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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.”
My interview for BJD Magazine :
bjdmagazine.com/2010/12/07/bjd-faceups-by-caroline-seales...
thanks for reading! :)
edit :
and here's part 2!
bjdmagazine.com/2010/12/09/bjd-faceups-by-caroline-seales...
Miss Violet facing her interviewers, Myrtil, Jimmy, Petra, Becky, Emma and Zaida.
The urchins decided they wanted to hire a grown-up to deal with things they wanted done but couldn't do themselves, because of their child condition.
The interview for Miss Violet Solano was to be set inside the old Imperial Theatre, across from Loki’s Absinthe Café in Babbage Square, to avoid the whole process of blindfolding her before leading her to the hideout.
Becky, Jimmy and Myrtil arrived three minutes before the set time of the interview. Miss Solano was waiting for them, sitting in the front row.
[15:27] Myrtil Igaly: 'ello Miss Vi! You are early!
[15:27] VI : good afternoon Jimmy, Myrtil and Becky
[15:27] Jimmy Branagh: Hoy Miss Vi!
[15:27] Becky Blackcinder: Hullo ma'am!
[15:27] Myrtil Igaly: Good afternoon to you too and thank you for coming
[15:28] VI : so do you wish to interview me here? Or up in your rooms in the attic?
[15:28] Myrtil Igaly: Oh, so you know about those...
[15:28] VI : there is little I miss in this town
[15:28] Becky Blackcinder: I was gonna say, I thought that was a secret! But it's not that hard to find if you look.
[15:29] VI : not if you’re used to using the high road
[15:29] Myrtil Igaly: I had set up the interview here cause our hideout was to be kept a secret but if you know about it heh
[15:29] Becky Blackcinder: Observant is good.
[15:29] Myrtil Igaly: will be quieter up there
[15:29] Myrtil Igaly: Please lead the way!
[15:29] Myrtil Igaly grins
All four then took the dangerous way from the Imperial to the hideout and, once there, settled at the long table. Petra was already there, waiting for them.
[15:32] Myrtil Igaly: Hey Petra!
[15:32] Jimmy Branagh: Hoy Petra
[15:32] VI : very nice really reminds of the one you had in the gut
[15:32] Petra Flax : Hello!
[15:32] Myrtil Igaly: I don't actually remember that one!
[15:32] Myrtil Igaly: But thank you
[15:33] Petra Flax : The one in the gut?
[15:33] VI : hello petra
[15:33] Myrtil Igaly: Alright, so first of all thank you for coming to be interviewed, I know you are a very busy lady.
[15:34] VI : i have my moments of peace
[15:34] Myrtil Igaly: From your note, I gather you understand what we are looking for.
[15:34] Petra Flax lights her pipe
[15:34] Myrtil Igaly: And we will be asking you questions in turn to decide if you would be fit for the job.
[15:34] VI : yes a go between to work with the adults
[15:34] Myrtil Igaly nods
[15:35] Myrtil Igaly: So, if you are ready, I will start.
[15:35] VI : ask away
[15:35] Jimmy Branagh pulls out the notebook, rips a page off and hands to Myrtil
[15:35] Myrtil Igaly grins. "Thanks Jimmy!"
[15:35] Jimmy Branagh then hands blank pages to Petra and Becky
[15:35] Becky Blackcinder peers over the tops of her spectacles, trying to look interrogative.
[15:36] Myrtil Igaly glances seriously at Miss Solano
[15:36] Jimmy Branagh: Welcome!
[15:36] Myrtil Igaly: Miss Violet.
[15:36] Myrtil Igaly: In the note I sent you to ask you to come for an interview, I mentioned that I wanted an information from you, as a show of good will.
[15:37] VI : of course
[15:37] Myrtil Igaly: That would be the name of the urchin from whom you learnt about those interviews.
[15:37] Myrtil Igaly: Could you please provide us with their name?
[15:38] Jimmy Branagh waits, charcoal stick at the ready
[15:38] Myrtil Igaly raises an eyebrow, waiting for the reply
[15:38] VI : I would if I could. But it was Omig who told me about it and he got it from one of our ...... employees, but I’ll look into it
[15:38] Myrtil Igaly nods. "Thank you, that would be most appreciated."
[15:39] Jimmy Branagh scribbles
Emma arrived, running inside and a little short-breathed.
[15:39] Myrtil Igaly: Hey Emma! Glad you could make it!
[15:39] VI : hello emma
[15:39] Jimmy Branagh: Hoy Emma
[15:39] Emma Walsh : Hello
[15:39] Myrtil Igaly taps on Jimmy's shoulder. "Your turn, Jimmy."
[15:39] Jimmy Branagh: Awlroight.
[15:40] Jimmy Branagh: Miss VI, ifn we wos awl at a hoity-toity party, an' th' host offered us urchins Wiggyfish gruel, an' you 'ad a big stick in yer hand, wot would ya do?
[15:40] Myrtil Igaly grins
[15:40] Becky Blackcinder stifles a giggle.
