Tag: interview
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Hair for Hope
This essay was co-authored by Ayushi Jain & Ayushi Goel. Cancer has always been a taboo subject in India, but with the right awareness, lives can be saved and hope can be awakened. With the same belief, a cancer survivor, founder of Protect Your Mom, and HairForHope Campaign, a beautiful soul with the desire to…
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“Sex Wax:” A Nicholas Cueva Exhibit
It’s no surprise that California-born artist Nicholas Cueva draws heavily on his childhood in the Calvary Chapel Surfing Association for his show “Sex Wax.” The show ran for just over one month, from April 11 – May 12, 2019. What is surprising is that Cueva has virtually no surfing experience. He was raised in the…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Stone Sculptor
Abraham Mohler has now spent over 15 years in the business as a stone sculptor. With a studio in downtown St. Louis and gallery representation, he has broken rank and garnered the kind of exponential conservation of momentum you expect from objects in motion. I sat at his feet over the course of several days at a…
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Paris Review Art of Fiction List
Nothing in the last two years has taught me more about storytelling, fiction, and great reading habits than the Art of Fiction series by The Paris Review. I read around two dozen of them before I decided to work systematically from number one until the end. You can just click here to jump ahead to the complete list of over 230 Art…
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Sitting at the Feet of Peruvian Paintings
“People need to be given greatness. I don’t need to do a thousand things that are badly made. I need to do one thing that’s honest and well-done and people will respond.”
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Sitting at the feet of : The Spirit in The Song
In which I interview the band Eine Blume on how they capture the spirit of a moment in music.
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Sitting at the feet of : Oppression and Propaganda
Senya Maximov came into my life through the Fulbright program at Missouri Southern. After I shared the only three Russian words I knew (da, spoceba, vodka), and after he shared perfect British English, shared language led to shared life. Joplin felt like Senya’s new home. Though he wanted to stay, his visa expired. I scheduled…