Tra Nguyen
3 Questions for ...
I. What ritual do you adhere to in your artistic practice?
I do physical training in the morning: some core exercises and yoga sequences. Recently I started running too – it’s so hard, and I don’t think it’ll get less hard, you just get more used to the hardship. Anyway, pushing through this part of the day motivates me to go through the day’s work.
II. Which song poem do you know by heart?
It’s a poem by Victor Hugo. It goes:
“Demain, dès l’aube, a l’heure où blanchit la campagne
Je partirai. Vois-tu, je sais que tu m’attends.”
Sometimes I’d like to think someone awaits me, so I need to keep going. That’s the sort of feeling that this poem always brings up.
III. Which song or book accompanies you in your current work?
HUBERMAN LAB!
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