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2015
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jessie– lee hoe
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interview & photography by natalia marmolejo
Twenty year-old with and old soul and a free spirit. Sometimes introverted but always a ‘master of chillin’. She writes songs about love or hate with the same enthusiam, but she prefers painting and drawing. 12
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Q: Tell us a little bit about your upbringing. Jessie: I moved around a fair bit and spent some time abroad for kindergarten and a part of elementary school. I have two brothers, Nick and Nate, (now I have 3 step-siblings as well!) But growing up, my brothers and I were a constant headache for my poor mother. For a little while we lived in Michigan on a pretty large (or seemingly so at the time) property where we were always shooting bows and arrows, trying to rock climb up trees with a handmade pulley-system, making stone forts, or home videos that almost always ended up with someone being pushed into the pool. We frequently played our favorite game where we would tie a jump rope on the rear of a bicycle that one child rides, while another would hold onto the rope while on roller-skates, all the while the third would throw as many rocks at the roller-skater as possible in the time allotted.
OPPOSITE: “Unlived”. Pen and ink on skecthbook.
Is there a little stone in your shoe that is making you uncomfortable in your life at the moment? I haven’t been sleeping very well. My dreams have been violent lately and I’m not sure why. Other than that, life is pretty solid. How do you deal with criticism? I think it really depends on the context of the criticism. When it comes to art, I try to separate myself and to not take anything personally. (Of course this is easier said than done) However, I’m quite sensitive when it comes to someone criticizing my character. I have the tendency to be a people-pleaser, which can result in me feeling quite hurt if someone directly addresses something they don’t like about my personality. (Something I’m definitely working on)
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What do you consider your biggest failure? I can’t think of a solid failure at the moment. However, I think that I would consider one of my biggest regrets to be being afraid of experiences that made me vulnerable. Why do you think so? I think I missed out on a lot of opportunities out of this fear of being uncomfortable, or rejected, or being exposed. Did you see the light after that failure? Totally. In the last year especially I’ve been making huge efforts to say yes to things that push me outside of my comfort zone. This has lead to meeting some amazing people and having some pretty incredible experiences.
OPPOSITE: “Self-stages”. Pen and ink on skecthbook.
What do you feel when you are creating? Oh gosh. All sorts of emotions. It really depends on what I’m creating and where the inspiration came from. Sometimes really anxious, sometimes calm and tranquil, often excited, or exhausted, intoxicated, sad or lonely, but most frequently quite joyful. Do you feel vulnerable when you show your art? Very. Do you compare yourself to other people in a professional matter? Yes, of course. I think it’s very human to compare ourselves to other people and in small doses, and I believe it can be motivational, but I also think it can be quite destructive.
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“I think tattoos can be incredibly beautiful and can serve as a form of self-expression, or represent love for an artist, or a visual documentation of self-growth and discovery” What is the “Ideal Jessie” like?
Do you struggle with calling
My ideal self would be kind, forgiving, com-
yourself an artist?
passionate, healthy mentally/physically/
I’m getting better at it, but for a long time, yes.
emotionally/ and spiritually, grateful, confi-
I mean, I would look at work from my favorite
dent, independent (but able to ask for help if
artists and compare my own makings and
needed), educated, aware, loyal, honest, and
think that my drawings were merely doodles.
has the ability to breathe underwater.
But I’m getting better at accepting the possibility that I have some artistic talent haha.
Do you think you will ever be that Jessie? I mean, I’m not so sure if I’ll ever wake up with
You have a lot of tattoos, do you
the ability to breathe underwater, but I can
think your body is a canvas?
definitely invest in some scuba gear! Other than
Absolutely. I think tattoos can be incredibly
that, I’d like to believe that I can be my ideal
beautiful and can serve as a form of self-ex-
self, or that I am close to it in this moment.
pression, or represent love for an artist/artwork, or a visual documentation of self-growth and
Have you taken any big risks to move forward?
discovery… So in the same way that I write
I think moving to Boulder, and transferring to a
journals and keep sketchbooks of my experi-
large university was a big risk that put me quite
ences, or how I’ll draw in order to express an
far out of my comfort zone. I was very afraid.
emotion or situation I’m dealing with at a certain time, I find my tattoos present themselves in a similar (but a bit more permanent) manor.
