Miranda July
Visual Artist, Writer and Filmmaker
DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN THREE WORDS.
Everything on the table. That’s four.
WHAT’S SOMETHING PEOPLE GET WRONG ABOUT YOU?
Sometimes people I don’t know, but who know my work, come up to me and say, “Can I give you a hug?” I’m like, “Excuse me, please don’t.” There’s a lot of vulnerability in my work, and I think they’re worried about me. They could say, “It must take a real daredevil to be that vulnerable,” but I think they’re forgetting that part.
““I have relatives who are still kind of shocked that I’ve made something of myself.””
NAME AN INFLUENCE OF YOURS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE PEOPLE.
The New York Mets. They’ve been kind of a constant throughout my life because I’m originally from Vermont; my dad’s from New York. My family kept rooting for the Mets the whole time. And now the person I’ve been seeing for the last year is also a lifelong Mets fan. Just the sound of when she’s painting and listening to the ball game on the radio—it works on me. She could get away with so much more than she knows because I’m put into this trance from the sound.
WHO DO YOU CALL THE MOST?
I mean, probably my girlfriend, but I’ve actually been sort of reprimanded for not communicating enough on the whole, with everyone.
WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, WHAT WERE YOU KNOWN FOR?
I have relatives who are still kind of shocked that I’ve made something of myself. I seemed cowering and shy, but really I was just antisocial.
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