It’s actually trendy to criticize journalists.
So, just one question: How do journalists, whether experienced or less trained, manage to never dig deeper than these same ideas?
« How does your past explain your present, which entirely shapes your future? But most importantly, what advice would you give to a young person starting out? »
INTRODUCTION
• Can you tell us who you are? Where do you come from?
• How did you know that you wanted to become:
artist/ painter/ musician — endlessly adaptable,
Variant: Where does this passion for… come from?
FURTHER ELABORATION
• How did you start?
• If you had not been a painter/ designer/ illustrator,
what would you have been?
Variant: If you were a fruit/ animal/ flower/ a McDonald’s burger…
• What is your creative process?
• What techniques do you use?
• Describe your universe in three, four, five words…
• What are you trying to convey through your art?
Variant: Does your art seek to express something?
• How has your style evolved over the years?
• How does London/ Kuala Lumpur/ Nowhere inspire you?
• What are your sources of inspiration?
• Who are your mentors?
EXPANDING
• What are your plans for the year x, y, z?
Variant: What can one wish for you in the years to come?
Now, simply connect the dots!