[15:40] VI : that would depend
[15:41] Jimmy Branagh raises an eyebrow ominously
[15:41] VI : were you invited?
[15:41] Jimmy Branagh: Let's say we wos.
[15:41] Myrtil Igaly studies Miss Solano closely
[15:41] VI : than i would complain to our host about his ill treatment of you
[15:42] Jimmy Branagh: Awlroight.
[15:42] Myrtil Igaly nods with a smile
[15:42] Jimmy Branagh: Now let's say we wosn't invoighted
[15:42] Jimmy Branagh: Wot would ya do?
[15:42] VI : attacking him would not improve your, or my reputation with the people you wish to deal with
[15:43] Myrtil Igaly scribbles
[15:43] Jimmy Branagh: Thet wosn't th' question
[15:43] Jimmy Branagh: Wot would ya do?
[15:43] VI : i would offer to pay the host for better food for you
[15:43] Jimmy Branagh: Awlroight.
[15:43] Jimmy Branagh scribbles
[15:43] Jimmy Branagh: Petra?
[15:43] Becky Blackcinder scribbles too, although she might just be doodling.
[15:44] Emma Walsh doesn't have a paper again...
[15:44] Petra Flax : My turn?
[15:44] Jimmy Branagh makes a paper airship and sails it to Emma
[15:44] Myrtil Igaly: Yes Petra, we're asking questions in turn to Miss Violet
[15:44] Myrtil Igaly: But we can skip you for this round if you don't know!
[15:45] Petra Flax : Well my big question is pretty practical. Alligaters
[15:45] Emma Walsh gets her paper and starts drawing Miss Vi as a stick figure rabbit
[15:45] Myrtil Igaly: Oh
[15:45] Jimmy Branagh looks at Petra
[15:45] Myrtil Igaly leans on the table to take a better glance at Petra
[15:45] Petra Flax : How would you deal with a plague of alligators?
[15:45] Jimmy Branagh: Oh okay ....
[15:46] VI : Alligaters?
[15:46] Becky Blackcinder is also doodling.
[15:46] Myrtil Igaly turns to Miss Vi
[15:46] VI : really?
[15:46] Jimmy Branagh: Aligaters in th' sewers mybee
[15:46] Myrtil Igaly: Anything could happen in New Babbage!
[15:47] Emma Walsh : We had clockwork hippos attack once....
[15:47] Petra Flax : Yep… its happened before in other cities…
[15:47] Jimmy Branagh: Yesh
[15:47] VI : well that i think is a matter for public works not public relations
[15:47] Jimmy Branagh: They wos 'orrible
[15:47] Jimmy Branagh: It wos loike Attack of th' Popplefots
[15:47] Jimmy Branagh laughs
[15:48] Myrtil Igaly scribbles a few words and glances interrogatively at Petra
[15:48] VI : i could go to the city and complain
[15:48] Petra Flax pretends to write
[15:48] VI : but not much else
[15:48] Becky Blackcinder: You made that up!
[15:48] Becky Blackcinder: Popplefots I mean.
And finally the last urchin interviewer, Zaida, arrived.
[15:48] Myrtil Igaly: Hey Zaida!
[15:48] Jimmy Branagh: Hoy Zaida
[15:48] Myrtil Igaly: You're lucky Miss Violet, lots of interviewers for you!
[15:48] Jimmy Branagh sails a piece of paper to Zaida
[15:48] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): hi jim
[15:48] VI : hello Zaida
[15:48] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): hi miz vi!
[15:48] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): me an' miz vi used to be neighbors in wheatstone waterways
[15:48] VI : yes
[15:49] Myrtil Igaly: Alright, try to stay unbiased Zaida!
[15:49] Jimmy Branagh: Nah, Popplefot runs the shoe black factory!
[15:49] Jimmy Branagh: 'ee's fat loike a hippo!
[15:49] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) looks for the piece of paper
[15:49] Myrtil Igaly: Are you satisfied with the answer Petra?
[15:50] Petra Flax : Not really no
[15:50] Myrtil Igaly: Oh
[15:50] Petra Flax : but if that's her answer...
[15:50] Petra Flax : heh
[15:50] VI : i am not exactly a slayer of Alligators
[15:50] Jimmy Branagh: Awlrought then. Becky
[15:50] Myrtil Igaly: Well, we'll discuss about that later, let's hear Becky's question
[15:51] Becky Blackcinder: Hmmmm...
[15:51] Jimmy Branagh scribbles note, adding odd cryptic symbols
[15:51] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): i gots a question
[15:51] Jimmy Branagh: Wait yer turn
[15:51] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) sticks tongue out
[15:51] Myrtil Igaly me giggles
[15:51] Petra Flax snickers
[15:51] Jimmy Branagh chuckles
[15:51] Becky Blackcinder: You knew about the hideout. Which is pretty gear. So...d'you know anything else about the city that could be useful to somebody like me? An' will you tell it to us?
