{"id":13110,"date":"2017-07-16T15:56:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T20:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/?p=13110"},"modified":"2017-07-16T16:07:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T21:07:17","slug":"it-really-felt-like-a-wolverine-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/16\/it-really-felt-like-a-wolverine-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"it really felt like a wolverine moment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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martine syms. photo by alex lau.<\/p><\/div>\n

writer jenna wortham talking to artist martine syms in “This Conceptual Artist Probably Lifts Heavier Than You”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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When you picked up that 20-pound weight today, I was like, that\u2019s so tight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was feeling really capable and strong. I feel like I have to train with black people. I\u2019m not going to look a certain way, and I know that, and I don\u2019t want to feel a way about it.<\/p>\n

Exactly, don\u2019t feel any ways about it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like, I was really trying to lose pounds and I was really kind of dieting before. And [my trainer] was like, \u201cGirl, you can\u2019t lose your booty. What are you talking about?<\/p>\n

It sounds like you\u2019re talking about getting to where you feel good in your skin. You\u2019re not trying to fit some unrealistic idea.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, and I am really strong. The first time I noticed a big difference was when I was at Home Depot getting something for my studio. I was taking down plywood, and I went expecting it to be heavy, as it always is, and I grabbed a sheet and it was way lighter than I thought. I was like, \u201cWhat the fuck?!\u201d It really felt like a Wolverine moment or something. And then I did a Tough Mudder race with a couple gym people in March and that was another thing I never would have thought I would do. But it was so much fun. I trained really hard for it. It was just such a huge feeling of camaraderie. The gym I go to in L.A. is really diverse in terms of ages, races. It\u2019s just a good vibe. They play good music. That\u2019s the people that I did the race with and it was really special.<\/p>\n

How much do you engage with L.A. wellness culture?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not at all, because I hate everyone. [laughs] No. It\u2019s just real white, real white. I mean, I shouldn\u2019t say not at all, because I do go to everything. I know the surf spot, I know the tea place, but the overarching culture\u2014even now, I remember always staring at pictures of people from L.A., California: some blonde, blue-eyed surfer type. I feel like that\u2019s still a dominant image of Southern California.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

also watch this<\/a> because syms is hella charming. also appears that i am now obsessed with healthy ish<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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writer jenna wortham talking to artist martine syms in “This Conceptual Artist Probably Lifts Heavier Than You”: When you picked up that 20-pound weight today, I was like, that\u2019s so tight. I was feeling really capable and strong. I feel like I have to train with black people. I\u2019m not going to look a certain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13110"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13125,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13110\/revisions\/13125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}