Proving just how super we are, my fellow Tuesday morning intern at the Austin School of Film and I showed up to work one day wearing our strength on our chest. Not to go too deep with the Superperson analogy, but I loved how my neat, precise “S” matched my sense of organization and his slightly unkempt “S” matched his very relaxed style. We both bought our T-shirts at second-hand stores since both of us were broke ass artists, opposed to paying full retail price for depreciable items such as clothing.
Plus, we both self-identify as writers, but I’m more prone to write spoken word and novels, whereas he writes mostly screenplays and for the stage. At this point when we were laughing and posing as superheroes, we had merely taken a break from using our creative talent to clean the facility. I normally dislike cleaning up after other people, but for every 30 hours we intern, we get to sign up for a film class.
Another excellent perk of this internship has been networking with other artists. I continue to be amazed at the variety of people who I cross paths with.