[15:52] Myrtil Igaly nods and turns to Miss Violet, interested
[15:52] Petra Flax scribbles loops, impressed that they actually look like writing
[15:53] VI : wouldn't that be beyond the scope of the proffered position?
[15:53] Myrtil Igaly takes a glance at the other urchins' papers and looks impressed at all the writing on there
[15:53] Emma Walsh draws some stick figure alligators underneath Vi and points arrows saying 'not alligator slayer'
[15:53] Jimmy Branagh shrugs
[15:53] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) doodles a bunny with an arrow through its head
[15:53] VI : would be willing to make a full exchange of information?
[15:53] Myrtil Igaly: Yes that's not demanded for the position, but we're not against a few extras!
[15:54] Jimmy Branagh: We're jus' pickin' yer brain, Miss VI. It's perfectly safe!
[15:54] Becky Blackcinder has apparently done the following doodle of Vi:
www.flickr.com/photos/annalisa_shepherd/23449967259/in/da...
[15:54] Petra Flax relights her pipe, looking down at her page, and then to the pages of the others.
[15:54] Becky Blackcinder looks proud
[15:55] Myrtil Igaly: There's no right or wrong answer, Miss Violet, we'll discuss later and decide. We may not even agree with each other ya know
[15:55] VI : true
[15:55] Becky Blackcinder: 'S true. Urchins ain't all that organized.
[15:55] Myrtil Igaly: Your turn Emma!
[15:55] Emma Walsh : Okay, this one should be easy.
[15:56] VI : more here than most
[15:56] Myrtil Igaly smiles at the compliment
[15:56] Emma Walsh : If you weren't a bunny what animal would you be instead? Your inner not bunny?
[15:56] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) rolls eyes and shakes head
[15:56] Myrtil Igaly smirks
[15:57] Becky Blackcinder giggles.
Miss Solano stood up abruptly.
[15:57] VI : well i think we're at an end here
[15:57] Myrtil Igaly looks surprised
[15:57] Becky Blackcinder blinks.
[15:57] Myrtil Igaly: Are we?
[15:57] Jimmy Branagh: Hmm?
[15:57] Petra Flax raises her eyebrows
[15:57] Myrtil Igaly: What do you mean Miss Violet?
[15:57] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): miz vi don't want to work for us?
[15:57] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) offers miz vi a cookie
[15:57] VI : there is nothing better for me to be than a rabbit
[15:58] Myrtil Igaly: Oh
[15:58] Myrtil Igaly: Please don't be offended by the question, it was very innocent.
[15:58] Petra Flax : touch-eeeee
[15:58] Myrtil Igaly: Shhhh Petra!
[15:58] VI : to say other wise is preposterous, and rude
[15:58] Becky Blackcinder: I wish I was somethin' besides a human sometimes.
[15:58] Petra Flax snaps her mouth shut
[15:58] Becky Blackcinder: An' I do know a surprising number of mad scientists, so...
[15:59] VI : very well
Miss Solano sat back on the bench, facing the urchins.
[15:59] Myrtil Igaly: Very true Miss Violet, please forgive us for even thinking you would think otherwise
[15:59] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): this is babbage knowing a mad scientist or 10 isn't surprising
[15:59] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): if i could be a animal i'd be daisy my dog
[15:59] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): then i could lay around in my bed all day
[15:59] Myrtil Igaly whispers to the others. "Ok, avoid the bunny questions!"
[15:59] Petra Flax nods
[15:59] VI : i suppose it would be a badger
[16:00] Myrtil Igaly blinks
[16:00] Emma Walsh : Badgers are awful buggers...
[16:00] Petra Flax : Badgers are pretty great
[16:00] Jimmy Branagh: Okay Zaida?
[16:00] Myrtil Igaly: They're fierce for sure
[16:00] Becky Blackcinder: Opinion is divided on badgers!
[16:00] VI : the ruling family of my home land are badger
[16:01] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): miz vi - you a boss lady outside of hear, an' you sometimes employ urchins to carry messages an' packages..... how are you goin' to feel about havin' urchins bossin' you instead of you bossin' us
[16:01] Petra Flax : Good question.
[16:01] Myrtil Igaly hides a smile and dives onto her piece of paper, pencil at the ready
[16:02] VI : well that would depend on whether the orders are in conflict with my business
[16:02] Myrtil Igaly nods slowly
[16:03] Myrtil Igaly: Which would come first in that case?
[16:03] VI : that would depend on your requested action
[16:03] VI : it it was not within the scope of the job your offering
[16:04] VI : i would decline
[16:04] Myrtil Igaly: Understood
[16:04] VI : for example
[16:04] Petra Flax : What’s decline mean?
[16:04] VI : if you asked me to talk to tenk about something fine
[16:05] Myrtil Igaly whispers : that she says "no"
[16:05] VI : if you asked me to kill tenk
[16:05] Petra Flax : Oh
[16:05] VI : well that’s different
[16:05] Myrtil Igaly: Oh of course
[16:05] Petra Flax : Well jeez lady
[16:05] Myrtil Igaly: That wouldn't be something we would ask you to do.
