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I love talking to People With Projects who are doing interesting things.\u00a0I’m most curious about how\u00a0they do what they do, what drives\u00a0them, and their definitions of success. Most of the following\u00a0conversations were first published in\u00a0The Woolf<\/a>\u00a0quarterly journal.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve discovered offering different paths of engagement with ideas is simply a good way to be human. Even the best political movements\u2014both the uplifting and not so uplifting\u2014were driven by a narrative, by story.\u201d <\/span>Fiction writer Jeremy Bouma<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThese things come from childhood nightmares, and they come from poetry, from the demons and spirits whispering in your ear, from the memory of birth, from early Renaissance painting, from drunken madness, from music and from the scent of fuchsias.\u201d Z\u00fcrich based visual artist Trevor Guthrie<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCreating awareness of water makes people aware of the truly valuable things in this world. It also makes us question our future and the very future of the planet itself.\u201d Z\u00fcrich-based photographer Vaughan James<\/a> on one of his mighty passions: water.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBeing an outsider makes it easier to discover things that might go unnoticed by locals. I never really enjoyed taking photos in Switzerland, since everything seems too familiar. However, a danger of misrepresentation lies within this: As an outsider we tend to stress what is different instead of what is similar, therefore creating a bigger gap than there actually is.\u201d Photographer and documentary maker Ana Amigo<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCalligraphy is a way to press the \u2018pause\u2019 button, and go back to this comforting feeling of holding a pen in your hands.\u201d\u00a0Murielle Dor\u00e9<\/a> <\/strong>on calligraphy as meditation, and the relevance of pen and ink in the digital world.<\/p>\n

Steve Wheen, multimedia storyteller<\/a>,<\/strong> talks about the impact of creating tiny storyworlds, the power of imagining, miniature gardens, and his work as The Pothole Gardener, a project that transforms \u2018crappy to happy\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 such a concentration of saturated colours: those alpine meadows with their variety of greens, bright wild flowers, graphite rocky peaks, cerulean blue glaciers.\u201d Z\u00fcrich-based watercolourist and illustrator Alena Sevastsyanava<\/a> <\/strong>on seeing the Alps for the first time.<\/p>\n

From Bondi Beach to the remote Welsh hills, visual artist and entrepreneur <\/strong>Craig Kirkwood<\/strong> discusses his yearning for something lasting and how it led to\u00a0his recent publication<\/a>,\u00a0Aber<\/em>: a pictorial homage to the Welsh town of Aberystwyth.<\/p>\n

Author and\u00a0Wall Street based financial behaviourist Jacquette M. Timmons<\/a> <\/strong>talks about how our stories\u2014our past, our context, our attitudes\u2014affect our relationship and our actions with money.<\/p>\n

Z\u00fcrich-based artist\u00a0Kaye Llewelyn<\/a> <\/strong>dives into the story behind the making of her picture book, Pocket Money<\/em> … on serendipity, fluidity, opportunity … and no words.<\/p>\n

Award-winning journalist and author <\/strong>Juliana Barbassa<\/strong> talks about writing to understand displacement<\/a>, Joan Didion, and the experience of\u00a0relocating\u00a0to Rio, Brazil, a city in crisis.<\/p>\n

Z\u00fcrich writer, producer and director Samuel Schwarz<\/a> <\/strong>on the feature film and Alternate Reality Games of\u00a0Polder<\/em>, the largest transmedia storytelling project to come out of Switzerland.<\/p>\n

English\u00a0ghostwriter Andrew Crofts<\/a>,<\/strong> on the strange symbiosis between writer and ghost, making a living as a ghostwriter, and what it takes to write someone else’s story.<\/p>\n

Swiss Instagram queen, Martina Bisaz<\/a>,<\/strong> on collaborations with other Instagrammers, and how her Instagramming became more than a hobby. Oh, and her car.<\/p>\n

Author Kenton Webb<\/a> <\/strong>on\u00a0his knack for gamifying and\u00a0making\u00a0his projects into a sport,\u00a0about the Roger Spoffin storyworld, and about his New York writing adventures.<\/p>\n

Swizerland\u2019s Creative Commons representative (and lawyer and helicopter pilot) Phillippe Perreaux\u00a0<\/strong>on copyright and the public domain<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Z\u00fcrich based Architect\u00a0Antonio Scarponi<\/strong> on publishing his book ELIOOO<\/em>, crowd-funding, and architecture as concrete poetry.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

JJ Marsh<\/a> \u2013 crime-writer, columnist<\/strong>, Swiss representative of the Alliance of Independent Authors, and co-founder of Triskele Books author collective \u2013 on a sense of place, and on the ever-changing publishing landscape.<\/p>\n

Bestselling Australian author, journalist, TV presenter, blogger and media consultant <\/strong>Sarah Wilson<\/strong> talks ebooks and pbooks<\/a>, the online gift\u00a0economy, and her writerly habits.<\/p>\n

Irish-born visual artist <\/strong>Sandra Ondraschek-Norris<\/strong> discusses\u00a0how the\u00a0creative life can be important to our health<\/a>, and whether we should\u00a0talk about art \u2026 or let the works\u00a0speak for themselves.\u00a0Sandra\u2019s paintings tell their own stories in The Woolf’s<\/em>\u00a0Gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Erinrose Sullivan<\/a>, Lausanne-based senior marketing executive and analyst<\/strong> (AKA Trendspotter) on\u00a0Post-Digital Content and Zeitgeists.<\/p>\n

London-based Eric Huang<\/a>,<\/strong> Development Director at\u00a0Made In Me, on interactive creativity, narratives, gamification and collaboration.<\/p>\n

