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AN INTERVIEW wITH

shay the

surrealist

If you could spend an entire day with any art-

ist, living or dead, who would it be and why?

I would pick Elise Swopes. I have admired

her for years and she designs all of her piec-

es straight from her iPhone like I used to when

I first started manipulating photos. She just

seems to have such a great aura about her

and it would be amazing to create something

with her and experience a day of creative

adventures with her.

Is there really beauty in everything?

Beauty is defined by the person who’s view-

ing it. Just like how art can be anything, there

can be beauty in anything/everything. It’s all

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