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Calming : Pia Jane Bijkerk, Stylist 2 weeks ago

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Who am I?

An Earthling. Next to that, I have been so much and can be still so much more, that this is an almost impossible question to answer.

Swiss by nature, American by marriage. For several years I called Paris my home and for a few months Berlin. After surviving cold winters for 5 years in Minnesota, we now have settled closer to family in friendly Kansas.

I am a designer across the board: graphic, web, photography, 3D and even furniture design, you can read my design blog at mStudiosTALK. If you want to, you can find more about me at mStudios [design], mStudiosWORLD [business photography] and mStudiosREALM [fine art]. If you want to find out more about me personally, you can find me diving into other realms at TarotDivergency [not your run-of-the-mill tarot] or my [other] personal blog at www.marlyse.com.

Aesthetics and Beauty drives me. Art and design in all it's forms (visual, music and dance), our house, cooking, coding and playing World of Warcraft are keeping me busy next to our 2 cats and saving the world.

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Music

Aimee Man, Amanda Ghost, Amy Winehouse, Andrews Sisters, Annie Lennox, The Archies, Azure Ray, Beck, Bitter:Sweet, Black Eyed Peas, Brazilian Girls, Brian Eno, David Byrne, Buckethead, Carol King, Cheryl Crow, Christina Aguilera, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Cure, Daniel Powter, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Édith Piaf, Ella Fitzgerald, En Vogue, Faithless, Fatboy Slim, Feist, Fiona Apple, Fluke, The Fugees, George Michael, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Grace Jones, Ike & Tina Turner, Imogen Heap, INXS, Ivy, Jamiroquai, Japan, Jesca Hoop, Jessy Moss, Joss Stone, Julie Delpy, Kinnie Star, Koop, Leona Naess, Little Dragon, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Louis Armstrong, Macy Gray, Madita, Madonna, Mamas & Papas, Mannheim Steamroller, Massive Attack, Michael Jackson, Michael Tolcher, Milla Jovovich, Mòa, Moby, Mojo Club, Natalie Cole, Nathalie Walker, Nelly Furtado, Neneh Cherry, Nicola Hitchcock, Nina Simone, Nine Inch Nails, Norah Jones, Nouvelle Vague, Oliver Shanti, OMD, OutKast, Pam Grier, PJ Harvey, The Pointer Sisters, Prince, Propellerheads, Rammstein, R.E.M., Rilo Kiley, Rolling Stones, Sade, Santana, Sarah McLachlan, Seal, Sia, Simply Red, Snow Patrol, Stereo MC's, Smashing Pumpkins, Talking Heads, Télépopmusik, The Temptations, Timi Yuro, Trentmøller, Tricky, U2, UB40, Vangelis, Will Smith, Yaz, Yello, Zero 7, 10'000 Maniacs,

Movies

Gattica, Matrix, Dark City, 13th Floor, 300, Amelia, What Dreams May Come, Stardust, Contact, Helvetica, Vanilla Sky, Minority Report, 12 Monkeys, The Abyss, 28 Days Later, The Adventures of Indiana Jones, Alien, American Beauty, American Psycho, Batman Begins, Big Fish, The Big Lebowski, Blade, Blade Runner, The Bourne Identity, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Braveheart, Brazil, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Cabaret, The Cell, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Chicago, The Chronicles of Riddick, The City of Lost Children, Contact, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Elektra, Finding Neverland, One Fine Day, House of Flying Daggers, The Incredibles, The Jacket, Lemony Snicket's, Pitch Black, Serendipity, Serenity, Sideways, Sin City, The Village, U Turn, Aeon Flux, Daredevil, Dawn of the Dead, Derailed, Donnie Brasco, Donnie Darko, Dune, Edward Scissorhands, Elektra, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fahrenheit 9/11, Fargo, The Fifth Element, Fight Club, The Final Cut, Final Fantasy, Finding Neverland, The Fisher King, Flatliners, Frida, Fried Green Tomatoes, From Hell, Garden State, The Godfather, Hannibal, Harry Potter, Heat, Hero, I Robot, Identity, Independence Day, The Interpreter, The Italian Job, The Island, Kill Bill, Labyrinth, Last Kiss, Moulin Rouge, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Munich, The Ninth Gate, Nurse Betty, Ocean's Twelve, The Others, Panic Room, Permanent Midnight, Lord of the Rings, The Professional, Pieces of April, Pirates of the Caribbean, Polar Express, Pride & Prejudice, Pulp Fiction, Ravenous, The Red Balloon, Reign of Fire, The Replacement Killers, Requiem For A Dream, Reservoir Dogs, Resident Evil, The Ring, Robots, Ronin, Secret Window, Seven, Shaun of the Dead, The Shawshank Redemption, The Silence of the Lambs, Clay Pigeons, Six Days Seven Nights, The Sixth Sense, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Sleepy Hollow, Smilla's Sense of Snow, Snatch, Spider Man, Star Wars, Stargate, Strange Days, Super Size Me, Terminator, Stay, Thelma & Louise, Titan A.E., To Live and Die in L.A., Toy Story, Traffic, Troy, Underworld, Unleashed, V for Vendetta, The Village, Wallace & Gromit, War of the Worlds

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Interests

Design, Art, Paint, Photography, Dance, Music, Movies, Cooking, Food, World of Warcraft, Improvement, Philosophy, New Age, Symbolism, People, Moleskine, Sketch, Doodles, Sketchbook, Illustration, Ink, History, Evolution, SciFi,

Activities

web design, furniture design, graphic design, acrylic, paint, sketching, doodling, drawing, 3D, animation, photography, design, new age, symbolism, tarot, astrology, cooking, food, cats,

Books

Tad Williams, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Dean Kunz, Terry Brooks, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Orson Scott Card, Larry Niven

Television

Lost, Sopranos, Entourage, Six Feet Under, BattleStar Galactica, Sex and the City, Curb your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, The L Word,