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2006 COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL ARTIST ALLEY EXCLUSIVE:
TME: Can you elaborate what you consider a (mental) prison is to you? Is it like emotional anxiety or stress or anything like that? MM: All of the above and add depression (laughs). TME: (Laughs) excellent! Now what is it to be creative for you? MM: Creativity is passion expressed no matter what form that passion may be: love, hate, anger, stress, anxiety. Everyone expresses their passion through their creativity on a daily bases. We do it on the way we dress, they way we talk, our hair styles, the way we paint, the way we drive and if you just you know open your eyes and look around see how much creative our world really is and how individual each being within it makes themselves. TME: How do you get in a creative mode? Do you try and be creative on a habitual basis or do you become inspired in the moment? MM: All of my creations come from my emotions and I really, really do have to be in a certain mood to produce the quality that I approve of. Otherwise it just comes out…’sketchy’ if you will. So it just depends on the mood, the moment and the time. TME: Are there any particular things you do when you feel frustrated as an artist with either your skill, or what you’re trying to express or when you feel a piece has failed? MM: If the piece has failed, I cover it up with paint and paint over (again) something that has not failed. If the piece has not failed and I know there is something wrong with it, I don’t know what it is, I’ll hide it for a week or two weeks in my closet or in a brown paper bag somewhere and I won’t look at if for awhile. And then I’ll hang it upside down and go, “Oh, there it is”. TME: What do you hope to give to viewers of your artwork? MM: I want them to feel something. No matter what that something may be. If they feel happiness or sad. If they look at one of my paintings as say, “I know how that feels. I feel like that sometimes”. If they look at it as say, “that’s cute” that’s good enough. As long as, you know, they look at it and come out with something. TME: Do you label the type of genre your work is or do you feel a label will suppress your imagination? MM: Yeah, I don’t like labels. I don’t want to be characterized into one genre because I am versatile. TME: Where would you like to see your creativity and your art in five years? MM: T-shirts! And more t-shirts. And places that I don’t have to be at and it’s still selling. TME: Are there any projects you are currently working on or any future projects you will be doing soon? MM: I'm always working on my own personal childrens books but I havent actually finished any of them. So one of these days I hope to finish at least one. TME: What does it mean to be an artist for you? MM: To be an artist is to appreciate one’s work that one self does. TME: Thank you very much Meghan. MM: Thank you. You can discover Meghan’s art at www.monkeycadaver.com
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