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Tennis Elbow Window   Week 20   Emma Kohlmann

Your name

Emma Kohlmann

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Your current location

Massachusetts

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Your favorite pastime

Swimming and writing postcards

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Something you like

When the seasons change and new flowers bloom

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Something you dislike

Systemic racism and people who think they are entitled to things without doing any labor whatsoever 

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Your defining characteristic

My humor, lol, or maybe just making myself laugh

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What would someone close to you say your defining characteristic is

“She can’t sit still” 

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Your favorite artist

Emil Nolde, Marcus Leslie Singleton, Cecilia Vicuña, Octavia Butler, Reza Shafahi and Kenneth Patchen 

 

Favorite word or phrase

Asinine 

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What aspect of your work is most important to you

Being able to do it every day and sharing it with others  

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Who do you admire the most and why

All my friends who are doing work towards positive change in the world. My sister for being such a good person and not having any social media presence. 

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Your worst habit

Grinding my teeth

 

The first thing you think of in the morning

Coffee with oat milk

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What have you always wanted to do and have not done

Not sure, but that will probably change

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Your best decision

Staying in Massachusetts instead of moving back to a major city 

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Your worst decision

Not moving into my sister's house

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Your favorite street and why

Palisade Ave in Riverdale, the Bronx, the street I grew up on. It's near the Hudson river. It makes me nostalgic for learning how to take the subway and learning how to ride a bike.

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What made you become the person you are

My mom, my grandma and omi, my best friend from middle school, Leila, my community I found after I graduated college 

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Something that you treasure

My socks, my collection of friends, zines, greetings cards my with grandma’s handwriting  

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What would the child you once were think of the adult you have become

She would probably be shocked that my life turned out this way 

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Your greatest fear

I am not afraid of anything

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