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>> THIS TIME ON BROAD & HIGH, A COLUMBUS ARTIST REIMAGINES AN ICONIC MURAL IN THAT HISTORIC NORTH.

A PHOTOGRAPHER GATHERS INSPIRATION FOR THE SUBJECTS OF THE PORTRAITS SHE CREATES.

A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST WHO WORKS THROUGH HER PASSED ON THE CAMPUS.

THIS AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON BROAD & HIGH.

>> WELCOME TO BROAD & HIGH, I AM YOUR HOST, KATE.

THE SHORT NORTH ALLIANCE IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHO HAS A MISSION OF SUPPORTING THE HISTORIC ARTS DISTRICT IN COLUMBUS.

AS CARETAKERS OF THINGS THAT MATTER IN THAT COMMUNITY, THEY WANTED A WORLD-RENOWNED MURALIST TO REIMAGINE AN ICONIC PIECE OF PUBLIC ART.

LET'S MEET ARTIST AND SEE HOW IT ALL CAME TOGETHER.

>> I CHOSE MURALS PURELY BY ACCIDENT.

IT STARTED ORIGINALLY BY THE FACT THAT I WANTED THAT ADRENALINE RUSH, LIKE YOU KNOW, SITTING IN THE STUDIO OR PAINTING THE SAME MODEL OVER AND OVER AGAIN JUST WASN'T REALLY THE EXACT FEELINGS I WANTED TO HAVE HER THE EMOTIONAL CONNECTION THAT I WANTED WITH MY WORK.

BUT WHEN I WAS PAINTING AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, FINDING THE SPOTS, CREATING SOMETHING THAT FIT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE THAT FELT SO RIGHT.

THIS IS PROBABLY BACK IN 2014.

I JUST STARTED SPRAY PAINTING WITH SOME FRIENDS, AND IT KIND OF JUST WENT IN THIS NATURAL LIKE PROGRESSION.

I WAS LIKE, WOW, PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN CONNECTING THESE PIECES IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT, AND BUSINESS OWNERS STARTED REALIZING THAT, TOO, AND IT JUST KIND OF SNOWBALLED AND BECAME SOMETHING THAT, OH, I CAN INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY, I CAN CREATE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN LIKE LIVE THEIR LIFE AROUND AND GROW UP WITH.

AND IT STEMS FROM, YOU KNOW, WANTING THAT FREEDOM AND NOW IT HAS GROWN INTO CHOOSING TO CREATE SPACE FOR PEOPLE AND CREATE SAFE SPACES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

WHEN SOMEBODY ASKED ME TO DO A MURAL, TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF THEMES OR AN IDEA OF GENERALLY WHAT THEY WANT, AND WITHIN THAT ROUND, WE WILL KIND OF SEND PROPOSALS AND MOOD BOARDS BACK AND FORTH.

I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO GET ON THE SAME VISUAL LANGUAGE.

I KNOW WHAT MY WORK LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT?

I'M VERY NATURAL, VERY FANTASY, I HAVE BOLD, JEWEL TONED COLORS, LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.

BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WE REALLY WANT APPLES IN IT, AND I'M LIKE OKAY, LET'S PUT AN APPLE INTO A STORY, HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, LOST SOME OFF OF THAT AND CREATE SOMETHING UNIQUE?

OR, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THIS RECENT COMMISSION OF LEEKS, LIKE LITERALLY LIKE THAT LEEK.

AND HOW DO WE SHOW THIS VEGETABLE IN THE IDEA OF A BROADER STORY?

AND IT BECOMES SUPER UNIQUE BECAUSE I CAN CREATE ENVIRONMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR FANTASY OR MAYBE JUST OTHERWORLDLY, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE LEEK IS A CHANDELIER THAT IS GLOWING, YOU KNOW?

LIKE UNDERGROUND AS THE ROOTS COME THROUGH.