[16:06] VI : of course not
[16:06] Myrtil Igaly: We merely need someone to represent us to deal with other grown-ups
[16:06] Myrtil Igaly: without those grown-ups knowing they're actually dealing with urchins
[16:06] Petra Flax : I mean beat in a sack with a hammer, maybe... but kill is kinda extreme
[16:06] Petra Flax : And what Myrtil said
[16:06] Myrtil Igaly rolls her eyes at Petra
[16:06] VI : and in that capacity i would
[16:06] Myrtil Igaly nods
[16:07] Myrtil Igaly: Here's my second question then.
[16:07] Petra Flax readies her pencil
[16:08] Myrtil Igaly: If you were working for us and we asked you to go talk to Miss Book and get an information about some secret Militia documents. How would you do it?
[16:08] VI : with great difficulty
[16:08] Myrtil Igaly laughs
[16:08] VI : we are not on the best of terms
[16:09] Myrtil Igaly: That's why I asked this question
[16:09] Myrtil Igaly smiles
[16:09] Myrtil Igaly starts drawing circles on her paper
[16:10] VI : and as to getting the information by less than honest means
[16:10] VI : your urchins are as capable as me in that regard
[16:11] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) whispers: she paid me a whole dollar to stand around and yell HELLO MIZ BOOK if i seen her once
[16:11] Jimmy Branagh chuckles
[16:11] Myrtil Igaly: Maybe, but I would like to know how you would do it as an indication of what you would be able to do to deal with difficult missions
[16:11] Petra Flax : Depends on the urchin. Tubby ain’t much good at nothin.
[16:12] Jimmy Branagh: 'ee's good at eatin'. Everythin'!
[16:12] Petra Flax : And it was probably him that spilled the beans about this gig
[16:12] Petra Flax : Good point Jimmy.
[16:12] Myrtil Igaly: Tubby you think?
[16:13] Petra Flax nods
[16:13] VI : i would send one of my employees to retrieve the information
[16:13] Myrtil Igaly nods and scribbles
[16:13] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): i ain't seen tubby in a long time. i thought creaky got him
[16:14] Jimmy Branagh scribbles
[16:14] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) whispers: she'd pay an urchin to do it
[16:14] Petra Flax : That’d keep him fed for a while.
[16:14] VI : sadly the man that would be best at that retrieval is no longer available
[16:14] Jimmy Branagh: Finished, Myrtil?
[16:14] Myrtil Igaly: Yup, go ahead
[16:15] Jimmy Branagh: Miss VI, wos you in Babbage when the Dark Aether fell?
[16:15] VI : no
[16:15] Jimmy Branagh: Awlroight. Never moind then. Petra?
[16:15] Myrtil Igaly chuckles
[16:15] Jimmy Branagh scribbles
[16:16] Petra Flax : Well, I guess it’s no secret you’re sort villainy type… what sorta guarantee can we have that you won’t just lie about all this and do something that is to our detri- detrimu- uh… is bad for us?
[16:17] Petra Flax draws out a hangman, then fills in all the spaces with Xs
[16:17] Myrtil Igaly squints at Miss Violet, waiting for her reply
[16:17] VI : hmmmmmm
[16:17] VI : well that’s the rub isn't it
[16:18] Myrtil Igaly: We could write something about it in the contract, but the question is, do you respect contracts...
[16:18] Petra Flax : The rub?
[16:18] VI : since you consider me a villain, would you trust any promises i made anyway
[16:18] Petra Flax : Like for ribs?
[16:18] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): maybe she wants her ears rubbed?
[16:18] Myrtil Igaly smiles at Zaida
[16:19] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): gilly like him ears scratched
[16:19] Becky Blackcinder: I've known some trustworthy villians an' some good guys who lie a lot.
[16:19] Myrtil Igaly: That was a good question Petra. This is to take into consideration but it could go both directions anyway
[16:19] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) nods in agreement with Becky
[16:19] VI : like that counterfeit count?
[16:19] Myrtil Igaly: Heh
[16:19] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): doc O was a villain but him would keep him promises
[16:20] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): 'course him usually promised to do bad things
[16:20] Petra Flax : Baloney? He's crackers.
[16:20] Myrtil Igaly: He is, but who isn't in this town?
[16:20] VI : i am a business woman and i hold to contracts
[16:20] Myrtil Igaly: Oh, that's good to know!
[16:20] Myrtil Igaly scribbles
[16:21] Petra Flax pretends to write again, nodding.
[16:21] Myrtil Igaly: Becky, another question?
[16:21] Emma Walsh draws a piece of paper in Vi's hands
[16:21] Becky Blackcinder hmmms. "Okay..."
[16:21] Myrtil Igaly: That's if you have one
[16:21] Myrtil Igaly: not mandatory
[16:21] Becky Blackcinder: Why d'you wanna work for us? What do you like about us? Or is it just a business thing?
