Turning Nightmares into Reality // MIMI CHOI INTERVIEW
When someone paints a picture of a tree, you can look at that painting and say, “Yup that looks like a tree.” We have a physical reference for what a tree looks like, you don’t have to invent a tree. Picasso could actually paint one hell of a tree, but he didn’t because he already did. It takes a certain level of brilliance to create something no one has ever seen before, something that you and only you could imagine and execute. You may be able to follow or change a recipe, but are you able to create one?Mimi Choi’s makeup routine may be a little different than yours. Mimi conceives looks made with 100% makeup and no digital effects that you will not believe are real. Her surreal optics can go beyond the confines of the physical realm. Mimi suffers from intense sleep paralysis, which is a condition that causes extreme delusion and terror. Sleep paralysis occurs when you wake up, but your body thinks you’re still asleep. You aren’t able to move, and your brain starts to panic. You start hallucinating and seeing figures that aren’t there. It truly is a bad time.You’ve heard the phrase “Turn your dreams into reality” well for Mimi, she turns her nightmares into reality.
In the process of finding out who his father was at the age of 29, Rime spent his time getting to know his father my painting the walls of his apartment, turning it into a beautiful capsule of time spent.