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Instrument, Surface, Setting, Story

Instrument, Surface, Setting, Story: An Interview Series on Creative Tools and Spaces with M. L. Rio
"Being in a new place always shakes fresh ideas loose, and if I get the chance to interact with other artists, so much the better."
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Elizabeth Austin
Instrument, Surface, Setting, Story: An Interview Series on Creative Tools and Spaces with Brian Gresko
"I like that space to be as unformed and wild as possible. Open to possibility."
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Elizabeth Austin
Instrument, Surface, Setting, Story: An Interview Series on Creative Tools and Spaces with Amy Shearn
"I like to stick things in the notebook, or even -- occasionally -- have space for a little drawing or something. I need more freedom than lined paper…
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Elizabeth Austin
Instrument, Surface, Setting, Story: An Interview Series on Creative Tools and Spaces with Andrew Hahn
"I have to keep my creative and personal work separate."
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Elizabeth Austin
Instrument, Surface, Setting, Story: An Interview Series on Creative Tools and Spaces with Bailey Gaylin Moore
"I frustrate myself because the answer is yes, to all of it. And also: absolutely not. Get the fuck out of here."
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Elizabeth Austin
Instrument, Surface, Setting, Story: An Interview Series on Creative Tools and Spaces with Sammi LaBue
"Something about reading a piece that way changes the perspective, so that I feel more like its reader than its writer, which makes me a better editor."
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Elizabeth Austin
Instrument, Surface, Setting, Story: An Interview Series on Creative Tools and Spaces with Paulina Pinsky
"I know that my inner artist is my inner child. And she is worthy of play and remembrance."
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Elizabeth Austin
Instrument, Surface, Setting, Story: An Interview Series on Creative Tools and Spaces with Donald Quist
"I want to make art that makes connections, wild associations like the ones pinging around my brain. I enjoy looking seriously at media that academia…
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Elizabeth Austin
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