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INTERVIEW: CLARISSA (life.isa.art) · 987 The Shock Circuit

• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Now in a few minutes, um, Joakim will be reminded
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  Speaker 1: about why art was his least favorite subject back in school.
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  Speaker 1: Am I right? No, again, OK, I, I'm terrible at art,
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  Speaker 1: but I know how to appreciate a great painting and
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  Speaker 1: someone who's really talented at it, yeah, like our guest
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  Speaker 1: who's coming in. Her name is Clarissa, but on Instagram
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  Speaker 1: and maybe her artist handle is life is art. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so a solo trip in Japan back in 2025, which
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  Speaker 1: was just last year.
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  Speaker 1: Changed her perspective on painting. So she painted outdoors and
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  Speaker 1: noticed strangers like stopping her to watch and like they
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  Speaker 1: even took photos and chatted with her and stuff. So
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  Speaker 1: live painting is something that she might want to just,
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  Speaker 1: you know, make, make a, make it a thing here
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  Speaker 1: in Singapore. We've seen a couple of those, not enough,
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  Speaker 1: I feel, and she's so talented. I, I hope she
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  Speaker 1: don't gives us a painting of herself today because I,
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  Speaker 1: I can't even speak properly. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: My brain is not raining and my hair is in
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  Speaker 1: a mess. I'm looking at myself on a TikTok live camera. 00, OK.
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  Speaker 1: No worries. Well, you know what, we'll get to that
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  Speaker 1: in just a little bit. We're also live on TikTok
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  Speaker 1: right now. We're also live on air right now with
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  Speaker 1: a lovely girl who's about to share her journey with
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  Speaker 1: us after leaving her full-time job. She's pursuing this, her passion,
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  Speaker 1: I'm guessing in a more full-time way now, Life painting
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  Speaker 1: and her videos that went viral recently. Say hello to Clarissa.
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  Speaker 1: Yes. Better known as life is art. Good morning on Instagram.
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  Speaker 1: There we go.
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  Speaker 1: Hi.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for having me today. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for joining us. How's the day in your
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  Speaker 1: life like? I mean, are you usually up this early
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  Speaker 1: or
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  Speaker 2: no? No, I'm actually still asleep now.
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  Speaker 1: Usually,
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  Speaker 2: usually, yeah, so I'm, I'm pretty, pretty shacked right now.
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  Speaker 1: Oh no, OK,
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  Speaker 1: it's OK. We'll give you some energy.
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  Speaker 2: OK, OK, OK. I'm feeling the energy.
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  Speaker 1: At least both of you have more sleep than I
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  Speaker 1: had in the last.
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  Speaker 1: 10 hours or so. But that's for you. I, I
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  Speaker 1: slept last night. self-sabotage. But anyway, the focal point today is,
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  Speaker 1: of course, Clarissa, our guest in the studio. Clarissa, for
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  Speaker 1: those who might not be familiar with you, want to
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  Speaker 1: describe what it is that you do and your talent
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  Speaker 1: and gift from the above, I dare
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  Speaker 2: say. Yes, OK, OK, so in short, right, I recently
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  Speaker 2: started painting in places that I like. So it's just
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  Speaker 2: a hobby, you know, but a lot of people just come.
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  Speaker 2: Come up and say, make the hobby the job and
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, hm, thinking about it, thinking about it. So
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  Speaker 2: I've recently started my account like a month ago and
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  Speaker 2: then I just went around like seriously like weekly to
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  Speaker 2: places that are like maybe hotels and like restaurants, cafes.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I would have liked painting outside right by
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  Speaker 2: Singapore it's like either rainy or super hot. So yes,
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  Speaker 2: and then I met a lot of genuine reactions and
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  Speaker 2: people and then I actually
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  Speaker 2: Um, started content creating also, and then just one, this
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  Speaker 2: one video went viral because a lot of interactions went, um,
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  Speaker 2: When seen by people and it's very, very like it's
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  Speaker 2: very surreal. Like last week I didn't even imagine this
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  Speaker 2: because I haven't even posted that video. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it
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  Speaker 1: popped off like I was just looking at it. So
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  Speaker 1: how do people usually approach you? Like do they just
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  Speaker 1: come up to you and,
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  Speaker 2: and it's two different kinds of people, the one who
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  Speaker 2: stares from afar.
