Staff Writer
Sebastian Stasiuk
Senior
Favorite color:
“Blue, it’s a very calm color. Surreal in a sense, I
mean the sky is blue and whatnot and you can relate to blue in a lot of things…
It’s not very exciting but it’s very grounding, like, ‘I guess this is blue.’”
Why Art History:
“In Art History, I want to see how music and art delve into
each other and he [Mr. Sands] said he was going to talk [about music and art ]
in art history, so I signed up for that and here I am.”
Music and visual art connections:
“Visual art and audio art definitely have a strong
collaboration, especially when it comes with the message you’re trying to
put out there through music.”
Artistic inspirations:
“I can delve back into bands I listen to now like Joy
Division, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and all those bands. That’s like the
musical aspect but I don’t know, the visual art aspect [artists like] Andy
Warhol [and] Jackson Pollock too, the crazy little paint strokes he does, just
filling the entire canvas with splatters and splatters of different paint…
[Another] one of my inspirations is my best friend David...Like I will take his
art and be like ‘Okay, how can I take this statement, visual art piece and make
it into musical statement as well.’”
“Who is David?”
“My friend that I grew up with in middle school, he goes to
ECU now, David Saunders. He’s got a whole bunch of work and I use his
artwork to write songs off of a little bit. We colab’ a lot.”
Words of Inspiration:
“Keep doing what you want to do, keep that mindset, like
Sophia [Walsh] said in the previous one, ‘Definitely don’t really care about
what other people say’ but also, be very serious about it. Be as vocal as
you can be and bring it all into physical manifest. Like there’s a law of
attraction...pretty much it all comes down to if you put out the thought
and the feeling and the writing that you are already what you want to be, the
universe will kind of start to make it happen to you. ”
To listen to Sebastian's music, go to this link: https://soundcloud.com/mumble-
Jack Dahnke
Junior
Favorite color:
“Purple.”
Medium of choice:
“I like sculpture best if we’re talking about visual art
stuff, but if we’re talking about art in general I’m primarily a musician.”
“How long have you been a musician?”
“Six going on seven years. I played [guitar] on and
off from second grade on.”
Type of music you play:
“A bunch of everything, usually progressive stuff.”
Favorite bands:
“There's a lot. A lot more than one.”
Words of inspiration:
“Do whatever you’re feeling at the time, like, if you want
to do something happy do something happy. Don’t force it or anything.”
