Tanya Mosley

This message comes from death, sex, and money. From perimenopause to your father's dying wish to an eating disorder that's turned into an obsession with money, Slate's Anna Sale explores the questions and choices that are often left out of polite conversation. Listen now.

This message comes from death, sex, and money. From perimenopause to your father's dying wish to an eating disorder that's turned into an obsession with money, Slate's Anna Sale explores the questions and choices that are often left out of polite conversation. Listen now.

Your work is so layered. You use the collage, as we talked about, but sequins and rhinestones. And at first, you were using those materials because you didn't have the money for paint. But you've continued to use them.

Your work is so layered. You use the collage, as we talked about, but sequins and rhinestones. And at first, you were using those materials because you didn't have the money for paint. But you've continued to use them.

Your work is so layered. You use the collage, as we talked about, but sequins and rhinestones. And at first, you were using those materials because you didn't have the money for paint. But you've continued to use them.

And what would you do to get those?

And what would you do to get those?

And what would you do to get those?

Right, right. There's still so much paint when you open that up inside.

Right, right. There's still so much paint when you open that up inside.

Right, right. There's still so much paint when you open that up inside.

I want to talk about your entry for a moment into art, because growing up, although you did art as a hobby, you didn't know that you actually wanted to be an artist. But some very pivotal things happened to you early in life when you were around 17 or so. How did you find your way into the art world?

I want to talk about your entry for a moment into art, because growing up, although you did art as a hobby, you didn't know that you actually wanted to be an artist. But some very pivotal things happened to you early in life when you were around 17 or so. How did you find your way into the art world?

I want to talk about your entry for a moment into art, because growing up, although you did art as a hobby, you didn't know that you actually wanted to be an artist. But some very pivotal things happened to you early in life when you were around 17 or so. How did you find your way into the art world?

That just says so much about you. 17 years old, not even done with high school. You're going to move across the country to Portland, Oregon from New Jersey. Very different place. Yeah. But during that time period, you discovered artist and photographer Carrie Mae Weems.

That just says so much about you. 17 years old, not even done with high school. You're going to move across the country to Portland, Oregon from New Jersey. Very different place. Yeah. But during that time period, you discovered artist and photographer Carrie Mae Weems.

That just says so much about you. 17 years old, not even done with high school. You're going to move across the country to Portland, Oregon from New Jersey. Very different place. Yeah. But during that time period, you discovered artist and photographer Carrie Mae Weems.

Can you take us there to when you first encountered her work and what it was about her work that really ignited you as this pre-law theater student?

Can you take us there to when you first encountered her work and what it was about her work that really ignited you as this pre-law theater student?

Can you take us there to when you first encountered her work and what it was about her work that really ignited you as this pre-law theater student?