Occupation: Artist
Where are you currently? UK
Formal education or self-taught?
Formal education – BA in Biology, University of Virginia
or self-taught? – in terms of art, yes – I have no arts education
What did you want to be when you grew up?
myself
How’s that working out for you?
fine
All-time favorite shoe?
Premiata Uomo
Is work play?
For myself there is no distinction between what I do and what I am.
What was the first piece of music you owned?
The Dream of the Blue Turtles by Sting
Favorite comic?
Hellboy
Last great book you read?
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
What’s the best thing you’ve seen recently?
My cat
If you could have named yourself, what would your name be?
Takeo
Two truths, and a lie, please:
- I love my work
- I love my daughter
- I love my work
If you were a crayon, what color would you be?
Lime green
Is perception truth?
only to the one who perceives it
What was the last song stuck in your head?
Flowers from the Hills by Cloudspeak
Favorite punctuation mark, and why?
“.” – it is definitive.
A haiku, please:
Summer grasses
all that remains
of soldiers dreams.
Basho (translation by Stryck)
If you were putting together a survey for a slew of artists,
what question would you be sure to ask?
“Why?”
And your answer to that question?
“Because it makes sense to me.”
What website accompanies your morning coffee?
bbc.co.uk
Define importance:
The relative value of an entity as defined by another entity.
If you’d like, tell us a story about something wonderfully
bizarre that has happened to you, or someone you know:
I find life rather predicable, so I’ll pass on this question.
What’s your favorite font?
Futura
What did your parents want you to do with your life?
Whatever I wanted