar no colo depois de passar horas dançando *-*
12 - Como você relaxa no final de um longo dia?
Georgina: Me jogando na primeira coisa macia que eu ver pela frente.
13 - Você tem obsessões?
Georgina: Claro que não. Tenho 50 batons vermelhos, como qualquer pessoa normal tem... *disfarça*
14 - Qual é a sua nacionalidade?
Georgina: Mamãe e papai queriam que eu fosse sueca, como minha prima Scarlett, mas eu quis nascer na terra do Rei. Então sou americana, norte-americana, estadunidense, ianque, ou como você quiser chamar quem nasce nos EUA.
15 - Que idiomas você fala?
Georgina: Para não deixar ninguém constrangido, vou citar só as que eu uso com freqüência, que são inglês, francês, sueco e português, okay?
16 - Se você pudesse ter qualquer animal de estimação no mundo, o que seria?
Georgina: Algum que fosse independente, porque estou sempre viajando.
17 - Qual é a coisa mais aleatória que você se encontra fazendo todos os dias?
Georgina: Poses para fotos....
18 - Favoritos, rápido, vai! Livro, filme , jogo, bebida, cor?
Georgina: Não gosto de ler nem de ver TV, meu negócio é música! Bebida a que tiver serve. Cor, vermelho, of course!
19 - Qual é a coisa mais sentimental que você possui e por quê?
Georgina: Meu coração, porque ele sempre acelera quando sinto alguma coisa fora do normal...
20 - Você está em um relacionamento?
Georgina: Hum...I don’t think so.
21 - Qual foi a sua pior lesão?
Georgina: Quebrar o salto durante uma maratona de dança e torcer o tornozelo. Tive que abandonar a prova e fiquei com o segundo lugar...
22 - O que te assusta mais?
Georgina: I don’t know...
23 - Algo que a maioria das pessoas não sabe sobre você?
Georgina: A cor natural do meu cabelo.... achou que eu ia contar um segredo, né? Te peguei!
24 - Você tem algum animal de estimação?
Georgina: Não.
25 - O que você acha desta entrevista?
Georgina: Legal, vai sair em alguma revista? Precisa de fotos? Posso fazer algumas poses se precisar...
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Obrigada por me taggear Thai! ^^
Vou taggear:
Vanille da Thai
Yve da Raíssa
Nadine da Fran
Rubi da Vicky
Finnian foi Tagg pela Ste Ferreira <3
Eu ñ sei vcs mas eu estou com problemas de postar fotos no flick, diz q o arquivo expirou..... vai entender....
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1 - Como foi a sua infância?
Finnian: Acho que foi bem normal... acho..
2 - Se você pudesse voltar no tempo e mudar alguma coisa, o que seria?
Finnian: Hum...... tenho q pensar em algo q eu ñ possa me arrepender.........
... acho q foi quando eu li spoiler de GoT
... ñ... acho q foi quando eu coloquei "lemon" no google...
... espera... acho q foi quando eu estava em duvida entre Charmander, Squirtle ou Bulbasaur
... estou pensando....
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- ok proxima pergunta...
3 - Quanto você pesa?
Finnian: Acho que uns 45Kg
4 - Alguma vez você já amou e perdeu?
Finnian: Animal de estimação vale? *começa a fazer cara de choro*
5 - O que você faz para ganhar a vida e por quê?
Finnian: Sou estudante... ñ faço mais nada
6 - Que tipo de música você gosta?
Finnian: Gosto de trilhas sonoras
7 - Quantos anos você tem?
Finnian: Tenho 15
8 - Qual é a coisa mais irritante do mundo?
Finnian: Quando as pessoas vem conversar comigo quando estou lendo ou jogando ¬w¬'
9 - Qual é a sua palavra favorita?
Finnian: hum... acho q é "abraço"
10 - Você tem algum hobby interessante?
Finnian: Eu gosto de ler e jogar D; para mim são interessantes -q
11 - Qual é a coisa mais romântica que alguém já fez por você?
Finnian: Hum.... *pensando*..................... se alguém fez algo assim para mim eu ñ me lembro
12 - Como você relaxar no final de um longo dia?
Finnian: Eu leio ou jogo
13 - Você tem obsessões?
