Withersin’s Damned Interview with:
Catherine Black
I have been
an actress for over 10 years. My current project of love is a feature film
called "The Donner Party", written and
directed by TJ Martin. I star opposite Crispin Glover, Christian Kane, and Mark
Boone Jr. The film is based on the infamous dark and true events of the 1846 Donner Party tragedy. It just had its world premiere
at The Austin Film Festival, it is off to The Puerto
Vallarta Film Festival and despite my prayers for a theatrical release, will be
available on Netflix at the end of January. I
grew up in
List some of your works (stories,
books, poems, songs, albums, movies, etc):
My last
collection of paintings entitled "Benevolence" upcoming films include
starring opposite Crispin Glover in The Donner Party,
Stay Cool with
Your website: http://www.catherineblack.com/
How can you be contacted? See website
or go to my blog: www.thescienceofliberation.bogspot.com
In your own words,
define Withersin.
An interesting doorway into great works of art that may otherwise go
unnoticed.
If you were a sideshow
act, what would you be?
Fire eater/breather
What is your greatest
non-literary influence?
My
Grandmother, Marjorie-she taught me how to cook and be a woman, my 20 year old
cat who just died in my arms-she taught me about true love, the snow-stillness,
knee surgery-patience, water because we can’t live without it, “still waters
run deep”, and because of the many forms it takes on, plants- if you pave over
a garden it will just grow sideways and find a crack in the concrete up towards
the sun.
Describe your most
irrational fear.
Losing
my freedom
How about your most guilty pleasure?
Reading in
the bath with music blaring and candles, Jameson Irish Whiskey, sleeping for 16
hours in
Name the most
disturbing nursery rhyme/fairy tale you can recall.
Even as a
child I thought Snow White was crazy disturbing, with the evil step mom trying
to destroy her and the living with the 7 dwarves and then the prince saving her. It was just all wrong. Also,
The Handless Maiden and Blue Beard make me really sad for humanity.
Do you eat meat?
I am a vegan
98% of the time, but I eat blue rare steak once in a while. I like to know
where my meat comes from. I think it is important to have very little between
you and the food, especially the meat that you eat.
What were the skies
like when you were young?
Clear and
blue
Name your favorite
garden tool.
My hands
Name your least
favorite color, first job and worst job.
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I love all colors, but if I had to choose, beige
does nothing for me
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acting in a commercial when I was 5
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the ones where I got screamed at and paid little and
being an assistant to a party planner
Favorite:
Author, Movie, Music Group, Song, and Quote.
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Elizabeth Smart, Neil Gaiman
and Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Like Water For Chocolate, Leolo,
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, Lust Caution, Dr. Zivago and The Wizard Of Oz
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Tom Waits, Wilco,
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“Feeling Good” by Nina Simone
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"To make people free is the aim of art, therefore art for me is the science of freedom."-
Joseph Beuys
If you were a loaf of
bread what kind would you be?
Rice Bread
Weirdest news you have
read in your local newspaper:
About a
Russian drinking contest where the first place winner died and the second place
winner was in critical condition
If you have a message
to the people of Earth, tell us what it is:
Please
stop consuming everything and polluting everything and please stop wasting the
water because we will run out. Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth
and don’t run the water when you wash your dishes. Just little things
like that can make a huge difference. Understand that we may run out of
resources like oil and fresh water in our lifetime if we don’t make changes
now. Reuse, recycle, compost, question if your community is taking care
of the environment; like is your recycling actually being recycled???
Don’t buy stuff that is over packaged, don’t use plastic bags and find
alternatives for oil. Little differences actually make a huge impact.
Educate your friends and community. Buy local food and educate yourself on the
products you use, your community, your economy and your government, and do it
all with a spirit of love and community and for the future of your children.
Check out http://www.garbagerevolution.com/
And finally, a
question you can take anyway you like: But Why?
A flirtatious way to say goodbye
Here’s
a photo titled, “INEDIBLE NOT INTENDED FOR HUMAN
You have 112 words.
Go.
Just over a year ago a truck
driver, somewhere in the mid West, was hired to drive a truck full of gasoline
to an Arco only a few miles away. He never made it and was only
discovered 3 months later in the