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  Speaker 2: The introverts and then the extroverts like, wow, are you
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  Speaker 2: painting that life? Because usually I would order desserts or
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  Speaker 2: like food and the food they are not like maybe
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  Speaker 2: can can stay for quite a while like doesn't melt
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  Speaker 2: and then I would paint it live.
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  Speaker 1: So that means you
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  Speaker 1: can't draw uh paint or any of those.
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  Speaker 2: I mean if I paint in a fridge, then maybe
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  Speaker 2: can and, and
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  Speaker 1: do you, do you feel like you will go more
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  Speaker 1: like portraits for example or you
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  Speaker 2: actually um so why I do live painting right is
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  Speaker 2: to put myself out there because if you see the talent,
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  Speaker 2: if you see the product really live, right, it's more
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  Speaker 2: impactful than like social media because I feel like that's
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  Speaker 2: what happens nowadays.
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  Speaker 1: Sort of seeing pictures of a completed work of art. Yes, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you get to see the process and
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  Speaker 2: I love meeting people.
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  Speaker 1: I was gonna say the video that we're referring to
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  Speaker 1: that popped off recently was her time in Christina's at Mondrian,
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  Speaker 1: Singapore and look, as we speak, 18.5K likes. Wow, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: the views, what about the views? Probably like hundreds of
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  Speaker 1: thousands by now. And also the comments, I think from
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  Speaker 1: even people that we know as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to give a shout to Thomas Kay.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate people and brands who care about artistic talent. I
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  Speaker 1: love that. OK, so here, here's one for you. Have
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  Speaker 1: you been approached by any like big clients or big
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  Speaker 1: brands yet to do live painting at their events?
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  Speaker 2: Um, I've recently started this quite new, so not yet,
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  Speaker 2: but manifest. But over the last week, I have gotten
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  Speaker 2: my first live wedding painting job.
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  Speaker 1: OK, so that answers a question that was on our
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  Speaker 1: TikTok live because someone is asking, do, does she do
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  Speaker 1: wedding live paintings? Yes,
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  Speaker 2: I got my first client. It's gonna be on September.
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  Speaker 2: So I've never painted live on a big like painting
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  Speaker 2: size before.
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  Speaker 1: How big is
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  Speaker 1: the size of the canvas? Well,
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  Speaker 2: I promise.
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  Speaker 2: 3.
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  Speaker 1: Oh wow, OK. And it will take you a few hours,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure. Yes. Were you able to? Did this come
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  Speaker 1: naturally to you?
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  Speaker 2: I think so, yes, but I never thought of it
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  Speaker 2: as like a serious career choice. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: And what were you doing before this because you had
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  Speaker 1: a full-time job.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a designer.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, OK, so
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  Speaker 2: it's kind of design. Yes, but it's like more of
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  Speaker 2: like graphic design for like events and event collaterals, but
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  Speaker 2: I also do freelance and stuff. But, but you know
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  Speaker 2: what I feel after 3 years of working, I feel
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  Speaker 2: like
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  Speaker 2: It's, it's like empty you don't have.
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  Speaker 1: You don't,
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  Speaker 2: I
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  Speaker 2: don't feel like I'm contributing that much to the, to
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  Speaker 2: the world. Like it's just a corporate job that I
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  Speaker 2: feel like, I mean, they treated me really nice. They're
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  Speaker 2: not toxic and like the pay is OK and it's stable,
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  Speaker 2: but I feel like I must do something really that
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  Speaker 2: makes me feel alive, you know, that's why the name
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  Speaker 2: is life.
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  Speaker 2: Lisa.
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  Speaker 1: Spoken like a true hands-on. I love that. I love that. OK.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome back. We still have very talented live painter, Clarissa
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  Speaker 1: live in the studio here with us on TikTok as well.
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  Speaker 1: And if you want to go search up on Instagram,
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  Speaker 1: it's life is a art. We got her in the
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  Speaker 1: studio because we saw that video when she was at
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  Speaker 1: Christina's over at Mondar Singapore that really popped off and
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  Speaker 1: We are now being introduced to Clarissa's world of art.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, look, um, with all the upsides because you've
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  Speaker 1: experienced a lot of positivity as well and great responses
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  Speaker 1: on social media, especially, what are some of the downsides
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  Speaker 1: of turning your passion into your job? Oh,
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  Speaker 2: I
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  Speaker 2: have one.