Finnian: No momento eu quero tentar fazer mais jovens se interessarem pela leitura *olha feio para o Ulric*
14 - Qual é a sua nacionalidade?
Finnian: Sou brasileiro, mas o meu pai é norte americano e as vezes me manda umas cartas.
15 - Que idiomas você fala?
Finnian: Português e um pouco de inglês
16 - Se você pudesse ter qualquer animal de estimação no mundo, o que seria?
Finnian: Um dragão *0*
- Acho q esse não vale..
17 - Qual é a coisa mais aleatória que você se encontrar fazendo todos os dias?
Finnian: Acho q é sair de fininho para ñ ter q encarar todos de manhã >_<'
18 - Favoritos, rápido, vai! Livro, filme , jogo, bebida, cor?
Finnian: Calma calma >//////< ern... acho q é O Hobbit, Como treinar o seu dragão, Pokemon, milkshake de chocolate e creme
19 - Qual é a coisa mais sentimental que você possui e por quê?
Finnian: Acho q são alguns livros que tenho desde pequeno...
20 - Você está em um relacionamento?
Finnian: Não... e não quero.
21 - Qual foi a sua pior lesão?
Finnian: Foi quando caiu um livro na minha cabeça @w@'
22 - O que te assusta mais?
Finnian: Algumas pessoas me assustam... por exemplo as garotas que vivem aqui.... >_>'
23 - Algo que a maioria das pessoas não sabe sobre você?
Finnian: Eu gosto de ser organizado! o_ó
24 - Você tem algum animal de estimação?
Finnian: No momento não.
25 - O que você acha desta entrevista?
Finnian: Já acabou? estou pensando sobre a pergunta numero 2 ainda....
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Dino e Rae da Larissa
Just opened my Interviewer doll from JHD and I am happy with her.
The box design and quality is superb. Her outfit is fantastic as is her face paint and hair. Love that they have improved the hands. They are still a bit soft but far from the earlier rubber feel. She comes with earrings, a bracelet, a nice folder with inserts of the models' bio, and a stand. And an extra set of hands (BOTH pairs of hands have long nails. No cheapness there!)
At $130, she is amazing. I wish JHD could keep their dolls around the $150 mark. I'd buy more of them and look back even less at others.
Recently, there was an interview about me on the net. I was asked to show three of my photos that I liked and tell why I liked them. I also told how and why I do my photography in the way that I do. You can read the full interview at this web address:
Not a good dress attire because the tie make it too funerally. If he change his tie to a color print , he may be able to pull this suit off for and interview.
This is a good interview outfit. Black is one of the colors selected for women to wear to an interview.
Governor Hogan Speaks with MPT on Sine Die by Patrick Siebert at 110 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401
Kristen Stewart on the cover of interview mag.
The first decade of the 21st century, which is about to draw to a close, is in serious danger of being remembered as the time when fame was measured in pokes, tweets, and the ability to parlay a death-defying (and sometimes not so death-defying) degree of persona recklessness into a reality-television deal. But just as the door was about to slam shut on the double aughts, in walks—or, more appropriately, saunters—Kristen Stewart.
At 19, Stewart has already earned a place in the annals of pop-culture history. This is due to her starring role in Twilight, which—in case you’ve somehow managed to elude word of its all-encompassing death grip on young America—is a film based on the first in a series of very popular books about vampires, werewolves, and teenage life in the town of Forks, Washington. Stewart’s character, Bella Swan, is a newcomer to Forks who is forced to cope with the dueling pressures of starting life at a new school and the fact that her prospective boyfriend, the rakish Edward Cullen (played by the rakish Robert Pattinson), is a 104-year-old undead bloodsucker.
Given Twilight’s preoccupation with the timeless themes of misunderstood youth, troubled young love, and the intervening forces of darkness, the film’s success isn’t all that surprising. (To date, it has grossed more than $380 million worldwide.) Nor is the fact that more Twilights are in the offing: A second installment, New Moon, hits theaters in November, and a third, Eclipse, is due out next year. But the growing size and complexity of the Twilight machine has had some unavoidable implications:
In the last 12 months, Stewart has become a tabloid regular and a blog-stalked cynosure. The fact that her Twilight character is romantically linked to Pattinson’s in the film has also fueled nonstop speculation that they are involved in real life. BUYING A HOUSE? and GETTING MARRIED? were just a couple of the early autumn headlines. Between filming Twilight sequels, Stewart did a turn as Joan Jett in Floria Sigismondi’s new rock-band biopic The Runaways; even her hair for the film—which was chopped and dyed to mimic Jett’s late-’70s shag—inspired reams of media critique.
