![]() ![]() The interactions between Edie, Rebecca and Eric are fascinatingly accurate. How can Edie make art whilst living with a chronic stomach pain and no health care plan? How can Edie make art when she has no permanent home because her landlord has priced her out of her shitty apartment? How can Edie make art when she can barely make ends meet let alone buy art supplies?Īs conversations surrounding white allyship and racial injustice continue to be had, ‘Luster’ is a great jumping off point. ![]() One of the main things quelling Edie’s creativity is our old nemesis Capitalism. This is a story of an artist living in a city that is unrecognisable to us – thank goodness. The struggling artist trope has been popped in an industrial sized shredder, then once its been spat out in to thousands of tiny pieces, Leilani takes a pair of scissors to it and finally throws a cup of black coffee on it just for good measure. But you don’t have to brace yourself for cringeworthy cliches. ![]() Despite her soul destroying role in publishing, Edie is an artist whose preferred medium is paint. ![]()
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