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What is inspiring at the moment? Since my move to Boulder is still quite recent, I think that the exploration of a new place is very inspiring. Becoming familiar with a foreign place can lead to so many discoveries, as well as new influences and energies. I mean, I’m surrounded
Weirdest dream: I lived in a floating, rotating temple where everyone commuted via flying carpet and where I had a pet dragon and my mother was Oprah.
by all kinds of people all of the time, I’m experi-
Favorite artist:
encing winter for the first time since childhood,
Shit. I have a lot. Top 3 as of late: Rachel
I’m learning how to get around, my favorite place to seek solitude, my new favorite restaurants… etc. Everything is fresh, so the possibilities that life holds for me currently are endless. So, in short, all of the “new-ness” inspires me.
Levit, Nikki S. Lee, and Joe Hollier. Your latest discovery: That 94 percent of life on Earth is aquatic! :O Favorite coffee place: In Boulder: Boxcar Roasters
Are you creatively satisfied? I’m not sure. I like how my courses are challenging me, though. I think I’m on the brink of something. Going to continue to experiment and
Ever: Brooklyn Roasting Company Favorite coffee drink: Cappuccino with soymilk OR a really fantastic house blend.
push myself out of my creative comfort zone. Favorite moment of the day to have coffee:
If we told you have 3 months left of life, what would you do with that time? Visit all of my loved ones. Laugh with them, eat
Early morning while still waking up/ lazy part of the afternoon with something sweet. (Both even more enjoyable with loving company!)
with them, be with them, love and thank them. I’m been so blessed with the people in my life. I would train hop, and sail, and hike and jump and skip and drink as much coffee as possible and tell the boy at the shop down the street that I really have a massive crush on him. I would have a bon-fire and make s’mores! Definitely. Spend plenty of time by the ocean, and in the mountains. Ride my bike EVERYWHERE (I’ve been slacking) Dance! And sing- LOUD! Eat plenty of ice cream. Eat plenty of cheesecake. Eat plenty of gnocchi. And cheese. Can’t forget cheese. Go see as many live musicians as possible. Read my poems out loud to an audience larger than my dog. Travel until my three months expires.
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“I sold my computer, car, and phone. Packed a new coat and my running shoes–
“I sold my computer, car, and phone. Packed a new coat and my running shoes–
interview & photography by natalia marmolejo
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TOP: “Playstation” Part of the series “My Heroes Project”. Pen and ink on skecthbook. BOTTOM: “Space Jam” Also part of the series “My Heroes Project”. Pen and ink on skecthbook.
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coffee table reads the geometry of pasta by jacob kenedy
Wheels and tubes, twists and folds and grooves—pasta comes in hundreds of shapes, each with its own unique history, beauty, and place on the dinner table. For centuries these shapes have evolved alongside Italy’s cornucopia of local ingredients; if you know how the flavours relate to the forms, you hold the secret formula to good taste. The Geometry of Pasta pairs over 100 authentic recipes from acclaimed chef Jacob Kenedy with award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand’s stunning black-and-white designs to reveal the science, culture, and philosophy behind spectacular pasta dishes from throughout Italian history. A triumphant fusion of food and design, The Geometry of Pasta invites us to unlock the hidden properties of Italy’s most mathematically perfect deliciousness.
i would rather be short by becky murphy
Graphic designer Becky Murphy is five-foot-nothing and proud to be petite. Sure, sometimes being diminutive gets you the short end of the stick, but there are also plenty of unique advantages to being under 5’4”—and Murphy has compiled the 100 best reasons in the delightfully whimsical I’d Rather Be Short. Illustrated in a charming, quirky style, I’d Rather Be Short highlights the benefits of being petite, from the sensible to the absurd. Witty and heartwarming, I’d Rather Be Short is a celebration of self-acceptance, and an instant ego boost to pint-sized ladies everywhere.
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my paris kitchen
by david lebovitz Lebovitz’s extensive notes on making madeleines are as entertaining as watching Kelly pivot around the Place de la Concorde. The chef is at ease with the long and short form; he understands that the windup for a molten chocolate cake recipe
the process
by judith and richard wilde
has more ground to cover than, say, for his salted butter caramel-chocolate mousse. For the latter, the headnote is succinct: “There’s not much I can say about this.
The Process is a compendium of 13 experimental projects designed to
One bite will leave you just as speechless.” Perhaps the reason his Parisian
teach conceptual thinking and problem
cooking translates so universally is that
solving to art and design students.
it reflects a growing global influence.
The projects, created by Judith
In this cookbook, French lentil salad,
Wilde and Richard Wilde, focus on
Egyptian dukkah — the spice blend du
developing formal excellence and a
jour — and stuffed naan are comfortable
strong sense of aesthetics, along with
compatriots. The book’s warm photography
the ability to generate new ideas. Each
goes a long way toward connecting the
project is illustrated with multiple
author’s life with the food he makes.
visual solutions, provided to inspire creativity and illustrate that there can be
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