Mickalene Thomas

And so that opportunity for her to be a successful model, when that was also an opportunity that she lost, I think that was something that settled in her, that destroyed her a little. And I think that's part of my understanding as an adult, what might have led her to do some of the drugs she did, the addiction.

And so that opportunity for her to be a successful model, when that was also an opportunity that she lost, I think that was something that settled in her, that destroyed her a little. And I think that's part of my understanding as an adult, what might have led her to do some of the drugs she did, the addiction.

And so that opportunity for her to be a successful model, when that was also an opportunity that she lost, I think that was something that settled in her, that destroyed her a little. And I think that's part of my understanding as an adult, what might have led her to do some of the drugs she did, the addiction.

Yes, I am. And I feel like she's definitely always around me. I know that for sure. Like the other day is like I sat down in a certain way and I felt like I was sitting like my mother. I was like, oh, my mother sits like that. Like I felt her.

Yes, I am. And I feel like she's definitely always around me. I know that for sure. Like the other day is like I sat down in a certain way and I felt like I was sitting like my mother. I was like, oh, my mother sits like that. Like I felt her.

Yes, I am. And I feel like she's definitely always around me. I know that for sure. Like the other day is like I sat down in a certain way and I felt like I was sitting like my mother. I was like, oh, my mother sits like that. Like I felt her.

Oh, yes, and I love it now. Before I grew up as a kid not looking like her and always covet the fact that I was like, why don't I look like my mother? And I had a cousin who looked like her, and they used to always mistake my cousin for my mother's daughter, which was really kind of like, Messed me up as a child. Yeah. But now when I look in the mirror, I was just like, ah, there you are.

Oh, yes, and I love it now. Before I grew up as a kid not looking like her and always covet the fact that I was like, why don't I look like my mother? And I had a cousin who looked like her, and they used to always mistake my cousin for my mother's daughter, which was really kind of like, Messed me up as a child. Yeah. But now when I look in the mirror, I was just like, ah, there you are.

Oh, yes, and I love it now. Before I grew up as a kid not looking like her and always covet the fact that I was like, why don't I look like my mother? And I had a cousin who looked like her, and they used to always mistake my cousin for my mother's daughter, which was really kind of like, Messed me up as a child. Yeah. But now when I look in the mirror, I was just like, ah, there you are.

Oh, yeah. She's got to see it, experience it, celebrate it. She was celebrated for it. She loved the fact that she was a part of my art. She loved coming to the openings. Yeah. She loved coming to my friends' openings. She never, when I decided I wanted to be an artist, she never looked at it as like, now why are you wanting to go and do that?

Oh, yeah. She's got to see it, experience it, celebrate it. She was celebrated for it. She loved the fact that she was a part of my art. She loved coming to the openings. Yeah. She loved coming to my friends' openings. She never, when I decided I wanted to be an artist, she never looked at it as like, now why are you wanting to go and do that?

Oh, yeah. She's got to see it, experience it, celebrate it. She was celebrated for it. She loved the fact that she was a part of my art. She loved coming to the openings. Yeah. She loved coming to my friends' openings. She never, when I decided I wanted to be an artist, she never looked at it as like, now why are you wanting to go and do that?

Some of those things were in my head, but she never vocalized that. She was a supportive dance and music and all things theater. I mean, that's one of the things we shared.

Some of those things were in my head, but she never vocalized that. She was a supportive dance and music and all things theater. I mean, that's one of the things we shared.

Some of those things were in my head, but she never vocalized that. She was a supportive dance and music and all things theater. I mean, that's one of the things we shared.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Would you please sing something? No!

Would you please sing something? No!