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The Isolation Interviews - Mercedes Helnwein on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
Photograph by Mercedes Helnwein
The Isolation Interviews - Mercedes Helnwein on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Mercedes Helnwein on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Mercedes Helnwein on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Mercedes Helnwein on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Mercedes Helnwein on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
The Isolation Interviews - Mercedes Helnwein on Violet Book Online (en-GB)
Mercedes Helnwein, is an artist, writer and filmmaker whose distinctive eerie style focuses almost entirely on female subjects. She's one of our absolute all time favourites. We love her so much, that when Violet began, we asked her if she would do pencil drawings of our contributors for each issue, which she still does to this day. She interviewed her friend artist Alex Prager in issue 9 and photographed director, Leigh Janiak in issue 4 of Violet Book.

Films to Watch

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Bright Star
Bright Star dir. Jane Campion Buy Online
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Goodfellas
Goodfellas dir. Martin Scorsese Buy Online
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Amelie
Amelie dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet Buy Online
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My So Called Life
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Office Space
Office Space dir. Mike Judge Buy Online
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Me, Earl, And The Dying Girl
Me, Earl, And The Dying Girl dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Buy Online
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The Florida Project
The Florida Project dir. Sean Baker Buy Online
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Superbad
Superbad dir. Greg Mottola Buy Online
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The Other Guys
The Other Guys dir. Adam McKay Buy Online
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Mystic River
Mystic River dir. Clint Eastwood Buy Online

Books to Read

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Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan  Buy Online
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You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense
You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense by Charles Bukowski Buy Online
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Buy Online
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That Was Then, This Is Now
That Was Then, This Is Now by S. E. Hinton Buy Online
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Daily Rituals: Women at Work
Daily Rituals: Women at Work by Mason Currey Buy Online
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MunMun
MunMun by Jesse Andrews Buy Online
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The Outsider
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Cringe Teenage Diaries, Journals, Notes, Letters, Poems, And Abandoned Rock Operas
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Tales Designed to Thrizzle
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Some Things I Love Right Now

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Green Tea
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T-Shirts! Striped. Oversized. Band T-shirts. Vintage school P.E. T-Shirts.
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Banjo 
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Black tea in the afternoons
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Art Supplies
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For audiobooks while I work in the studio
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I don't wear a lot of make-up but I love lipstick. Since I try to only find organic make-up it took me a while to find a company where I liked the texture and colours..
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Nail polish for when I’m writing
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And for any other make-up stuff I go here
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Albums to Play

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The Low End Theory
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The Best of Slim Harpo
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Is This Real
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Lovetune For Vacuum
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Masters of Baroque
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Destinations & Experiences

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@dusttodigital
@dusttodigital Instagram Go Visit
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@glenbaxterartist
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Probably the website I go to the most (when I’m writing)
Probably the website I go to the most (when I’m writing) THESAURUS.COM Go Visit
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More research
More research URBANDICTIONARY.COM Go Visit
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I always have to urge to look up lyrics of every song
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News
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