Interesting People of Paris #5

Interview w/ Rebecca Devaney, a textile artist and researcher 🪡

I stood right in the middle of the street. On my left was a loud sound emanating from the hole in the ground. Inside of it were two men in neon vests and a cable. They had jolted me awake earlier that morning. On the right, a bus spoke loudly, almost yelling at me, from the other side of the street. It said: 'Next stop, Pantheon.' I saw Pantheon in the distance. This was all before my first coffee. I wasn’t really sure what was going on, but it seemed that everything was going on.

Suddenly, a guy with giant rubber gloves passed next to me, looking like a clown, running; he was heading in the direction of the manhole and neon men. Minutes later, a woman with dark glasses askew on her nose crossed the street. The sun bathed everything in brilliant light, a welcome change from yesterday's spectacularly torrential weather. An elderly couple passed next to me, carrying a longboard. It seemed like everyone was ready for the weekend to start.

My drawing/story from 2015. Reminded me of this mo…