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  Speaker 2: So it's the constant anxiety that comes from leaving a
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  Speaker 2: stable job. Yeah, I think because I've worked, uh, I've
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  Speaker 2: only worked a full-time job for 3 years and now
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  Speaker 2: since I leave it, like I left it, now I
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  Speaker 2: feel like there's a constant need of perform, performing.
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  Speaker 2: And I feel like maybe it's more of like um
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  Speaker 2: feeling unstable or maybe should I, can I do this?
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  Speaker 2: Can I do this? And now since I got viral
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  Speaker 2: and then there's a lot of inquiries, it turned into
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  Speaker 2: like
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  Speaker 2: Um, how can I do more and everything, but I'm
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  Speaker 2: really trying to like remember my vision of creating this
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  Speaker 2: art account again. It's like slow down in life, man.
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  Speaker 2: That's why I quit. Oh, OK, OK, OK, so I
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  Speaker 2: actually do have a plan. So kids don't quit your
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  Speaker 2: job suddenly, OK.
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  Speaker 1: She says that, but she's only what, you're only 26, right?
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  Speaker 2: 25 this year.
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  Speaker 1: Oh you're 25, even younger, I thought, yeah, so
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  Speaker 2: I had a plan to do freelance and part-timing first
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  Speaker 2: as a designer, and I have this part-time contract going on,
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  Speaker 2: and I think it didn't go through, but I feel
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  Speaker 2: like it's like.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess, I guess it's OK. So how I
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  Speaker 2: say it to my parents is like I reassure them
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  Speaker 2: that I have like savings and everything, and they say, OK,
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  Speaker 2: you do what you want because they trust me.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, I think, I don't know. Do you feel like
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  Speaker 1: times are changing in that way because I feel maybe
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  Speaker 1: our parents may have.
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  Speaker 1: Projected more worries on us back then. I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: told my mom and dad, they'll be like, are you?
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  Speaker 1: They'll be very worried about that. Yeah, I think media
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  Speaker 1: has always, media and the arts, these two industries have
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  Speaker 1: always been seen as the most stable. So if you
• 8:50
  Speaker 1: can now log on to 987.
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  Speaker 1: Because we're going to get Clarissa to show off some
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  Speaker 1: of her artwork to the camera. She says she wants
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  Speaker 1: to show it off for us. So, we're live on
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  Speaker 1: air and on TikTok, but maybe you can show the
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  Speaker 1: book to the to the camera.
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  Speaker 2: Just flip over,
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  Speaker 1: right? Tell us what's up.
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  Speaker 2: So this is my first drawing. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: was this the Tiong Bahru
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  Speaker 1: bakery one?
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  Speaker 2: No, this is actually at.
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  Speaker 2: Like Tanjong Pagar Tan. So this was my first, um,
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  Speaker 2: serious life painting. So I did this for leisure like
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  Speaker 2: on travels, but I feel like.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I lost my sketch, my previous sketchbook. So this
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  Speaker 2: is like a fresh start. OK, let me show you
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  Speaker 2: another one that I like also,
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  Speaker 1: um, a memorable one, I guess.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, so this was in Japan. It's so cute, right?
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  Speaker 1: 00 my God, is it the one that wobbles? Like
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  Speaker 1: when you move it, it will wobble
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  Speaker 2: something like that. It's a
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  Speaker 1: scone.
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  Speaker 2: So this one was a very sweet.
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  Speaker 2: Interaction with two girls that owned the cafe and they
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  Speaker 2: even left. OK, so also I left, I, I tell
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  Speaker 2: them to leave messages on the back. So this was
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  Speaker 2: written in Japanese.
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  Speaker 1: It's really
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  Speaker 1: cute. Yeah, and, and your interactions in Japan changed the
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  Speaker 1: way that you did things in Singapore, right? You kind
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  Speaker 1: of brought it back.
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  Speaker 2: So in context, right?
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  Speaker 2: Um, I went to Japan a year ago and it
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  Speaker 2: made me just fearless to just talk to strangers because
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  Speaker 2: there's so many good strangers out there, man, great people
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  Speaker 2: out there.
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  Speaker 1: Yes,
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  Speaker 2: and this was painted quite recently also.
