I dismiss posts where one or other of the couple was wearing anything named by brand, or you … - Sophie Blackall

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I think a lot of actors need validation. If you see truly amazing actors perform, they expose themselves to such an incredible degree. You can really see their pain.

Sophie Blackall

I dismiss posts where one or other of the couple was wearing anything named by brand, or you know, baseball caps, or sweat pants, because I don't like drawing them, and I don't have to please anyone but myself.

Baseball, Caps, Couple, Drawing, Please, Sweat

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I usually draw in silence, but listen to music or public radio when I'm painting, after all the important decisions have been made.

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Nothing is known for sure, even the person who was there isn't entirely sure he or she had the same response as the other in that moment. One person might have fallen head over heels, the other might have been thinking about what to have for dinner and inadvertently making eye contact.

Contact, Dinner, Eye, Making, Nothing, Thinking

Odd things happen in New York, which is why it's such a great source of stories.

Happen, New York, Odd, Odd Things, Stories, York

Some people have recognized their friends in my paintings, but I'm not directly responsible for any hooking up as far as I know!

Painting, Paintings, People, Responsible

Someone wrote to me asking me to illustrate a missed connection that "hasn't happened yet. " This guy has seen the same girl waiting at a bus stop on his morning commute for weeks, and has been trying to find a way to approach her. He thought it would be fun to put up a Missed Connections poster [of my painting] on the corner where she waits and see what happens. It is kind of an intriguing idea but there's something a bit too manipulative about it for my liking. It's a fine line between being creative and stalking!

Bus, Fun, Girl, Manipulative, Missed, Morning