Bernie Slater<\/a>,\u00a0Australian visual artist,<\/strong> on the power of multiples and the notion of printmaking as a democratic and accessible medium with the power to engender social change.<\/p>\n

Liz Eve<\/a>,\u00a0award-winning, Berlin-based visual artist<\/strong> with a passion for\u00a0documenting architecture, construction and sustainable design.<\/p>\n

Ludwig Wicki<\/strong><\/a>, founder and conductor of the 21st Century Orchestra<\/strong>, on film music, technology and live tweeting\u00a0during concerts. (And what it’s like wearing a Star Trek uniform to work.)<\/p>\n

Olga Bushkova<\/a>, formerly a scientist,<\/strong> on art and obsessions,\u00a0exploiting our tools, and how she became a photographer.<\/p>\n

Monica Tarocco<\/a>, Z\u00fcrich-based photographer and visual artist<\/strong>, on ‘Time’, past and present, and the\u00a0inspiration for her most recent works.<\/p>\n

Brianna Stapleton Welch and Sarah Sullivan<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>blogger-reviewers from Slatebreakers:<\/em>\u00a0Finding Feminism in Kidlit and YA.<\/em><\/p>\n

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From Bondi Beach to the remote Welsh hills, visual artist and entrepreneur Craig Kirkwood discusses his yearning for something lasting and how it led to\u00a0his recent publication<\/a>,\u00a0Aber<\/em>: a pictorial homage to the Welsh town of Aberystwyth.<\/p>\nAuthor and\u00a0Wall Street based financial behaviourist Jacquette M. Timmons<\/a> talks about how our stories\u2014our past, our context, our attitudes\u2014affect our relationship and our actions with money.\n\nZ\u00fcrich-based artist\u00a0Kaye Llewelyn<\/a> dives into the story behind the making of her picture book, Pocket Money<\/em> ... on serendipity, fluidity, opportunity ... and no words.\n\nAward-winning journalist and author Juliana Barbassa talks about writing to understand displacement<\/a>, Joan Didion, and the experience of\u00a0relocating\u00a0to Rio, Brazil, a city in crisis.\n\nZ\u00fcrich writer, producer and director Samuel Schwarz<\/a> on the feature film and Alternate Reality Games of\u00a0Polder<\/em>, the largest transmedia storytelling project to come out of Switzerland;\n\nEnglish\u00a0ghostwriter Andrew Crofts<\/a>, on the strange symbiosis between writer and ghost, making a living as a ghostwriter, and what it takes to write someone else's story.\n\nSwiss Instagram queen, Martina Bisaz<\/a>, on collaborations with other Instagrammers, and how her Instagramming became more than a hobby. Oh, and her car.\n\nAuthor Kenton Webb<\/a> on\u00a0his knack for gamifying and\u00a0making\u00a0his projects into a sport,\u00a0about the Roger Spoffin storyworld, and about his New York writing adventures.\n\n<\/a>\u00a0Swizerland\u2019s Creative Commons representative (and lawyer and helicopter pilot) Phillippe Perreaux\u00a0on copyright and the public domain<\/a>.\n\nZ\u00fcrich based Architect\u00a0Antonio Scarponi on publishing his book ELIOOO<\/em>, crowd-funding, and architecture as concrete poetry.<\/a>\n\nJJ Marsh<\/a> \u2013 crime-writer, columnist, Swiss representative of the Alliance of Independent Authors, and co-founder of Triskele Books author collective \u2013 on a sense of place, and on the ever-changing publishing landscape.\n\nBestselling Australian author, journalist, TV presenter, blogger and media consultant Sarah Wilson talks ebooks and pbooks<\/a>, the online gift\u00a0economy, and her writerly habits.\n\nIrish-born visual artist Sandra Ondraschek-Norris discusses\u00a0how the\u00a0creative life can be important to our health<\/a>, and whether we should\u00a0talk about art \u2026 or let the works\u00a0speak for themselves.\u00a0Sandra\u2019s paintings tell their own stories in The Woolf's<\/em>\u00a0Gallery<\/a>.\n\nErinrose Sullivan<\/a>, Lausanne-based senior marketing executive and analyst (AKA Trendspotter) on\u00a0Post-Digital Content and Zeitgeists<\/strong>.\n\nLondon-based Eric Huang<\/a>, Development Director at\u00a0Made In Me, on interactive creativity, narratives, gamification and collaboration<\/strong>.\n\nBernie Slater<\/a>,\u00a0Australian visual artist, on the power of multiples and the notion of printmaking as a democratic and accessible medium<\/strong> with the power to engender social change.\n\nLiz Eve<\/a>,\u00a0award-winning, Berlin-based visual artist with a passion for\u00a0documenting architecture, construction and sustainable design<\/strong>.\n\nLudwig Wicki<\/a>, founder and conductor of the 21st Century Orchestra, on film music, technology and live tweeting\u00a0during concerts. <\/strong>(And what it's like wearing a Star Trek uniform to work.)\n\nOlga Bushkova<\/a>, formerly a scientist, on art and obsessions,<\/strong>\u00a0exploiting our tools, and how she became a photographer.\n\nMonica Tarocco<\/a>, Z\u00fcrich-based photographer and visual artist, on 'Time', past and present<\/strong>, and the\u00a0inspiration for her most recent works.\n\nBrianna Stapleton Welch and Sarah Sullivan<\/a>,\u00a0blogger-reviewers from Slatebreakers:<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>Finding Feminism in Kidlit and YA<\/strong>.<\/em>\n\n ","spay_email":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rowinggirl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rowinggirl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rowinggirl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rowinggirl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rowinggirl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/rowinggirl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4277,"href":"https:\/\/rowinggirl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2344\/revisions\/4277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rowinggirl.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}