casting call: editor

petals sandcastle
express your yes
Published in
3 min readAug 28, 2019

now casting a creature to join our growing movement.

if art sales is your thing, read this instead.

seeking a brilliant, unusual mind; expansive & vital in spirit. an expert witness yielding an exceptional editor. a storyteller, a magician. someone to build a 3d puzzle of ideas and moments. heady enough to give you a body high !

presenting isness. as you truly are.

LIVE-IN

come live at a private, all-expenses paid, badass furnished studio in the french quarter. a proper creation space with paint supplies, musical instruments, projectors, art for inspiration, and remote support from two faerie creatures on the west coast. provided in exchange for creative editorial work. yes! unlimited potential to get bigger and better at manifesting your best self, goddess-style.

EDITING GENIUS

the position requires a minimum of 25 hours per week of editing work in your preferred professional medium(s). loads of content to ingest, sort, finesse, curate. videos, audio recordings, writings, photographs, paintings, ideas. a story of liberation bursts at the seams, darling!

BE FABULOUS, SMART, WOKE, IRREVERENT

give light to your flowering mind and blossoming imagination 🌞🌴

be ready to dance with ideas and help shape a bright, colorful world of imagination and mystery 🔮

be unafraid of getting weird and vulnerable enough to tap into those hidden places. those tickly spots! 🤭

be compelling and ready to change your life forever.

be gracious enough to take everyone else on the journey. 🐶

→ darling, sweetie…you better be a pro at some sort of editing! 🤓

→ hennie, you better fly by the seat of your pants and produce somethingyes, AND! 🔥

HELP BUILD AN ART-FIRST MOVEMENT

express your mess.

let your funky bits hang out.

(he)art freed. queer.

community and commodity as one.

being while becoming,

aiming at a woke world,

while living present with what is.

…spacious…ness…ness

intimate, specific,

sexy geometry,

intoxicating complexity,

infinitely emerging ecstatic politics fruiting exotic artistic works !

personal → political → art → culture → life,

a radical renegotiation of space.

and of time spent.

https://expressyourmess.com

WITH LOFTY GOALS

are you new orleans’ next cultural icon? will you be the first drag queen to run for president?

pursuit is messy. to grow beyond what we are, we must pull at the root of education. what does being a person mean?

we want to endlessly explore. we want to empower badasses to run with deep vision. & we’re using our home as a living laboratory to perfect some theories.

through art — theatre, movies, photography, painting, poetry, politics, ideas, novels, happenings, holding space, and gentle rebellion . . . we’re telling a story of liberation.

ready to get lofty?

IN SHORT

be queer.

be honest, reflective, & playful.

be eager to build something beautiful.

be available to move in this week and start playing !

→ ignite enthusiasm, via your electricity.

→ emanate joy with each other.

→ move like water, with one mind; osmosis.

YOU GON BE BUSY, HENNIE !

DUTIES

edit. videos, podcasts, photos, poetry, plays, novels, ideas. threads ready for you to weave into an electric, luscious tony-night dress, darling.

manage. emails, orders, logistics, etc.

hold space. yoga and breathing games, social media posts, creative projects.

track your journey. maintain a blog & social media accounts. trace the changes that occur within and without.

cosmic diplomacy. ambassador for the universe, governess for the astral plane.

EXTRA CREDIT

host retail art experience. curate ‘mini-museum’ gallery experiences with our art at the second-line art market.

host fabulous events. from queer art salons to the ball room to campaign fundraisers to immersive, agenda-based popup experiences.

flitter nola. popup antics, handing out art, recording people in the street, acting little scenes, spreading the light, getting traffic to our movement, etc.

collaborate. build connections, foster relationships with local groups, artists, organizations, and movement.

audio transcription. listen, copy, interpret, categorize.

ready to bring the drama, DAHLLINGGG?!?!?!

whynot@expressyourmess.com

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petals sandcastle
express your yes

queer painter_poet flappy bird for the love revolution. art. ideas. flow. filosof.e lit'ru.cha.