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Assignment #35
Ask your family to describe what you do.

Mindy Theisman
Iowa City, Iowa USA

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Brother:
What does Mindy do?
Personally, I imagine she lives a rather "arty" life. She eats light healthy foods, does lots of running, indulges in fine wines and liquors whenever she can. As KRS-1 would put it, "She's a philosopher, she thinks very [insert turn-table scratch here], very deeply." I imagine she combines a thought, concept, or perception with an aesthetic to create a unified piece of work with a specified meaning. Mindy does "art", and I think her art has aesthetics at its core, in that she tries to create pretty things, but she also spends a lot of time thinking about what they mean. Overall, Mindy's life seems to be rather free, freedom of thought and action, hence the light foods. Of course, there is a lot of control, but that is exercised by herself, not upon her.
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Father:
Mindy teaches drawing (life drawing, I think), showing young aspiring artists the rudiments of drawing, including shading and dimension. She demonstrates different facets of these skills, monitors the work of the students and provides guidance.
Mindy teaches yoga. She allows the group to center, concentrating on breath and their bodies, showing them how to stretch and attain different positions both for strength and flexibility. She demonstrates the positions in front of the class while providing verbal instruction, and gives personal help and instruction when needed. At the end of the class she "centers them down" allowing the students the ability to feel the soothing impact of the yogic practice.
Mindy creates multi-media art works. She films with her digital camera, sometimes impromptu, common subject matter of things around her, sometimes staged, choreographed things. She likes to transfer this material into a computer or other program where it can be manipulated.
Mindy paints with oil. She likes to paint things with patterns that repeat, but also vary in interesting ways.
Mindy cooks, using her hands, eyes and taste buds to create beautiful, appetizing meals from fresh, organic ingredients
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Boyfriend:
Mindy:
wakes up to ESPN sportcenter even though she hates it
pees
eats a mini bar of chocolate
runs
stretches
showers and eats food from a bowl
reads
types
reads
daydreams in her studio
sketches pictures and tears them up
sits with her hand to her face in a dark room where slides flash up and
down a
screen
YOGA 2 hours
shakes her head at her boyfriend
drives a truck at 7:00
sits and tries to interpret meaning from hundreds of works of art
makes a snack involving peanut butter
reads
stares at the ceiling
rolls on her side
pees
stares
pees
rolls
falls asleep