AND SO, IT --IT'S A PROCESS AND LIKE TRYING TO FIND WHAT PEOPLE GRAVITATE TO, BUT ALSO CREATE SOMETHING THAT CAN LIVE IN THE PUBLIC, THAT PEOPLE CAN FEEL IMMERSED IN.

>> OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SUCH A FOCUS OF COLUMBUS'S BROADER HISTORY FOR SO LONG, AND WHAT MATTERS ABOUT THAT HISTORY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO SHAPING OUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK YOU --YOU HAVE TO APPRECIATE THE LEGACY OF, UM, THE EARLIEST POLLINATORS AND THE MODERN REVITALIZATION OF A PLACE LIKE THE SHORT NORTH, ALONGSIDE SOME OF THESE HISTORIC WORKS OF ART, AND THE MONA LISA MURAL REALLY CAME INTO BEING BECAUSE OF SANDY WIDE.

SANDY WOULD WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE WOOD COMPANIES, AND WAS ONE OF THE EARLIEST INVESTORS IN REIMAGINING WAYS IN WHICH HISTORICAL SPACES, FORGOTTEN BUILDINGS, AND PLACES COULD BE A DESTINATION THAT PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE WOULD WANT TO EXPERIENCE.

THE MONA LISA MURAL WAS A PART OF A SERIES OF MURALS THAT WERE INSTALLED IN THE LATE 1980s AND EARLY 1990s.

SANDY AND OTHERS FOUND BRIAN CLEMENS, WHO CREATED THE MONA LISA MURAL, AND WHAT WAS SO ICONIC ABOUT HER WAS THE FACT THAT SHE WAS TURNED ON HER HEAD.

AND IT BECAME SO UBIQUITOUS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IT WAS CREATED, THAT IT WAS THE LOGO FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION FOR MANY YEARS.

IT WAS ON THE EXTERIOR OF A BLACK BOX THEATER.

AND BEFORE IT BECAME HOME FOR PEOPLE, IT WAS A PLACE THAT WAS PRESENTING NEW WORKS OF THEATRICAL ART HERE IN OUR SHORT NORTH COMMUNITY.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC BUILDINGS REQUIRE A LOT OF CARE, AND IT WAS BECOMING MORE AND MORE APPARENT TO US IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE MAINTAINING THE MURAL THAT IN ORDER TO RESTORE THE BUILDING, WE WOULD HAVE TO DESTROY THE MURAL.

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THESE WORKS OF ART WHEN THEY HAVE THAT MANY YEARS OF HISTORY IN A COMMUNITY, WHEN THEY BECOME ICONIC FOR A COMMUNITY, THEY BECOME A NEIGHBOR IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN THEY BECOME A NEIGHBOR IN THE COMMUNITY, IT IS NOT [ INAUDIBLE ] TO ERASE THEM.

SO, WE STARTED TO ASK OURSELVES, IF WE WERE TAKING THIS ON AS A NEW PROJECT TODAY, WOULD WE DO THIS THE SAME WAY?

WHAT WE DO THIS IN THE SAME LOCATION?

AND ALL OF THESE PATHWAYS OF DISCOVERY AND OPPORTUNITY REALLY EXPOSED THEMSELVES TO US AS AN ORGANIZATION, AND CERTAINLY IN CONVERSATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO, WE MADE THE CHOICE TO SUNSET THE EXISTING LOCATION, WE FELT THAT WAS THE MOST APPROPRIATE THING TO DO, BECAUSE IF WE WERE SETTING FORWARD TO DO THIS PROJECT TODAY, WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN ACCESS IT.

>> WHEN I WAS APPROACHED WITH THE IDEA, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF CAUTION THAT GOES INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, WAS IT A MURAL HERE SINCE THE '90s, BUT IT IS THE MONA LISA, YOU KNOW?

IT IS AN ICONIC IMAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS CREATED AND PASSED DOWN THROUGH SO MANY GENERATIONS, BUT THE PORTRAIT MEANS A LOT TO SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE HER IN PERSON.

THERE IS THIS BUZZING ENERGY ALL AROUND HER, BUT SHE SITS THERE SILENTLY, YOU KNOW?