Stewart grew up in Los Angeles in a Hollywood family of sorts—her mother is a script supervisor, and her father is a stage manager—and as a kid announced her interest in working in front of the camera. Her second film, David Fincher’s 2002 thriller, Panic Room, in which she played Jodie Foster’s too-quick, too-wise, too-over-it daughter, proved an early indicator of her ability to play young, smart, but not precocious. Her performance in more left-of-center projects such as Sean Penn’s Into the Wild (2007) and this year’s Adventureland has only reinforced that notion. But if there’s a thread that runs through her relatively small body of work, it’s one that’s closely connected to the idea that you don’t have to be old to have soul. With Stewart, you don’t get 19-going-on-35. What you do get is a visceral window into what it means to be young and struggling to make sense of your own life and the world around you—and all the alternating waves of darkness and confusion and brightness and possibility that come with that. In many ways, it’s the unwritten nature of Stewart’s own story now, with its surreal subplots and recent twists and turns, that makes her compelling to watch. It’s true that she might very well be a rebel anodyne to many of her bleached and sprayed-on contemporaries. Or, like Bella Swan, she might just be someone who comes from somewhere, found her way into something exceptional, and is on her way to someplace else. Either way, she’s got a solid arc.
In celebration of Interview’s 40th anniversary, we askedactor, director, writer, and photographer Dennis Hopper—whose connection to the magazine reaches across all fourdecades—to handle the interviewing duties for this cover story. He graciously obliged. He spoke to Stewart, who was shooting Eclipse in Vancouver, from the set of his cable series, Crash, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
DENNIS HOPPER: Before we start, I have a little six-year-old daughter here who’s going crazy right now because you’re on the phone. Could I just put her on for a second to say hello?
KRISTEN STEWART: Yeah, sure.
HOPPER: Okay, her name is Galen. [hands phone]
GALEN HOPPER: Hi!
STEWART: Hi! How are you?
GALEN: Good.
STEWART: It’s really nice to meet you, Galen. [pause] Hello?
GALEN: Hi!
HOPPER: [takes phone] She’s so excited.
STEWART: Wow, that made me so nervous!
HOPPER: It made you nervous?
STEWART: Yeah. I’m just sort of intimidated by kids. I didn’t know what to say.
HOPPER: Well, thank you for doing that. So how are you doing?
STEWART: I’m pretty good. I’m not very good at interviews, but this is a trip. Why in god’s name did you want to do this? You have no idea how cool this is for me.
HOPPER: Well, you’re a really good actress. And my daughter is your biggest fan, so I thought, What the hell? [laughs] I usually don’t do this, either. But you must be going through a lot right now, the way Twilight is hitting. You must have no peace at all.
STEWART: The sad thing is that I feel so boring because Twilight is literally how every conversation I have these days begins—whether it’s someone I’m meeting for the first time or someone I just haven’t seen in a while. The first thing I want to say to them is, “It’s insane! And, as a person, I can’t do anything!” But then I think to myself, God damn it, shut the fuck up.
HOPPER: [both laugh] You know, you’re giving really wonderful performances. Since you didn’t know you’d be making sequels when you were making the first Twilight, has it been difficult for you to get back into character for these new ones?
STEWART: I’ve actually always been interested in following a character more long term, but the only place to really do that as an actor is on a TV series. But the Twilight series is cool because you know what’s ahead of you—all of the books have been written. And I get breaks in between. It’s sort of a depressing thing to lose a character just when you’ve been able to get to know her. Usually, at the end of a film it’s like I’ve finally gotten to know this person completely, and then we’re done. That actually happened on the set of Twilight, and then it happened again on New Moon. Each time my character Bella became a different person, and I got to know that person and take her to the next level.
HOPPER: Have you been able to enjoy it? Or do you feel more pressure doing these sequels?
