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Chelsea Martin (born 1986 in California) is an American author and illustrator.

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I don't do the like, "This led to this, and this was why this happened. " That doesn't feel real and isn't how I experience things.

Experience, Happened, Like, Real, Things

I hide my documents in many different places on my computer, because I often write things that I would never want anybody to read, at least unedited, and I'm paranoid that someone might figure out what the password to my computer is and maliciously read my Word documents. So a lot of the time I lose things I've written and
or completely forget about them.

Computer, Different, Lose, Read, Want, Writing

I didn't really have a major role in how it was described. I wanted it to be a collection of essays where each storyline could be contained.

Contained, Described, Essays, Role, Storyline

I do think that people yearn for connection and intimacy, and that they're hard things to achieve.

Connection, Connections, Hard, People, Things, Thinking

I wanted each different Chelsea to be able to navigate her own world without having to also speak to a larger narrative.

Chelsea, Different, Navigate, Speak, World

I think funniness is a sign of intelligence.

Funniness, Intelligence, Sign, Think, Thinking

I was re-experiencing these things that happened a long time ago, and I'm trying to relive it now, and I'm bringing all of my current motivations and personality into that which were not there at the time. It's hard to remember exactly who I was when I was ten, fifteen.

Long, Motivation, Personality, Relive, Remember, Ten

I love anybody funny. I think my ten-year-old sister is really funny. She makes me laugh way more than most people do.

Laugh, People, Think, Thinking, Way, Years

The thing about writing or making art is that I'm not thinking about that stuff while I'm doing it. Like the driver's ed kid, in retrospect I see that that was meaningful, and I felt close to him in that way, but at the time I just thought it was fun to draw, and that's all it was. I think that's what's weird about life and about making art. You have to talk about it later. I guess I should be prepared to talk about it now. That is why I'm here. But again, pass.

Art, Fun, Meaningful, Prepared, Retrospect, Way

I think I've been able to express some of the more complicated feelings I had.

Complicated, Express, Feelings, Think, Thinking

I think it's really important to have a sense of humor.

Humor, Important, Sense, Sense Of Humor, Think, Thinking

People choose the most flattering photos of themselves to put on Facebook. Text messages can be vague and confusing. But conversations are confusing too. And some people wear lots of makeup. I think it's just hard to be a person.

Conversations, Flattering, Makeup, People, Thinking

That was an instance where I was given a word to define my confusing experience, and I'm just like, "nah. "

Confusing, Experience, Given, Nah, Word

I basically have two ways I start writing. Either I'll start with something about myself, or something that happened to me that seemed important, or I'll start with some idea I have that doesn't have much to do with me. But one will always lead to the other.

Happened, Ideas, Lead, Two, Ways, Writing

It's uncomfortable to just say the first thing that pops into your head, but you have to when you're speaking in front of people. A lot of times I'll say something I don't even believe. I've never actually used "pass" before.

Believe, Pass, People, Times, Uncomfortable

I have hundreds of Word documents filled with pages of one-liners. If I begin to write a story, or if one of my thoughts leads to more than a couple paragraphs of writing, I'll go into these documents and pull out lines that I think would work with it.

Begin, Couple, Story, Think, Thinking, Writing

I don't know how to talk about technology in a positive or negative way because it's just the way the world is to me. It seems like talking about the advantages of breathing through holes in our face instead of holes that lead more directly to the lungs.

Breathing, Holes, Instead, Negative, Talking, Technology

I want to draw subjects that seem very boring and everyday. . . Stuff that would be normal except for one thing. Or two things. Or stuff that's undeniably weird.

Everyday, Stuff, Thing, Two, Weird, Would Be