[16:21] Jimmy Branagh: Let's move along folks! Get snappy!
[16:22] VI : mostly?
[16:22] Myrtil Igaly nods and turns her head towards Miss violet
[16:22] VI : because it benefits both of us
[16:23] Myrtil Igaly: The question would then be, how does it benefit you?
[16:23] VI : you get someone who can deal with the adults
[16:23] Myrtil Igaly: Right
[16:24] VI : and i get an alliance with the biggest information gathering force in the city
[16:24] Myrtil Igaly: Oh I see * grins*
[16:24] Myrtil Igaly scribbles
[16:25] Jimmy Branagh: Emma
[16:25] Petra Flax nudges Becky to nudge Emma
[16:25] Jimmy Branagh: EMMA!
[16:25] Emma Walsh : Do you have any credi.....proof of your expertise? Things that the adults look for in this town fer respect.
[16:26] Myrtil Igaly glances at Emma
[16:26] Becky Blackcinder scribbles some stuff down.
[16:27] VI : i have a successful business, i have money, i have made considerable donations to the fire brigade, and the militia
[16:27] Myrtil Igaly looks up, wide-eyed
[16:28] Emma Walsh : Errr....I guess that means you look good on paper!
[16:28] VI : yes
[16:28] Emma Walsh guesses that's the right saying and starts doodling dollar signs under her
[16:29] VI : and i helped with the recent Prometheus incident
[16:29] Jimmy Branagh: Zaida has the final question
[16:29] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): you gave money to the militia even though miz book don't like you?
[16:29] Jimmy Branagh scribbles
[16:29] Myrtil Igaly scribbles too and starts to regret drawing circles as she's running out of space
[16:30] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): ummmmm---- i guess that was my question
[16:30] VI : yes to give to the widows and orphans left by the Militia men that were murdered
[16:30] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): oh ok
[16:30] Emma Walsh : Ohhhhh...
[16:30] Petra Flax : Huh.
[16:30] VI : i think she declined to pass it on
[16:30] Myrtil Igaly: That was your question Zaida?
[16:31] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): how will you represent us as our embassador
[16:31] VI : well really that depends on what you have in mind
[16:32] VI : have you fully considered what you wish me to do?
[16:32] Petra Flax : Imagine a suit of armor filled with kids
[16:32] Myrtil Igaly starts to wonder what they got themselves into
[16:32] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): i mean in helping us with our urchin grow'd up relations
[16:33] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): we need a urchin grow'd ups relations office
[16:33] Myrtil Igaly: Yes, that's what we need, except secret one, not official
[16:33] VI : but are you expecting a person to foster better relations with the adults?
[16:33] VI : or just a bigger urchin?
[16:34] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): isn't that what a embassador does?
[16:34] Jimmy Branagh: You would be representin' our interests.
[16:34] Petra Flax blinks
[16:34] Myrtil Igaly: To deal with adults who don't want to have nothing to do with us
[16:34] Myrtil Igaly: Have them think they're dealing with you except they're dealing with us
[16:35] Petra Flax : Yeah
[16:35] Jimmy Branagh: We figger 'avin' a representative would be better'n burnin' the' city down
[16:35] Myrtil Igaly chuckles
[16:35] VI : and that’s the thing, for me to do that job i'd need to show a proper front
[16:35] VI : so no activity's that could be seen as dishonest
[16:36] Myrtil Igaly: I s'pose we could be having business with both honest and dishonest grown-ups
[16:36] VI : you need what amounts to a business manager
[16:36] Myrtil Igaly: Hmmm
[16:37] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) starts day dreaming about the new buffet at brunel as her tummy rumbles
[16:37] Myrtil Igaly: We're the business managers. What we need is someone willing to do what we tell them to do but also be crafty enough to find how to get the high hand in deals with other people
[16:38] Jimmy Branagh nods
[16:38] Petra Flax nods
[16:38] VI : in short a business manager
[16:38] VI : someone to manage your business with others
[16:39] Myrtil Igaly: Well yes, can call it like that.
[16:38] Myrtil Igaly looks at the other urchins. "Does anyone have another question?"
[16:39] Emma Walsh : Err...no...but I have one for you Myrt when we're done...
[16:39] Myrtil Igaly nods to Emma
[16:38] Petra Flax : Yeah, I got one more… gonna seem silly, but I got my reasons fed asking it. Ok… what’s yer favorite thing about Mayor Tenk?
[16:39] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): is likin' tenk a job requirement?
[16:39] Petra Flax : Nope.
[16:39] Myrtil Igaly: won't be in the contract, but Petra has her reasons
[16:39] Petra Flax : Just a question.
[16:39] VI : my favorite thing about tenk
[16:39] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): my favorite thing about tenk is him don't take no bullpoo
[16:40] VI : he stays out of other people’s business
[16:40] Myrtil Igaly smirks
[16:40] Petra Flax : Not you Zaida, Miss Vi
[16:40] Petra Flax : And thank you
[16:40] Becky Blackcinder: I like how he's not taller'n me.