SHE'S ALMOST CAGED IN WHERE SHE IS, BUT YOU HAVE PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND WITH SELFIES STICKS IN FRONT OF HER, EVERYONE IS SCREAMING, AND SO, THERE IS THIS CHAOS SURROUNDING THIS ALMOST IDLE OF SILENCE AND SIMPLICITY.

SO, FOR ME, I REALLY WANTED TO PLAY WITH THIS IDEA OF HER NOT BEING A STAGNANT VOICE.

HER BEING VIBRANT AND LOUD.

WHETHER YOU LOVE IT OR HATE IT, SHE HAS A PLACE IN HISTORY.

AND WE HAVE A PLACE HERE IN COLUMBUS FOR HER AS WELL, AND IT WAS SUPER INTIMIDATING.

AND I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT GAVE HER NEW LIFE, SO, SHE MOVES WITH COLOR IS A PIECE THAT BRINGS HER ENERGY AND BRINGS HER DOMINANCE, AND INSTEAD OF HER SITTING SILENTLY SMALL, I TRIED TO MAKE HER BIG AND MAKE HER PRESENCE KNOWN, THAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A SILENT FIGURE, THIS IS A HISTORICAL WOMAN THAT HAS HER PLACE IN HISTORY AND ART HISTORY AND OUR HISTORY.

I WANTED HER TO FEEL LIKE SHE HAD A VOICE, TOO.

SO, I JUST REALLY WANTED THAT VIBRANCY TO SHOW THROUGH.

>> [ MUSIC ] > >> TO SEE MORE OF MANNY'S WORK, VISIT BERTIE CO.

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>> K SWEENEY IS A PORTRAIT AND LIFESTYLE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO BELIEVES IN THE MAGIC AND POWER OF HER MEDIUM.

HER ASPIRATION OF CELEBRATING THE HUMAN FORM IS CRUCIAL TO HER WORK.

JOIN US AS WE TALK WITH KATE IN HER STUDIO AT THE FORT, AS WELL AS OUT IN THE FIELD, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW SHE CREATES HER DEFIANT YET INVITING WORKS OF ART.

>> FOR ME, PHOTOGRAPHY IS ALL ABOUT FEELING.

I WAS OBSESSED WITH OLD FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS WHEN I WAS LITTLE, AND JUST LIKE LOOKING THROUGH THEM AND ALL OF THE EMOTIONS THAT THEY KIND OF STIRRED UP WITHIN ME.

A SENSE OF LONGING, BELONGING, GRIEF, AND LIKE BEAUTY.

AND SO, FROM THERE, YEAH, I JUST WAS REALLY FASCINATED BY THIS IDEA THAT A SINGLE, FLEETING MOMENT CAN REALLY SHAPE US FOREVER, AND HOW PHOTOS REALLY SHAPE LIKE OUR SENSE OF IDENTITY AND WHO WE ARE.

FOR ME, CELEBRATING OUR BODIES, WOMEN'S BODIES, IS LIKE SO CRUCIAL AND PARAMOUNT TO MY WORK, AND IT'S REALLY PERSONAL FOR ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS A KID IN THE 90s, AND I GREW UP INTERNALIZING THIS BELIEF THAT YOU KNOW, WOMEN'S BODIES WERE JUST THERE TO BE CONSUMED OR DESIRED.

AND THAT DIDN'T REALLY SHIFT FOR ME UNTIL I STARTED TAKING SELF-PORTRAITS AND ALLOWING OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS TO PHOTOGRAPH ME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT I TRUSTED.

THAT SHIFT, THAT TRANSFORMATION, IS LIKE THE REASON I KEEP GOING.

I REALLY BELIEVE THAT SEEING YOURSELF THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE'S EYES CAN BE SO HEALING.

AND SO, YEAH, I ALWAYS TRY TO BRING THAT SENSE OF LIKE AUTONOMY AND POWER TO THE SHOOT.

