She/They, 22, Orange CA
Q. What do you think your room says about you?
- I think that the main thing my room says about me is that I’m loud, colorful, and have some sort of sense of style. I’ve always loved the furnishing of mid century modern, so I brought that into my own room with the fun geometric shapes of certain pieces and the color palette. Another thing my room might say about me is what I’ve done and where I’ve gone. I have little remnants, post cards and scraps of paper on my walls as a display of what I love, and where I’ve been.
Q. Do you think your future room will have the same qualities as your room now?
-I think my rooms through my years have stylistically changed based on what kind of design or things I’ve been into have altered. However, any rooms have always been places where I put small scraps of things I car about on the wall to display. In rooms past, I’ve hung on the wall movie tickets, paper money from other countries, and play bills, just to name a few. I like giving importance to things that once made me happy. I’m quite the collector, and I doubt that part of my decor is going to stop any time soon.
Q. In some photographs, I may have asked you what items or pieces of your room meant the most to you, why did you choose those items? What connection do you have with these objects?
-Looking back on what I chose to put on display, I find it super interesting that these are the objects I chose. I have always found it hard to choose my favorite things. I’ve been apart of nearly every fandom, listened to every kind of music (not country), and have a lot of different styles of clothing that I wear. Favorites have never really been a thing for me. I chose these particular items because they meant so much to me in the time the photos were taken. They showed what I listened to, where I have been, and tiny silly trinkets that have bigger
stories behind them. I chose these because they simply meant the world to me at that point. Now I find myself able to point at other items and exclaim “YOU ARE MY FAVORITE THING”. And it’s likely that that might change tomorrow, or the next day. I have no idea how Julie Andrews was able to sing a song about the things she claimed were her favorites and not change her mind every 5 seconds.
Q. Did you clean your room before it was photographed? I gave no instruction to clean or prepare your room in any way. If you did choose to clean it why? And if you didn't choose to clean it, how come?
- I definitely chose to clean it before it got photographed. I knew that the photos would be like a first impression to a viewer. Even thought it didn’t reflect how things usually go down in my room, I wanted to give a sort of impression that I have things in my life somewhat put together.
Q. Are you home often? (if so why?) Do you spend the most time in your room or elsewhere?(if so why?)
- To be honest, I’m rarely home. Much of my life is spent outside socializing and working on film projects. I spend long days doing things and basically use my room only as a place to retreat and crash for the nights. When I am home, however, I don’t tend to spend a lot of time in
my room. If coming into my house you can most likely find me on the couch, awaiting my roommates to come interact with me like I’m a puppy in a window.
Q. Would you say you're proud of your room? Do you feel like it suits you well? (alternate question: Do you feel like it is a good representation of who you are/how you project yourself?)
- I am very proud of my room. I feel as though it is very indicative of my style, preferences and reflects things I admire. I think we’re a good pair, my room and I. When people step into my room I feel that in their head they might mutter “now this makes sense”.
Q. How do you feel about where you are in life right now? Are you content with how everything is going and how you are portrayed?
- Prior to where I find myself now in the pandemic, things were going pretty well. I was getting my mental health under control, my relationships had never been stronger, but now it seems as though I’ve hit some sort of wall. I’m happy with who I have become especially now that I’m ending my four years at university. I like the way people see me and how I come off to others. I think I have a very strong presence and can be a bit intimidating to some. I like that though. I find it funny. I think I’m getting better though at viewing life with rose tinted glasses. I started
working again and making products that I’m increasingly proud of so my self work is starting to come back.
Q. What genre or groups do you think you belong to?
-I feel, and I hate to say it because it sounds pretentious, that I don’t really fit in a genre box. If you take a step back and look at the groups of friends I cohabitate with, the groups are all very different from one another. I’m really good at getting along with all sorts of crowds and am
one who always can find a common theme that can be seen in both my life and yours. I definitely run with creatives more than not, however. All of my best friends are artists whose work I marvel over and can glean inspiration from.
Q. Do you consider yourself a social person, or do you fall somewhere in between social and antisocial? (explain)
-I need social interaction like a fish needs water. I am an extremely extroverted person and don’t necessarily need distance from others when I need to recharge my batteries. I’m very much so a people person and one who usually rejects silence. For example, I’m one to always have something playing in the background, whether that be a podcast or a nice tune. I like having a soundtrack of some sort.
Q. Why did you want to be a part of this series?
- I wanted to have myself and my room be a part of this series because I’m really proud of my room and my space. When I heard about the project I jumped on it, tugging at Ray’s shirt waiting for it to be my turn. Having what I love displayed as it was is going to be a really interesting thing to look back on and try to make sense of.
Q. How do you think you'll react to these photos later on in life?
- I’ll most likely cringe in the future looking back on these images. Looking at myself from even like a few months or years back I shudder a bit at who she was. It will be cringe but also respect for where I’ll be in terms of smarts, aesthetic and style at that specific future moment in time.
Q. Did you have any following statements about your room? Anything you
want people to take away from these photos?
- I’d like people to take away the notion that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and that it is totally ok and not weird to collect stupid things if they make you feel good. It’s your room and if little trinkets make you feel more you then go get a thumb tack and hang it on the wall.