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Everyone can of course take their own meaning, that's the beauty of music and lyrics, but to me it seems like everything is about being attached to the past and being afraid of moving forward, afraid of that big dive or step and losing what was.

St. Lucia

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St. Lucia
Age: 54
Musician
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
St.Lucia
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What I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways.
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I am trying my best to stay above the water. Right now ACID does not only offer animation. I offer real life productions as well and also compositing (animation composited into real life video)
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I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind - at least when you're starting an idea.
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A true artist is practically married to his or her art form so I just couldn't turn my back on it.
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My family still lives over there [ in South Africa] .I miss them terribly. I would say that most of my life over there was probably very similar to the sort of life someone would experience growing up somewhere like Australia or in the US.
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I didn't see [Luigi St. Omer] as a teacher. I saw him as a comrade I respected and I could go to see anytime something was bothering me. He was indeed my big brother. He praised me when I did something exceptional and scolded me when I did things which were out of the way.
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We need to understand that there is a process of learning and experience and success will stem from this. The painting represents life and the brushstroke represents the steps we take in life.
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Unfortunately, there are very few facilities which offer courses in the arts. Not all the secondary schools offer the subject for CXC examinations.
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You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.
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[My mother] was the one who encouraged me constantly and always reminded me that God gave me a talent and I have to use it. I should not keep it locked inside.
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When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.
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I've been making music for as long as I can remember. I would, as a kid, just sing little ideas or be making something.
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I think that there is always room for improvement so I am seeking to reach as far as I can in my field of art, film and animation.
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A lot of my ideas come from McNally Jackson bookstore. One of my favorite things to do is just go there and look through architecture books and interior design books. Something about the aesthetics of space and beautiful images works with my brain.
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I labour over details and whether a song should be a straight pop song form or exploratory. This is the curse with doing things by yourself.
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I am home grown St. Lucian. Born in 1980 I have spent most of my life on this island. Apart from the few summers I spent in the United States I spent most of my time in my homeland.
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