AND FOR ME, IT'S LIKE THIS PHOTO IS ALMOST LIKE AN ECHO OF THE EXPERIENCE.

WHAT REALLY DRIVES ME IS HOW WE CAN HAVE THIS MOMENT TOGETHER IN LIKE OUR SHARED VULNERABILITY, AND HOW THAT CAN LIKE ALLOW YOU TO FEEL MORE IN YOUR BODY, AND THE TRUST THAT I AM GOING TO LIKE MIRROR BACK TO YOU, YOUR POWER AND YOUR STRENGTH.

I TRULY BELIEVE EVERYONE IS PHOTOGENIC.

FOR ME, IT'S NOT ABOUT POSING A PERSON OR ABOUT BEING PERFECT IN A PHOTO OR WHAT IS THE MOST FLATTERING.

FOR ME, IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT LIKE BEING PRESENT, BEING VULNERABLE WITH ME AND WITH YOURSELF.

AND ALSO, JUST LIKE HAVING COMPASSION FOR YOURSELF AND TRYING TO, LIKE, SHOW THE PERSON THAT LIKE YOUR BODY IS WORTH CELEBRATING.

[ INAUDIBLE ] I WOULD SAY FOR ME, I MAKE A VERY INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO CONNECT WITH THE PERSON THAT I AM PHOTOGRAPHING SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, AND UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THEM AS SOMETHING TO JUST MERELY BE OBSERVED.

IT REALLY IS ABOUT HAVING THIS EXPERIENCE TOGETHER.

THE RESULTING PHOTO IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE ICING ON THE CAKE.

THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT APPROACHES I TAKE TO MY PHOTOGRAPHY.

ONE OF THEM IS LIKE I WILL GET JUST THIS RECURRING, LIKE, COMPULSIVE LIKE VISUAL IN MY HEAD OR A MEMORY OR A FEELING, AND I WILL SEEK TO RE-CREATE THAT IN A PHOTOGRAPH, BUT MY PREFERRED WAY TO WORK IS TO GO OUTSIDE, GO TO A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION WITH A PERSON, AND SEE WHAT NATURE IS GIVING US, WHAT IS THE LIGHT DOING?

WHAT STATE IS THAT PERSON IN, AND LET'S JUST SEE WHAT WE CAN MAKE IN THE MOMENT, AND I AM JUST SO ENDLESSLY INSPIRED BY NATURE AND OUR BODY'S CONNECTION TO NATURE, ESPECIALLY WOMEN, IT'S LIKE EXTREMELY FEMININE, GROUNDED, POWERFUL, HEALING, AND SO, FOR ME, LIKE PHOTOGRAPHING WOMEN IN NATURE JUST MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.

I FEEL LIKE THAT IS OUR HOME, IT'S WHERE WE ARE CONNECTED, JUST, YOU KNOW, THE WAY OUR FINGERPRINT CAN LOOK LIKE THE TREE RINGS AND ALL THESE, UM, SIMILARITIES WE HAVE TO THE EARTH.

AND, YEAH, I THINK IT IS JUST THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING.

[ INAUDIBLE ] OF NATURE, JUST LIKE THESE PILLARS OF MY WORK, AND THEN ADDING IN THE HUMAN AND SEEING HOW THAT CAN ALL COME TOGETHER TO FEEL LIKE AS CELEBRATORY AS POSSIBLE, AND I THINK I LOVE COLOR SO MUCH BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT NATURE MAKES, LIKE, I'M JUST LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THE COLOR OF THAT POMEGRANATE OR LIKE THE COLOR OF THESE FLOWERS, LIKE HOW --HOW DOES THIS EXIST?

HOW DO WE HAVE EYES TO SEE IT?

LIKE IT'S JUST --TO ME, IT'S JUST THIS DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE, AND PHOTOGRAPHY IS LIKE THE WAY I PRACTICE THAT GRATITUDE.

