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Spinderella Soap: Interview with Minaz Jantz
1. What is the main message or theme running through Spinderella Soap?
Awakening the spiritual connection is a potential manifestation when our lives become incredibly chaotic. Self empowerment evolves when we are enlightened with wisdom. Ultimately when we discover joy and express joy we are healthier in our every day life as peace within our souls lightens the load. Joy is contagious!
2. What is this imaginative story Spinderella Soap all about?
Spinderella Soap is where surreal artworks and the fantastical adventures of a freshly divorced woman named Spinderella, adventures from being a musician, night club partner, actress, lover, etc. to eventually achieving a spiritual awakening. In order to achieve the 'magic' of joy she accesses wisdom from other beings such as "The Miracle Maids" Soap Scene #16 who guide her through the initiations of life lessons.
3. How does Spinderella Soap communicate unique challenge to the readers?
Spinderella Soap started as a visual art series using collage images to describe what I wanted to express about the disappointments about my life and how it did not turn out like Disney's Cinderella Story & the 'Live Happily Ever After'. My inner growing voice named 'Spinderella' ( spin off of Cinderella) channeled 'her' expressions utilizing collage art, rhythm, symbolism,humor,self help, and a style of writing called metaphysical poetry. The creating of Spinderella Soap was spanned over a 10 year creative journey of entertainment and enlightenment. which by kismet connections linked my real life with the surreal realities of Spinderella's adventures
4. By reading Spinderella Soap, what benefits will the reader gain?
Certainly there is lots of playful tongue twisters & symbolic images to find within the collage art works to entertain the reader and could also provoke the inner mind to the insightful connections between words, images, realities and the ethereal world. While being entertaining it is also my wish that the reader might gain insightful inspirations to manifest a creative joyful life through their own personal hardships and at least become be the best actor in their movie.
5. Why was Spinderella Soap created?
A creative burnout and some personal crisis gave birth to an expressive frustration that I could snip, clip, and vent the perceptions through collage art works. It started off with "Missing More Than Her Shoe" Soap Scene #3 then the creative ball started to roll into a series aptly termed Soap Scenes. Eventually the symbolic collage art works demanded to be heard through an inner voice named 'Spinderella' who spoke in rhyme much like my favorite children's story teller Dr. Suess. I have the greatest fondness for his playful images and the stories that brings insightful humanistic messages of growth through mistakes, differences, & willingness to change for the better.
6. Are there any paranormal circumstances connected with Spinderella Soap?
Where does life and art meet? I have experienced what I call artistic premonitions within the creation of Spinderella Soap. There was incidentally only 11 images made and written originally with the last one being "Seek the Love Within" Soap Scene #11 It is illustrated including the aerial image of the Twin Towers and many other symbolic associations within the story relating to New York. It was created just a month before the tragedy of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001 in USA. Spinderella's advice from Bobby Blues grave was to experience seeking out a spiritual pathway accessing wisdom to steer away from reacting with violence in retaliation which would not be the best solution for spiritual peace.
A creative premonition comes true when I was asked to present and perform the recently completed Spinderella Soap through a slide show and reading before the cast and crew of the very new sexy TV series Showtime the "L-Word" on September 28, 2003. In my studio loft sat a group of talented sexy women actresses, crew & writer to watch the tales of Spinderella unfold. What turned out to be an improbable manifestation is that my character Spinderella had also starred in a film style I called 'exotica spaghetti western' called "Lust in the Wind" Soap Scene #22. The real world erotica show the 'L-Word' was the first of it's kind presented on television which ended with a huge following of fans.
A male character in Spinderella Soap named Orbit Orange for which he comes from the artist Mecca, Paris, I named him the symbolic orange color of joy and Orbit the surrealistic connotations relating to his style of painting. My confirmation of Orbit Orange as being the right character came with a surprise invite to Paris, October 2002 with all expenses paid to which I took advantage. As we where entering Paris area we came across a sign boldly stating ORANGE to which I later discovered the famous Orange royal family that brought art to Paris.
What is collage art?
What is metaphysical poetry?
What is collage art?
