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00:05My name is Carolyn Suzuki, and my artist-in-residence is called Access Empathy.
00:14My focus in art is illustration.
00:18My job in illustration is to convey feeling and mood.
00:24Lately, I've been really trying to focus on inclusivity and incorporating the world that I want to see in my
00:32work.
00:34Most of the people and characters I include in my illustrations are women of color, many sizes, and I try
00:41to represent as much diversity as possible.
00:45I believe that empathy and creativity are synonymous.
00:50In order to be empathetic, you have to really be imaginative, and to be imaginative is to be creative.
00:58There's a lot of people, I think, who assume that they're not creative, and I believe that we are all
01:03creative.
01:03We just have to know how to access it.
01:06When people experience my art, I hope that people see themselves reflected back at them.
01:13My favorite reaction to my work is when a young girl of color says,
01:20I love seeing myself represented in your work.
01:24It makes me feel included and like I matter.
01:28To make an impact, you have to start with yourself and what you want to see in the world, what's
01:35important to you.
01:35There are so many causes and things that we need to be thinking about, but you have to start someplace.
01:43So I think it's great to start with yourself and what you want to see.
01:47We'll see you next time.
01:48One big time is the process of discovery.
01:52You
