Julia Crockett
Where were you raised? Has the landscape of that place influenced your work in any way?
I was raised in Telluride, Colorado. It was a very small town - which I think instilled the importance of creating community in my life. And I think community is the crux of much of my work. And, I don’t know, maybe growing up at the foot of those enormous mountains gave me my love of extremes; my most favorite thing is seeing people operate beyond their limits, at their most joyful, or their most vulnerable.
How do you recharge your creative battery?
Look in a different direction. Get outside. Submerge in a body of water. Watch something from another time. And most often, play loud music and dance.
What book are you reading?
Teaching to Transgress by Bell Hooks.
What was the last thing that you fell in love with?
My friend Kate gave birth two days ago and I just met her baby, Stella, over facetime. Absolutely love at first sight.
What do you love most about yourself?
The way I balance humor and depth.
What do you think is the most important quality in a human?
My favorite people all have a really beautiful freedom of self expression. The capacity to be open. And, can they make me really really laugh?
Do you have a spiritual practice?
Movement. Any form of moving my body. To me, movement is a mechanism to bypass pedestrian and social ways of interacting and get to a deeper level with people. It is how I access the heart of any matter. Movement is how I connect to that which is greater than me.
Who are your role models?
My dog, Kobe.
If you could change one thing about our world, what would it be?
Lately, I’ve been thinking about how people hold on to their beliefs so tightly that it becomes harmful to others. I think faith/believing in something/having a personal code is really important but I am amazed when systems of belief create harm for other people.
Before I die I want to…
See the northern lights. Plant a tree on land that belongs to me.
All photos courtesy of Julia Crockett