[16:40] Myrtil Igaly giggles
[16:40] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): imma shorter dan mr. tenk
[16:41] Myrtil Igaly: It's cause you're a shrimp Zaida!
[16:41] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) makes rude gesture at myrtil
[16:40] Myrtil Igaly nods. "Thank you Miss Violet. Now would YOU have questions for us?"
[16:41] VI : well i do wonder if you have thought this position through?
[16:41] Myrtil Igaly: Oh yes, are you concerned about it Miss violet?
[16:41] VI : if you know what you need, over what you think you want
[16:42] Myrtil Igaly: We've talked about it, and will talk some more after the interviews. We'll decide as a group so there's always gonna be someone to say if they don't agree and why
[16:43] Jimmy Branagh writes more, and the number 423 next to it
[16:43] Myrtil Igaly: Which will make us think more and more until it's all good
[16:43] VI : if you hire a Representative to deal with the adults they will need to be very public
[16:43] Myrtil Igaly: Not necessarily.
[16:44] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): we could hire two people
[16:44] Myrtil Igaly: Just have to look respectable enough or know how to make themselves look that way
[16:44] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): someone to be our public face an' someone to be sneaky
[16:44] VI : no they will need to be public any interaction will become known
[16:44] Myrtil Igaly: And yes, we can also do that Zaida
[16:44] Petra Flax : That’s true
[16:45] VI : the action may not be seen to be connected to you but it will be seen by someone
[16:45] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) looks confused
[16:45] Myrtil Igaly: Maybe what we would need is a few agents, or a master of disguise
[16:46] Myrtil Igaly: Or someone who can stay veeery discreet
[16:46] Petra Flax : I think she means the Great Builder....
[16:46] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): can we hire miz book?
[16:46] Myrtil Igaly raises an eyebrow at Petra
[16:46] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): nobody would ever suspect her
[16:46] Myrtil Igaly: Noooo Zaida, she'd never agree
[16:46] VI : take the Count i can see him bragging about every sneaky thing he does for you
[16:46] Emma Walsh laughs
[16:47] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox): yeah her all noble an' shi--stuff
[16:47] Myrtil Igaly: Well that's for us to judge Miss Violet.
[16:47] VI : as you wish
[16:47] Jimmy Branagh: We need a person capable of bein' both public, an' subtley behoind the scenes. Our shadow hand, as it were.
[16:47] Myrtil Igaly: I understand your concern and thank you for worrying, but we'll manage.
[16:47] Myrtil Igaly smiles
[16:48] Myrtil Igaly: Well I guess we're done if it's good for everyone?
[16:48] Zaida Gearbox (zaida.gearbox) whispers, "i think her right about the Count. him not rowin' wid both oars..."
[16:48] Becky Blackcinder smiles and nodnods.
[16:48] Jimmy Branagh nods
[16:48] Jimmy Branagh: Pass yer papers in please
[16:48] Petra Flax : Yep
[16:48] Emma Walsh : Well with Miss Vi yeah
[16:48] Myrtil Igaly: Miss Violet, thank you again for your time!
[16:48] Jimmy Branagh: Thenks Miss VI
[16:48] Jimmy Branagh smiles
[16:48] Myrtil Igaly: We will let you know our decision after we've made it.
[16:48] Emma Walsh : But need ter talk to you about Mr. Hyde.
[16:48] VI : you’re welcome
[16:48] Becky Blackcinder hands Jimmy her notes, which are mainly doodles.
[16:48] VI : but think well on what you really need
[16:48] Myrtil Igaly nods
[16:48] Myrtil Igaly: We will.
[16:49] Jimmy Branagh collects the sheet, wads them in the notebook and shoves the notebook into his coat
[16:49] Myrtil Igaly: Do you need to be walked back outside?
[16:49] VI : i think i can find my way
[16:49] Myrtil Igaly: Alright! Take care!
[16:49] Jimmy Branagh: 'Ave a good evenin' Miss!
[16: 49] VI : stands on the boards and waves and the men hiding on the roofs move off
[16: 49] Jimmy Branagh whistles, signalling the armed urchins watching from hidden position to stand down
[16:49] Emma Walsh : Hyde blabbed.
[16:49] Myrtil Igaly: Hyde?
[16:50] Emma Walsh : Mr. Hyde
[16:50] Emma Walsh : When we had our big meeting
[16:50] Becky Blackcinder: He would, wouldn't he?
[16:50] Emma Walsh : Discussing Creaky
[16:50] Emma Walsh : And the interviews
[16:50] Emma Walsh : He wasn't sworn to secrecy
[16:50] Myrtil Igaly: Oh yes, he totally would
[16:50] Myrtil Igaly: Dang it
[16:51] Emma Walsh : So he probably told his friends, who told everyone
[16:51] Myrtil Igaly: We gotta have a little chat with Mister Hyde...
[16:51] Becky Blackcinder: He has friends?
