
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