Interview Questions
1. Hi, thank you for joining me today, I am looking forward to hearing your story and painting it.
In the event that we don't speak the same language, this page exists. First, there no need to perform. Who you are naturally is amazing and why I want to paint you. Second, I don't need to understand your words to paint your portrait, I have painted a lot of people in this manner. However, I am trying to share this cool thing I do with more people, so I am recording our conversation.
The questions below are the questions and topics that tend to lead towards a portrait the represents a person's best-self. They are talking suggestions but if you'd like to talk about something else, that is also cool. Just know, that the emotion(s) you share will be in the painting.
With that said...
When you're ready, please share a little about yourself.
2. What have been some of your recently joys or highlights? These can be big personal or professional highs, or something that helps you grin in your daily life.
For me, recently, I did my first interview and portrait painting in front of an audience. It was the quickest and longest 7 minutes of my life. Grin. Also exciting is that I just painted my first mural!
In my daily life, I've been enjoying a vocal warm up intended for broadway singers while I bike around town. I'm not very good at singing but I giggle at myself and sometimes I do it at a red light and a pedestrian looks around like, who is singing? It's fun.
3. When you're feeling down, bummed, or not your best, what do you do to help yourself feel better.
Personally I do quite a few things everyday to preemptively help my mood. But I finger paint a lot. Getting my hands into colorful things nearly instantly helps. I also have quite a collection of yellow hoodies. Specifically, I have a lot of lemon-yellow light wight hoodies that I wear for different occasions. They are all the same hoodie, but bought over the years. So the older ones I wear when I paint and do chores and the newer ones I wear out and about.
It's hard to have a bad day when I dress like a banana.
4. How do you add beauty to the world? And/or How does one add beauty to the world?
My favorite and most gratifying way to add beauty to the world is by making eye contact with strangers and sharing a brief moment. I try to smile with my eyes and nod with people everyday.
5. What are some of your favorite things? Do you have a favorite snack?
6. You have a microphone, if you could say anything to the world, what would you like to say? Say it now.