Collage art has been associated with abstract & surrealistically expressed art works using found materials, magazine snipping's, newsprint, etc all creatively transformed into an artists' own interpretations also mixing the collage with other media's including paint, pens, pastels, etc. In the creation of Spinderella Soap collage I used many types of magazines snipped into pieces and glued onto drawing paper with oil pastel to fill in the background scenes. Here is an incredible website called www.collageart.org full of today artists who use collage in their art works as well as links to know more about the different methods of making collage.
What is metaphysical poetry?
Using wit, abstract thoughts, and an edgy view of the truth while influenced by philosophical insights is the basis to the writing style of metaphysical poetry. This style of poetry came about during the 17th century with John Donne who was a poet who broke out of tradition of the Elizabethan lyric and later his style would be termed by Samuel Johnson as metaphysical poetry.
What is a folk tale?
It is a tale or a legend that is told through story telling originally passed from one generation to another amongst common people.
THE MIRACLE MAIDS
Soap Scene #16
Spinderella feels her life is still scattered,
All mixed up and slightly tattered!
She calls out for order!
Poof.. the Miracle Maids appear at the door.
They brings a selection of infinite jars,
Filled with wishes and even new cars.
Spinderella gazes upon the abundant shelves.
She questions, " Are you what is described as Elves?"
They replied, 'No we are the keepers of all the wishes,"
"When you're willing to do your dishes,"
"Miracles will be made, the soul's food,"
"When your intentions are strong and true..."
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2006 copyright Minaz Jantz
What is a Soap Scene?
Author presentations
A34 The Peace Arch News Saturday, November 19, 2005
Self- published Spinderella launched Sunday
by Alex Browne the Arts Reporter
Fictional characters have an odd way of coming to life and determining their own directions, and that's the case with artist Minaz Jantz' whimsical, sometimes cynical - definitely satirical - Spinderella Soap.The book began as a series of 14' x 17" symbolic collages, free-form associations of images culled from fashion magazines and Jantz life, melded with her own oil pastel backgrounds. Then the images became a slide show presented first for Jennifer Beals and other cast members of the Vancouver shot TV series the L-Word.
As the series evolved, so did the character Spinderella, a woman emerging from the fairy tale cocoon that victimized her to make sometimes scary journey through a multitude of female roles and a surreal contemporary landscaped of music, fashion film, art and the cult celebrity.A playful, sometimes raw, rhyming text - with influence of Jantz child idol, Dr. Suess - followed, sketching Spinderella's convoluted progress through each scene.
For Jantz, now living and working in East Vancouver but known in White Rock-South Surrey from her many years here, the book represents a discovery of computer technology as a means of manipulating images, but also a continuation of surrealist, symbolic themes already in her art and approach to life.
The launch of her book at the Crescent Heights home of her friend, writer and actress Virginia Gilliespie, is also appropriate."Spinderella was born here, so I felt it was good for her to come back here." Jantz said. Gillispie is happy to host the launch and promote the self -published book here. " I feel like a fairy god-mother, although a strange metamorphosed fairy god mother," Gillispie said. "I saw the first collage seven years ago, and I'd always ask Minaz where is Spinderella now?" www.bardsroost.net
Now its's gone into a whole new phase, becoming a book. It's been an evolution, and every time Minaz goes through an evolution, so does Spinderella. "The name Spinderella comes from a young friend,:" Jantz explain, "I was describing the first collages to her as 'a spin-off of Cinderella' and she said 'what about calling it Spinderella?" Since the story is very much like a Soap opera, I decided to call it Spinderella Soap- I love the rolling of all the words together."
The finished work begs a few definitions (although it looks like a calendar, it isn't) - is it a novel, a poem, or a picture book? It's art first and foremost, Jantz said - the images come first and helped shape the text.
Spinderella Soap book readings:
Opus Framing & Art Store (Granville Island Vanc.) March 31, 2007 ( Book & slide show reading)
Bards Roost Circle of Writers (Surrey) Nov. 13 2005 (Book Launch reading)
The L Word movie cast (Vancouver) Sept. 2003 (slide show reading Spinderella Soap)
Copyright 2006 Minaz Jantz. Order Spinderella Soap online at www.trafford.com/05-0228
What is a Folk Tale?
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A contemporary folk tale surrealistically expressed with collage art & metaphysical poetry.
Written & illustrated by Minaz Jantz
Copyright 2006 Order Spinderella Soap online atwww.trafford.com/05-0228
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