[16:51] Myrtil Igaly: hehe
[16:51] Emma Walsh : Err....must have some runnin mates
[16:51] Becky Blackcinder: I mostly only see him when he's passed out on Dr. Jekyll's couch.
[16:52] Myrtil Igaly: Yes not sure he's got many friends
[16:52] Emma Walsh : He's got enough drinking buddies
[16:53] Emma Walsh : And he was sharing some stuff when I stopped by the other night.
[16:53] Myrtil Igaly: Hah!
[16:53] Myrtil Igaly: you're probably right Emma
[16:54] Myrtil Igaly: and if that's him, we need to talk with him, for one, and never to allow him to our secret meetings anymore again
[16:54] Emma Walsh nods
And thus ended the third interview the urchins held to find a “grown-up ambassador”.
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.
We came together in the way that two strangers having seen something extraordinary are known to do.
We questioned each other in the manner that one might question themselves in their head when they've seen something monumental.
Our words almost the thoughts we'd have thunk to ourselves if each other hadn't have been there.
The conversation went as if we were each a different hemisphere of the same brain.
Both of us were there rooting for this movement.
She told me she's trying to get out there for five hours a day...
everyday.
She came right from a job interview and she seemed really optimistic about things.
When we shook hands I noticed how cold hers was and I held it for a second in both of mine and tried to send some karmic warmth her way psychically.
'You're cold' I said.
She just looked at me...
almost like she hadn't noticed herself.
Then I noticed her kind of shivering.
She'd been out there about two or three hours.
It struck me how much this all meant to her.
How excited she was to see this happening.
I could tell it gave her hope and filled her with light.
Light and hope will keep you warm inside.
Chicago will freeze your ass off in a minute or two.
I told her to stand on some cardboard scraps and she'd be warmer.
It's a trick I learned shooting the homeless.
She's pulling for the occupation.
Because she wants to see a better world.
Faces on the street
Occupied Chicago 10.20.11
35mm 1.8 cropped square and warmed up
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The UK based artist "D*Face", a.k.a. Dean Stockton has been hard at work on his latest show entitled "New World Disorder" at StolenSpace Gallery in London. The artist is well known for his graffiti and street influenced work, which often features bold graphic imagery, and one could say his work is a new permutation (and evolution) of the pop art aesthetic Roy Lichtenstein made famous.
Read the interview here: warholian.com/2013/06/06/dface/
I feel very honoured to have been interviewed by Jan Allsopp on her wonderful new blog on figurative drawing - The Artling.
the-artling.com/artist-interview-liz-steel/
What a privilege to follow on from an interview with Rick Tulka - Rick is in fact the reason that I met Jan. We live in the same state in Australia but our paths had never really crossed.... It just so happened that in 2009 we were both in Paris at the same time and both visited Le Select in the same week. Rick told me she was in town and we met up and sketched the rear of Notre Dame together!
Check out the interview and start following her great blog!
Bob Cusack, Editor-in-Chief of The Hill, interviews Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) during a policy briefing entitled “Prioritizing Patients: A Discussion on Outcomes-Based Care” sponsored by The Value Collaborative, PhRMA, and The Hill at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 13, 2017.
The new Tiny feet magazine is out now, featuring amazing content from Nanuka, Hola gominola and Petite Wanderlings among other artists.
Filipa was so kind to invite me as a contributor, so you will read about me too :-)
Palio in Siena:
In the morning I could take a photo of an interview on the stands at the side of the Piazza del Campo taken by TV.
Interview with me for Amsterdam Magazine, a publication for English speaking people living in the Netherlands.
The interview has a few mistakes in it and some things are taken a little out of context.
Knock Knock
Imagine living without any modern luxuries. No TV, no mobile phone and no washing machine. Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse (39) knows everything about it. She's living as if it were 1935. Amsterdam Magazine takes a look inside her thirties apartment.
By Marieke Verhoeven
Photos Sarah Moore
It only takes one look at Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse standing in the doorway to know that something about this woman is different. With her floral button dress, classic hairdo and small round glasses, Jo looks like she just walked out of a black and white movie. After entering her apartment near Oosterpark, her interior appears to match her outfit. Everything, from the furniture to the pictures on the wall, is pre-war style.
'I've always been fascinated by history,' Jo explains. 'As a little girl I loved to fantasize what it would be like living in the past. I didn't like the style and mentality of the era that I grew up in.' That era, the seventies, was all about being free and having fun. Jo's parents were total hippies, she tells. But instead of being wild and free, Jo preferred sticking her nose in history books. When she moved out, she started decorating her first apartment in fifties style. 'The fifties were a big trend back then, so it was easy to get my furniture together. But then I discovered the thirties.' When she starts talking about her favourite decade, Jo's eyes light up. 'Most people think life was hard in the thirties with a lot of poverty, but it wasn't all bad. The radio made it's introduction and life was pretty easygoing.' Coincidentally, the design style also fits Jo's taste. Most of her interior comes from the Waterlooplein market. 'The sellers know me by now, so if they have something from the thirties, they hold it back for me.' One of her most prized possessions is a portable record player. 'Isn't it amazing?', she demonstrates. 'Here, you can wind it up yourself, so you don't need any electricity.' It's just one of the examples of Jo's sustainable way of living. 'I don't own a TV, nor a washing machine. No mobile phone, no car and no dish washer. And I have only one heater in the living room, so in the winter in can get pretty chilly in the bedroom. But that's the way it's supposed to be in winter! I just don't see the value of these modern luxuries.'