STEWART: I do feel more of a pressurized strain than what is typical for me. Usually, what drives you is your own personal responsibility to the script and the character and the people you are working with. But in this case, I have a responsibility not only to that but to everyone who has personal involvement in the books—and now that spans the world. It’s an insane concept. There are certain things in Twilight . . . As much as I’m proud of that movie and I do like it, I feel like maybe I brought too much of myself to the character. I feel like I really know Bella now. But most readers feel like they know Bella because it’s a first-person narrative. She’s like a little vessel and everyone experiences the story through her. All of these girls who are fans personally feel like they encapsulate that character. So it’s like, “How the hell am I going to do that for all of them? It’s impossible!” But I’ve decided, if you’re just unabashedly honest all of the time, you have nothing to be ashamed of.
HOPPER: These Twilight books have some dark material.
STEWART: But the movies aren’t that dark, as much as we’d all have loved to have made those films. But as pretty as it is to watch and as nice as it is to have watched these two characters find solace in each other, everything around them is absolute chaos. I mean, you have to question their motivations—to watch two people so unhealthily devoted to each other . . . I stand behind everything that they do. I have to justify it in my mind, or else I couldn’t play the character. But they are definitely not the most pragmatic characters. The weirdest fucking themes run through this story—like dominance and masochism. I mean, you always have to realize that the story needs to make sense to the 11-year-olds who read the book and aren’t necessarily going to be viewing a scene as foreplay. But then there is the other segment of the audience—a large percentage—who does see the scene as foreplay. And it’s pretty deep, heady foreplay. [laughs] So it’s fun to play it both ways. I mean, I don’t know what it feels like to make out with my vampire boyfriend because it isn’t something that anybody has ever felt. But it’s funny to think that a lot of the audience is 10 years old and will maybe one day grow up to realize there are a lot of involved thoughts in Twilight that they didn’t see before.
HOPPER: Well, you’re getting a lot of attention.
STEWART: Yeah, it’s weird. There’s an idea about who I am that’s eternally projected onto me, and then I almost feel like I have to fulfill that role. Even when things come out of my mouth, I want to be sure I’m saying exactly what I mean. All I’m thinking of is the fact that everything that I say is going to be criticized—not criticized, just evaluated and analyzed. And it’s always something that matters so much to me that doesn’t come out right. But in terms of how my life has changed, I never really went out a whole lot before. I’m sort of an in-my-head kind of person. I wish I could take more walks . . .
HOPPER: You can’t take walks?
STEWART: I’d like to take more walks after work, instead of having to come back to my hotel room and not leave. So it can be boring. I’ve been working as an actress since I was very young, and I know a lot of people who are actors who don’t have to deal with having a persona . . . You know, if you look up the word persona, it isn’t even real. The whole meaning of the word is that it’s made up, and it’s like I didn’t even get to make up my own. It can be annoying. But I have a really strong feeling that this is going to go away, that this is the most intense it’s going to get—and could get—and that it’s fleeting. So in a few years, I will hopefully become more like the people I want to become like.
HOPPER: Does it bother you to see yourself in the tabloids?
STEWART: There’s nothing you can do about it, to be honest. I don’t leave my hotel room—literally, I don’t. I don’t talk to anybody about my personal life, and maybe that perpetuates it, too. But it’s really important to own what you want to own and keep it to yourself. That said, the only way for me not to have somebody know where I went the night before is if I didn’t go out at all. So that’s what I’m trading. It depends what mood I’m in. Some nights, I think, “You know what? I don’t care. I’m just going to do what I want to do.” Then the next day I think, “Ugh.Now everyone thinks I’m going out to get the attention.” But it’s like, no, I actually, for a second, thought that maybe I could be like a normal person.
HOPPER: I was looking at all the films you’ve done, and you’ve worked with some extraordinarily talented people: Patricia Clarkson—god, she’s a great actress—and Jodie Foster. Just really wonderful people. And your performances are very different. You started when you were nine years old. You wanted to act, right? It wasn’t like you were forced into it because your parents were in the industry?
STEWART: No. Not at all.
HOPPER: Because Dean Stockwell is one of my best friends, and he has horror stories about acting when he was a kid. But you wanted to do this, right?
