00:18Being out in the open and feeling so free, that's what really inspires me to paint.
00:26For me, the art is pure freedom.
00:30You're kind of just here on your own free will, doing what you want.
00:39It's like a meditation where I can think about all the things that have been bothering me,
00:42and I can just kind of go through them without feeling like there's someone looking at me
00:47or influencing my ideas and answers.
01:06I'm just obsessed with texture.
01:08The idea of textures blows my mind how beautiful the most simple things can be.
01:13When you really stop and look at it, you see all these like super small nuances that makes it it.
01:18It makes it like special. It makes it one of one.
01:21At the start, I'm so like playful with the way I put color on the canvas.
01:25There's not really a method to the madness.
01:27It's kind of just like tossing stuff on until it works.
01:29But at the end of the day, usually it's different than what I expected.
01:34I'd say the headspace I go into for a World Cup race is like super zoned in
01:38and super strict with like my procedure before the race.
01:42If I was the same as I am with art, I would just be way too chaotic.
01:51And having those two sides where one's like super strict,
01:54and then having the other one just be kind of wild and untamed is pretty perfect.
02:10My favorite athlete of all time is Petter Northick.
02:14The way he presented himself in front of people was like super original and he was truly himself.
02:22He was this wild dude that was pretty different from all the other Nordic skiers.
02:31I kind of felt I wanted to do XC, but I wanted to just be different women.
02:55My cycling is so structured and I really am a perfectionist when it comes to training.
03:00Then when I go to painting, I kind of just want to be a child and mess around because it's
03:06also not my job.
03:07So it doesn't really matter if I produce good work.
03:10It just matters that I like put stuff out.
03:12It's all about the process. It's not about the outcome.
03:30I feel like every person is super unique in their own way.
03:34But it's always kind of scary to put yourself out there and then be the odd one in the group.
03:40But everyone's an odd one.
03:41So kind of just do your thing and think at some point you'll find it's going to benefit you.
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