More than that, Jo sees modern technology as a burden. 'I do have 'normal' friends, who live in the here and now. But when I see them stressed and addicted to their mobile phones, I'm always happy I don't own one.' Jo does grand herself one essential luxury: a laptop. 'I'm a Historical Advisor for movies, documentaries and museums. And I also work as a tour guide in museums. To do my work properly, I do need a computer.' There is another advantage of having a laptop: Jo can keep in touch with kindred souls. 'There is a society called Club Interbellum, with people who have the same lifestyle as me. We get together once in a while to talk and dance to thirties music.'.
Even though her lifestyle is so different from most people, Jo does not feel disconnected from modern society. 'But I do feel we could learn something from the past. If you look at the way people treated each other back then, it was so much more polite. We lost a lot of that courtesy along the way. I feel it's my personal mission to teach people the beauty of history.'
SpaceX Crew-1 NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins reacts during an interview in the Oprah Winfrey Theater at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, in Washington. Hopkins, and crew mates NASA astronauts Shannon Walker and Victor Glover, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, right, launched on the first crew rotation mission to the International Space Station for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon spacecraft as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program and spent 168 days in space across Expeditions 64 and 65. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
I already have The Interview Silkstone, but I bought her nude with her hair down, and possibly trimmed. I also bought her complete fashion three years ago, but always wanted her complete. I love how stylish this Silkstone is. Hoping to just display her as is one day if I ever get the space!!
Special Interview with Jason Allemann a.k.a.JK Brickworks:
www.tilesorstuds.com/2016/05/special-interview-with-jason...
The beautiful host of the upcoming "Next top Model" series, answers some questions regarding her career move, and why she wants to bring change to the face of beauty!
MK: Thanks for taking time out of you're schedule to do this interview with us Melania
Melania: No problem, glad to be here
MK: Firstly, congratulations on you're new show, I'm pretty sure you're super excited?
M: I am!, it's been something I wanted to do for such a long time, and finally making it happen, is like a "dream come true".
MK: You've garnered quite the reputation as "beauty and brains"...is that a title that you appreciate?
M: Well, I'm pretty much flattered with that title. I think being a model makes you "vapid" in the eyes of the world, since you're just a pretty face, they don't think you're capable of being more than that. So if I have the ability to make known that models DO have brains, I'm glad that I'm the front runner
MK: Great standpoint, I've heard you say that the perception of beauty is extremely "twisted"...care to elaborate?
M: I just think what people view as beauty in today's lifestyle is wrong. I feel like civilization is overtly superficial and somewhat contrived, and that we don't notice the beauty in the little things anymore. I meet dozens of girls who dream of becoming models, but who feel they aren't "pretty" enough to do so, and I find it extremely sad. I'm such a firm believer of "with hard work, comes great rewards"...and if someone has that same notion?..why should they be shunned from they're dreams???
MK: That's very true, obviously there are other similar shows, like Next top Model, do you think they're competing rivals to yours???
M: Absolutely not, look, they have they're opinion on beauty and that's great, but for me it's different. I praise those who have made a successful venture out of this, because it's hard work, but like I said before, I want to shine a light on the "different" beauty. That also doesn't mean that I'll take a bunch of "weirdos" and try and transform them into supermodels?...no, I want girls that are both beautiful inside and on the outside.
MK: Great!..so we've seen the image posted of the 15 hopefuls that you chose, can you tell us how that went down???
M: For starters, very VERY hard!!!!...I did not realize that there are so many wonderful girls out there, and so beautiful!. For starters,I have a great team of judges that helped me with the selection, for starters, my sister Ivana, since she was also a major supermodel back in the day, she garnered the type of advice that helped me a lot in making my decision. But I'm very confident in the girls we selected.
MK: Wow!!!...Ivana is joining you on the judging panel???
M: Yes she is, and she's a hard one to please, but she knows what she's talking about
MK: How exciting!...so any personal faves amongst you're chosen models???
M: I'm routing for all of them!!!..hehe, no really, some of them are so interesting, getting to know them really makes it tough...but I feel they all have great potential in making a career out of this.
MK: that's amazing, I understand you have to get back to you're shoot soon, the promo of the show, thank you so much for this quick interview!
M: It's a pleasure, yes, I have to get back before my make-up artist takes his anger out on my face!
MK: Hahaha!!..keep well then
M: You too, au revoir!
Will be posting pics soon of the promo shoot for this cycle, hope you enjoyed the interview!