STEWART: It’s a weird thing to expect a child that young to say what they want to do, like act. I’m not sure it was a natural inclination for me either, but it was something that I fell into. To be honest, I had fun at first. It was the first thing I ever thrived at. My parents are crew. They were both baffled that I wanted to act. But they support anything that me and my brothers want to do. It was something I thought was fun because I grew up on sets. And then a few years later, I grew up and acting became very different to me. I think I was about 13.
HOPPER: Did you study with anyone? Or did you just pick it up through association?
STEWART: No, I just walked into it.
HOPPER: You learned it there. That’s the best place to learn. I saw Panic Room again last night.
STEWART: Really? I haven’t seen that in so long. That was the second movie I ever made. Thank god Jodie Foster did that movie because I wasn’t thinking about anything on that set. I was literally just hanging out with her and being myself. I can’t think about watching that—it would kill me. It would be like watching a home movie.
HOPPER: But you’re so good in it. Did you go to school while you were working as a kid?
STEWART: I went to public school up until junior high. I know it’s a little late and I’m a little old, but I just finished high school—with honors. The other day I was doing a graduation scene on Eclipse, and I had just finished high school myself the week before, so I told the crew, “Hey, just so you know, I’m actually graduating right now, and I’m not going to have another ceremony.” So I took a mock picture with an extra. I literally asked the actor to come back and shake my hand and hand me the diploma while I was dressed in a cap and gown.
Fanning, and he knows her as well, so it was cool. I actually hadn’t seen him in a couple of years. So it was sort of a trip because I’m different and he’s not. You know what I’m saying?
This is an excerpt of the October cover story. To read the full Kristen Stewart interview pick up a copy of Interview.
www.interviewmagazine.com/film/kristen-stewart-1/
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I was fortunate enough to have been asked by Andy Butler to do an interview for Mobiography Magazine.
www.mobiography.net/interview/new-york-street-photography...
I was interviewed at www.joshspear.com/item/speartalks-grant-hamilton/#more-5725. Reading it would be an excellent way to pass the time while on the potty.
Being interviewed for Sky Arts about this photograph of Yun Tan, which is on exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London, until the end of this month.
London, 2009.
"I've just got back from a University interview, it was for a course to study song writing and contemporary composing. I got the place so I'm pretty chuffed. I like the idea of spending my days writing and composing, it's about getting your feelings out. At the moment all I'm feeling is teenage angst, but maybe in a few years, after a hair cut, I'll feel some real emotions"
"Is the hair holding you back?"
"Yeah, it's dragging me down"
"There's an emotion...What do you want to accomplish with this course?"
"I just want my work, in whatever form it takes, to be out there really. It must be a satisfying but surreal feeling, giving something to others simply from a song. I'm fully aware that there's a better chance that it's not going to happen rather than becoming hugely successful from it. Music is such an accessible medium these days and there's more and more people doing it. I've seen people become conceited over it. I just think that it's important to not kid yourself, there's always going to be someone who's going to be equally good or better at than you so it's about being grounded and working on those things which make you happy and you enjoy.”
A new interview with me has just been posted to the J.G. Ballard blog / website: "ballardian.com."
Go to there: The Light Painter of Mojave D: An Interview with Troy Paiva
It's the most comprehensive one I've ever done, covering subjects not usually broached in other interviews. I rattle on about the reasons for, and meaning of the explosion in popularity of urban exploration on a world-wide scale, my influences, the philosophy behind the process of night photography, how my brother (also a well known night photographer) and I avoid stepping on each other's creative toes, and many details about my new book.
It's an honor to find my work so deeply associated with Ballard, one of the most brilliant sci-fi writers of all time.
My interview for BJD Magazine :
bjdmagazine.com/2010/12/07/bjd-faceups-by-caroline-seales...
thanks for reading! :)
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and here's part 2!
bjdmagazine.com/2010/12/09/bjd-faceups-by-caroline-seales...
Rose is someone special in our community! She is a true Blythe lover and she also likes to experiment everything related to our beloved doll. It can be fashions, accessories, customization and photography of course. Her art and talent are definitely unique and I can always feel so much generosity and gentleness showing through her photos that it makes them even more fabulous! I am so glad that Rose accepted , not only this interview, but also to be a team member of the For the Love of Blythe book project. Now, it's Rose's turn to tell us everything about her and her dolls!
Complete interview: www.blythe-doll-fashions.com/2012/03/17/great-collector-i...