Sounds Like Portraits

I sat with Valérie to better know her curating process. Objects can speak when they resonate. When she curates an exhibition, she tries to make them resonate with the larger audience.

I sat with Eileen. She told me that all her life she tried to figure out who she is. And that's where her creative process comes in: "As an artist I can explore myself through my creative process. I am present in my artwork, whereas in the graphic design it is my job to not be present. It is my job that the work that is communicating is the presence."

Claire is very concerned about, for many reasons, art is more or less accessible. "Art should be a democratic space. I am always thinking about how to make an artist's work accessible to people who might not know about art."

When you play an instrument, Nina told me, "you have to find your own sound". Same thing for the recorder. She added: "You have to play as if you are breathing life into a musical phrase.""

You have to push yourself out of your comfort zone to translate a language into another: "Finding a common place from which both sides can understand each other is always a challenge." Thinking of what Jeremy told me, I realized that creative people are all, in their own way, translators.

Pour Madeleine, le processus de l'écriture permet à l'écrivain d'être plus sensible à ce qui résonne en lui en le partageant : "Faire avec le lecteur un bout de chemin où on se rapproche au plus près de soi. Là où ça compte. Là où il faut une exigence d'honnêteté."

When I sat with Jenny, she told me about her dedication to her creative process: "My daily life is almost a constant preparation for my life on stage." But she also told me about her teaching process which is also a creative one.

When I sat with Vadim in his home in Brooklyn, he told me that he has tried to find out what his personal calling was. It started for him with just noticing that music came easy. Listen to his inspiring journey into his art.

When I sat with Jessica, she told me that she has always tried to perceive the relationship between the invisible and the visible, between the emotions of the people in the play and the emotions of the people who are watching it. She added: "The weird thing about being an actor is that all the characters are you."

When I sat with Mary, she told me she tried to find her personal legend in music. Music has been a liberating experience for her that enabled her to play with stars like Pharell Williams. To just name one!