>> [ MUSIC ] >> WHAT I HOPE PEOPLE TAKE AWAY FROM MY WORK IS MAYBE LIKE A SENSE OF APPRECIATION FOR THEIR OWN BODIES, AND MAYBE WITH -- LEAVING WITH A FEELING OF NOT BEING JUDGED, BUT BEING LIKE HELD AND SEEN, UM, THAT'S REALLY LIKE THE MOST REWARDING THING TO ME.

I THINK AS WOMEN, WE ARE SO HARD ON OURSELVES, AND JUST HAVING LIKE ONE EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU KIND OF LIKE DON'T CARE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE IN THAT MOMENT, YOU KIND OF LIKE FORGET ABOUT YOUR BODY AND YOU BECOME MORE CONNECTED TO THE POWER OF BEING CELEBRATED.

>> [ MUSIC ] >> TO SEE MORE OF HER WORK, CHECK OUT [ INAUDIBLE ].

>> PAMELA RACHEL ONCE PUT ASIDE HER ART FOR LIFE, FAMILY, AND SURVIVAL.

WHEN SHE RETURNED TO THE CAMPUS, SOMETHING UNEXPECTED HAPPENS.

IT BECAME HER MIRROR, HER JOURNAL, AND HER FEELING.

WE TRAVEL TO VIRGINIA TO EXPERIENCE HER WORK THAT RESONATES FAR BEYOND THE FRAME.

>> [ MUSIC ] >> THE CANVAS FOR ME HAS ALWAYS BEEN SCARY.

IT WAS LIKE EVERY INSECURITY THAT I HAVE, THE FEAR OF FAILURE, NOT BEING ABLE TO DO IT RIGHT, ALL THOSE FEELINGS OF INADEQUACY.

[ INAUDIBLE ] EVERY SINGLE TIME I PAINTS.

THE NAME OF THIS PIECE IS SOPHIA.

I NAMED IT SOPHIA BECAUSE IN GREEK, THE WORD SOPHIA MEANS WISDOM.

AND TO ME, WISDOM IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS YOU CAN ATTAIN IN THIS LIFE.

GROWING UP, CREATIVITY BASICALLY CAME OUT [ INAUDIBLE ], MURALS, [ INAUDIBLE ], I STARTED DOING PAINTING MYSELF BECAUSE I COULDN'T AFFORD A REAL [ INAUDIBLE ] PAINTING.

>> [ MUSIC ] >> I GENERALLY KEEP THEM PRETTY WRAPPED UP, BECAUSE OF MARRIAGE AND HAVING CHILDREN, ALL OF THAT GOT PUT ON HOLD.

WHAT YOU STARTED BACK WAS [ INAUDIBLE ].

AND I THOUGHT I NEED TO PAINTS.

I PUT ROSES ON HER HEAD BECAUSE I THINK THAT MAKES HER BEAUTIFUL.

THE ANTLERS IS A LIFETIME OF EXPERIENCE.

[ INAUDIBLE ] WAS FUN, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS, IT WAS JUST SIMPLY AN ACT OF ART.

THE EGG IS SIGNIFICANT.

[ INAUDIBLE ] BRINGS NEW WAYS TO CREATE, LOOK AT THINGS.

WHEN IT CAME TO MAYBE THE THIRD OR FOURTH PAINTING, THINGS WERE COMING OUT ONTO THE CANVAS THAT WERE RELATIVELY IMMERSION ALL.

[ INAUDIBLE ] I COULD GET AWAY FROM BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF ME.

BECAUSE OF THE SYMBOLS THAT I USED, THE PAINTINGS, UNDERSTANDABLY, COULD HAVE A VERY SCARY, DARK, MOODY APPEARANCE.

IF I THINK IT OR EXPERIENCE IT, IT WILL END UP ON CAMPUS.

I CALL THE PAINTINGS A CANVAS JOURNAL.

THE DARK IMAGE BEGAN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PAINTING BECAUSE WITHOUT MAKING THE DECISION MYSELF, THE WORK JUST BECAME VERY THERAPEUTIC.

I WORK OUT QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IN MY MIND.

I DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO PAINT ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T COME OUT OF A LOOK AT LIFE AND THE EXPERIENCES.

>> [ MUSIC ] >> MY BABY SISTER DIED FOUR YEARS AGO OF LUNG CANCER, BECAUSE SHE AND MY AUNT BOTH DIED OF LUNG CANCER.

THEY ADVISED THAT WE ALL GET A CT SCAN.

AND THEY SAW A LITTLE NODULE THAT WAS LIKE AN 85% CHANCE THAT I HAD CANCER.

I ENDED UP WRITING AND WRITING AND WRITING DAILY, THE FEAR IS, HOW I WAS DEALING WITH THE FEARS.

AND THEN FINALLY, I CAME TO PEACE WITH DEATH, AND THE FEAR WENT AWAY.

FORTUNATELY, I ENDED UP CANCER FREE.

BUT THROUGH ALL OF THAT, I WAS ABLE TO FIND A DEEPER APPRECIATION FOR THE WORLD AROUND ME, AND FOR THAT, I'M TRULY GRATEFUL.

>> HEY, ARE YOU THE ARTIST?

TELL ME ABOUT THIS PIECE.

[ INAUDIBLE ] >> NO, THANK YOU.

THE TITLE OF THIS ONE IS [ INAUDIBLE ], AND WHAT I ALWAYS DO IS [ INAUDIBLE ].

>> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT IS THAT HER MIND IS EMBRACED WITH THE LEAVES AND THE BRANCHES.

>> WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING ART SHOWS, I FELT LIKE I WAS ON DISPLAY, BECAUSE THE PAINTINGS WERE SO PERSONAL.

>> AND THEN THIS ONE.

>> THAT HAS GOT A MEDIUM, THAT ACTUALLY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE REASON I PAINTS.

PROBABLY HALF THE PEOPLE THAT VIEWED THE ART AT THAT TIME WOULD SEE SOMETHING IN IT THAT WOULD TRIGGER A CHILDHOOD MEMORY FOR THEMSELVES, AND MORE THAN ONCE, I WOULD JUST SIT AND GROW WITH PEOPLE.

I CALL HER THE MEDIUM BECAUSE SHE CHANNELS [ INAUDIBLE ].

>> THAT IS WHEN R2 TOOK A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TURN FOR ME.

I REALIZED THAT PEOPLE COULD BE HELPED BY WHAT I WAS DOING.

>> YOU HAVE A CARD?

>> I DO, ON THE TABLE, HELP YOURSELF.

>> I AM WAITING RIGHT NOW FOR THE NEWEST BOOK TO ARRIVE IN THE MAIL.

OVER THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN WRITING AS MUCH AS I WAS PAINTING, SO I DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND COMBINE THE TWO.

THAT WAS JUST A NATURAL PROGRESSION OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN MY LIFE.

I WAS ABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER TO HELP [ INAUDIBLE ] A BETTER AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE, AND SLOWLY FINDING OUT WHAT REAL HAPPINESS IS.

I'M SO EXCITED.

THE NEW BOOK IS REALLY A CULMINATION OF ALL OF THESE YEARS OF BEING ON THIS PATH.

THIS IS THE PEAK.

I MEAN, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY COME UP?

I DON'T KNOW.

I HOPE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING IN HERE THAT TOOK ME YEARS TO WORK THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT THAT MAYBE CAN HELP PEOPLE TO THINK.

[ INAUDIBLE ] YOUR OWN WAY.

[ MUSIC ] >> TO SEE MORE OF PAMELA'S WORK, FIND HER ONLINE AT PAMELAHILLATART.

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FOR ALL OF US HERE AT WOSU, I AM KATE, THANKS FOR WATCHING.

[ MUSIC ] >> PRODUCTION OF BROAD & HIGH IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL, CELEBRATING EXPRESSION, FOSTERING TALENT, AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO COLUMBUS ARTISTS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, CONCERTS, PUBLIC ART, AND MORE AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM.