Michael Afsa
What are you thinking about these days? What ideas are important to you in your practice?
I have been exploring themes of perception and emotion, specifically the ways in which we understand ourselves and our surroundings. I am curious about the wide differences in the way each of us experiences the animate and inanimate; the palpable and the spiritual. I am working to turn these explorations into some kind of poetry.
Is your leisure influencing your labor, or vice versa? Do you feel like you’re leading a double life?
My leisure and labor consistently influence each other. Many ideas for my creative work come to me through leisure activity. Leisure gives my mind the chance to reflect, meditate, and wander. Leisure that occupies the mind is also helpful. It lets me come back to my work with a clearer perspective. Until I left my job in advertising I definitely felt I was leading a double life. There was a major dissonance between my work life and personal life. Now I am trying to turn my leisure into my labor! I am asking for trouble…
Bio:
Michael Afsa is an artist whose work explores the uniqueness and beauty of being human. His work initiates questions about ourselves and our surroundings, and seeks to enable a deeper understanding of the relationship between the two.
http://www.michaelafsa.com/
Tiffanie Tran
What are you thinking about these days? What ideas are important to you in your practice?
Keeping my wildflower patch alive, environment reform, how to live a more wholesome life in general — making my own food, bringing lunch to work, watching less TV.
Is your leisure influencing your labor, or vice versa? Do you feel like you’re leading a double life?
Vice versa, labor scoops into my leisure. Labor is fun though! It all seems harmonious.
Bio:
Highland Park local since 1991!
Designer and LA Kite Club Founder more recently.
tiffanieandthetrans.com
