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- What do you do?
I am an artist, figure model and musigician.
- How long have you been modeling?
since 2001
- How did you start modeling?
I wanted to start working as a model when I was 12 in commercials but my father did not think it was a good idea. Later, I had a male friend that enjoyed drawing me. Later, I was late for work while living in Salem,Ma and I missed the bus and I was about to start crying when one of somebodies limo drivers pulled up in a SUV and gave me a ride to the train and suggested that I quit my job and become a model. Then, while preforming poetry in the out of the blue gallery i was approached by artists that wanted me to pose for them. After that, modeling took over my life and I enjoy living.
Are you a fashion model?
No, not really. I work with fashion design students but I do not do a lot of work in the fashion industry because of its increasing dependence on slave labor. Some might say that I am too short at 5’4. I do use many costumes in my work. I like to buy things made in USA or second hand. I also make some of my own costumes. I try not to let fashion consume me when there are so many other things gong on in the world.
-What instrument(s) do you play?
I do not play anything that well. I identify more as a composer recently. I write songs . I enjoy playing the piano and electronic versions of a piano. I like to play any thing with strings. I enjoy playing clarinet. I think I am best know for my abstract electronic music. As a busker, I enjoy playing electronic devices as it is not as physically demanding as playing strings for hours on end. I like static, am and fm radio, electrified metal and anything that makes noise.
How long have been busking?
I started busking in Boston in 2000. I starting singing on the street in other places before that. I have vague memories of the west coast. I took some time off from street preforming between 2007 and 2009 to breed.
any questions for me? Send me an email!!
