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I get a lot of positive brighter and gradually fades to a darker tone.” craftswoman, her tools consisting of everything from INdoor gardeN pencils and markers to computers and video cameras. feedback from people about my work. I like music “I’m trying to learn how to grow organic herbs and brokeN bIrd Feeder A graduate of the Fine Arts department at the and I like working with musicians and other perfor- vegetables so that one day I can have an actual full “I painted a bird feeder in the spring and hung it up all University of Manitoba, Paradis, 24, has not wasted any mance-based artists. yard of organic food. It’s kind of a kick start plan while summer. Just recently, in the fall, the squirrels became time in pursuing her dreams – she is an artist focused on “Hopefully I’ll work at Big Blue Stem for the Winni- I’m living in a smaller space.” curious and started eating from the bird feeder. One the natural world around her. peg Folk Festival by 2015. I’d also like to do the Manitoba day a big grey squirrel knocked it off the tree. Now I “It gives me the opportunity to express myself in a Electronic Music Exhibition again. That was a good elemeNts oF ecoloGy don’t get to watch birds which was a highlight of my tangible format,” she says. “I like to interpret environ- opportunity.” “A scientific exploration of plants and animal evolution. mornings.” you can catch Paradis’s stunning visuals at the mental issues through positive symbolism of the discon- It provides a good framework for intrinsic human Monster Clash, a Halloween party on Friday, Nov. 1 at nection between humans and nature or the connections behaviour.” CaleNdAr Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse. The night will humans have with nature. “It is very full. School, work and art take up 80% of my feature such DJs as Kimo Boh, El Richee, MC Diverse, “Right now, ecological integrity is an underlying yoga mAt life, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Knowledge is the Silver Fox, B Zwax, Theo Tzu, Elizabeth Shearer, MC theme in my work.” “My yoga mat is a place where I go to release all my power and making art is so relaxing. I feel very privi- Pucona, K Line, Saratonin, James Helwig and Ari IQ. The video animation is Paradis’ major passion, and she inner tensions. It grounds me. It keeps me healthy and leged. I feel like I have the best of both worlds.” consistently works as a visual artist at nightclubs. show is $5 in advance and $10 at the door. focused.” THE COLUMN the uNIter // october 31, 2013 05 CRITICAL HIT WiTH dreW nordman @AnomAlous1 THomas Dippel/Flickr c tabletoP reSurgeNce as paramount as the puzzles, challenges bizarrely by some as an occult practice, its lame elves, orcs and such? That’s the and enemies created to best the players. given its western fantasy theming. Slay- beauty of it, as long as you can imagine the Albert Einstein once said, “the true sign of I’m talking of course, about Dungeons & ing demons and gods alike were among setting, there’s an RPG out there for you! intelligence is not knowledge but imagina- Dragons. some of the things that were plausible, Take Shadowrun for example. It’s a game tion.” If the guy who conceived the theory On the surface, its premise is quite so when uptight parents heard what their that takes place in a cyberpunk-like future of relativity said it, it probably has some simple. A team of friends take on a quest kids were up to, they immediately branded (think Bladerunner) where countries are clout, right? created by the Game Master. It’s the GM’s the hobby as satanic. Throughout the ‘80s run by mega-corporations and it’s your job Next year will mark the 40th anniver- job to challenge the players, and create an and ‘90s, when archetypal killer babes and to do their dirty work. Hell, even fantasy sary of a prolific pastime that celebrates the immersive world for them to exist in. As jocks were the “cool kids”, RPGs became football is basically an RPG! use of imagination as its key mechanic – a long as you have an imaginative group of further marginalized. The hobby was sim- Role playing games are such an influen- hobby or game where you create a charac- players and a talented GM, there is no limit ply deemed “nerdy”. tial pastime of mine that the title of this ter from scratch, with as much or as little to what you can expect during an adven- Today, when brilliant fictional intro- very column was inspired by their mechan- detail as you want, as long as you adhere to ture.