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Tuesday Bassen
Be open and get lost.
In her own words
I’m an Illustrator and one half of Studio-Sweet-Studio.com. I recently moved to Brooklyn, NY, but I’ve lived in Minnesota, Nebraska, England, and Russia at different points and varying periods in my lifetime.
I love looking at art nouveau architecture, gas-light era design, and comic books–especially by kick-ass ladies like Julie Doucet and Dame Darcy.
Words of advice
The two most important things that I do both in my practice and in my personal life are: Being Open and Getting Lost.
I never, ever meet with people with the expressed intention of “networking” or gaining something specific. I think that it’s important to show genuine interest in people/their work/their lives without a “plan” in mind and, lucky you, you’ll always gain something from any conversation or interaction with anyone. Having said that, I think that it’s important to have “plans” for your professional career, but be open to changing them as you go.
Getting lost is one of the most exciting things you can do–I find myself lost (geographically) often, which means that I am both hyper aware of my surroundings and discovering new things that I would have never seen otherwise, which definitely feeds into my work. What’s more exciting than that?
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