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  Speaker 1: Oh that's beautiful.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, because I did this in my room, so.
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  Speaker 2: There's no like pressure or anything.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, this also in Japan or Japan. So when, when,
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  Speaker 1: when Clarissa came in earlier, she said something that kind
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  Speaker 1: of scared me a little bit. She has a in
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  Speaker 1: a good way, yeah, you have a surprise for us. OK.
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  Speaker 1: What's the
• 10:38
  Speaker 1: surprise? OK.
• 10:40
  Speaker 2: The surprise is the surprise is painted you something. What?
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  Speaker 1: OK, drum roll, drum roll, drum roll.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that is, that's our, that's our picture in Jeremy
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  Speaker 1: and and my friend Steve.
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  Speaker 1: I
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  Speaker 1: I get it. I get it. Oh my God, so
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  Speaker 1: cute. We have to buy a very nice frame for this.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my God, guys, this is not AI or whatsoever
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  Speaker 1: or or or like anything. This is her hand and
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  Speaker 1: look at that. She's a very nice message. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: so much, Clarissa. Clarissa, this is so sweet. We did
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  Speaker 1: not expect this. Thank you. And how long did it
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  Speaker 1: take for you to do this?
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  Speaker 1: FYI, I'm just, in case you're not on TikTok Live,
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  Speaker 1: it is a photo of Jeremy, Joakim, and myself in
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  Speaker 1: the 987 studio when Joe surprised me, right? April Fool's Day. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: on April Fool's. Oh, thank you so much. That is
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  Speaker 1: so cute. Thank you so much
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  Speaker 1: for that.
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  Speaker 2: I was thinking like, oh, which picture would be the
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  Speaker 2: best then I say, I think the husband.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you know what, that's very thoughtful.
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  Speaker 1: That's very thoughtful. Now, now I just got to make
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  Speaker 1: sure you buy a very nice frame for this. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I want to put it up here in the studio.
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  Speaker 1: You or me. That's the thing we share, we share.
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  Speaker 1: So one week in your locker, one week in mine.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe that will work, right? This is so sweet, and
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  Speaker 1: you even have the 987 logos all over, by the way.
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  Speaker 1: Our boss will be very happy. Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: This is
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  Speaker 2: very nice.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, Clarissa, we wish you all the.
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  Speaker 1: B and we really hope that you're going to get
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  Speaker 1: everything that you manifest for and get all the clients
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  Speaker 1: coming in, get that bag, you know, we're really excited
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  Speaker 1: for you. Anything that you want to share with people
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  Speaker 1: who aspire to be like you and maybe they're thinking, hey,
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  Speaker 1: I want to leave my job too. I want to
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  Speaker 1: do something that inspires me. What would you want to
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  Speaker 1: say?
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  Speaker 2: Hm, I think just one sentence. Don't forget to be
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  Speaker 2: a human being. Like don't forget to live life.
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  Speaker 2: Don't, don't get so swept up with the seriousness of life.
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  Speaker 2: I know that everyone's circumstances are different, but it's really
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  Speaker 2: worth slowing down a bit in life. You know what,
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  Speaker 1: you're
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  Speaker 1: probably the most mature 25 year old I've ever spoken to.
• 12:48
  Speaker 1: I don't think at 25 we thought this way. I
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  Speaker 1: need to learn. One question coming through, are we able
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  Speaker 1: to buy any of your art pieces?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, OK, so if you go to my, uh, Instagram handle,
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  Speaker 2: which is life.Ia.art, you would see a website link to
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  Speaker 2: my
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  Speaker 2: Uh, and then you can access my red card or just, just,
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  Speaker 2: just like WhatsApp me or something.
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  Speaker 1: So
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  Speaker 1: you, you do like
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  Speaker 1: commissioned
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  Speaker 2: it has been only open for one week because of
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  Speaker 2: the viral.
• 13:16
  Speaker 1: OK, do it. Now we're letting it known on national radio. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: get that bag. What if they want to buy any
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  Speaker 1: of your previous art that they like that they've seen?
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  Speaker 1: Is that possible?
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  Speaker 2: We can
• 13:28
  Speaker 1: talk about it. There we go. OK, get your people
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  Speaker 1: to talk to her people. OK, done. Thank you so much,
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  Speaker 1: Clarissa for joining us. Wishing you all the best once again.