Adrienne

(Abu Dhabi Art Fair, midday - 23/11/2013)



In addition to this, I am also comfortable sharing the following item(s):

[X] The city of residence of the recipient of this letter/phone call
[X] The recorded audio of my 5 minutes of questions
[X] Incidental recorded audio (conversations had, questions asked, enthusiasm expressed outside of the official 5 minutes
[X] The transcribed text of my 5 minutes of questions
[X] Complete and utter faith in the artist





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00:00:00-0

Yannick: So, uh first question: who did you write to?

Adrianne: I wrote to my father.

Yannick: And why?

Adrianne: (inhale) see I'm going to cry. 'cause I miss him so much (laughing). And you don't get to do that on the phone, you know? You can't miss 'em too much when you're on the phone. And it's just far away. And he's older, so .. dang (laughing) I didn't think I would get so emotional I'm sorry (laughing) . (inhale) ha. Yes, so that's why.
00:00:25-9
Yannick: And that's why a letter not the phone.

Adrianne: (tsk) yes, it's funny I wrote to him in my letter and said, um, "you know you never really tell me how you're doing," and I don't really tell him how I'm doing either. (sniff) So. Sometimes that's easier to do in a letter. You know. Just be more truthful somehow. I don't know why. So sorry—[crying]

Amani: //ohhh//

Yannick: //that's fine-please// Um, can you tell me something about him?
00:00:52-5
Adrianne: Oh my dad? (inhale) (exhales). He is um … gosh, .. there's so many things, I wouldn't even know where to start. Um, … (tsk) .. he's lonely I think. (tsk) So that makes me sad. (inhale) And he doesn't really have any faith. So that makes me sad. Um, … and I just think that, you know when you get to 81 years old .. I just have such a different picture of how I want to be. You know? At that time. So, um but he's lovely. You know, he's um, a very kind, generous man, and um .. I think he's very compassionate about other people. And, .. but then doesn't really .. you know, share his feelings with others. So, it's kind of like .. again it's a one sided thing where I was saying he doesn't open up. He doesn't really even open up to me. So.

Yannick: Uh, we're gonna wait a second, because we're suddenly in the middle of Time's Square [people passing in the stairwell]. Why are you separated?
00:02:13-3
Adrianne: Um because we're living here. Obviously my dad's back in the U.S. . And um, so we just get home once a year. So we saw him this summer—my kids saw him this summer, and (inhale) I did, but you know that's just not enough when somebody's this age, you know—and that's what's so interesting being here, because .. it does make the world feel so much smaller. And, you know, finding so many similarities between humans to me is just such a gift from God. To realize how alike we all are. But um, saying that, and realizing the world is not that big, it's still a really long expensive trip home. You know? And so, yeah you just can't do that as much. And so when you're older I think you know when your parents are aging you just .. want to be with them more. you know? You know that time's .. slipping away, and so you just want those moments.

Yannick: When you-when you miss him—or miss someone or something, what does—how does that feel for you? How do you feel that?
00:03:19-1
Adrianne: My heart aches, you know? It's a-it's a loneliness and it's a void, it's a, um … you know you're just discontent I think. You know, there's just ..—it doesn't feel complete. You don't feel whole, you know, when.. somebody that you love's not close by.

Yannick: So what do you do?

Adrianne: hmm call, some. (laughing) You know just I think go back in your mind. I've—I relieve memories, and um, you know think about times we had together. But (inhale) I'm not very good at —I'm not—don't like the phone, so it's really challenging for me. Um, I didn't like the phone .. in the U.S. (laugh) I don't like the phone here I'm just not a .. a good communicator by phone. So. Skype's not really good for me, you know none of those things are—it all just seems so planned, and .. I don't know. And then it's just that much more difficult here, so.
00:04:16-2
Yannick: Uh, and just sort of, to wrap up as we near the end of your 5; could you tell us a little bit_ about yourself, to finish?

Adrianne: Oh. I love art, that's why I'm at the fair. Went to school in art and design. And um, had my two little girls, who you guys met. Whom I adore. And um, you know it just kinda changes your perspective on life. And I … right now I'm a full time mom—I really did have a profession (laugh) I was a commercial interior designer and had my own firm and did lots of great things and, it's funny right now I'm like, "why aren't I working again?" But I am working, you know parenthood is a full time job, I think, most of the time anyway. And, so .. (tsk) I'm just trying to, you know, figure out what God's purpose is for me here, and … and.. I'm sure it will be revealed soon.
00:05:20-9
Yannick: okay. Thank you very much.

Adrianne: Thank you.
00:05:23-6

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