Ask3Journey Round 2

Robin asked:
Is art a reflection of the society of it’s day, or inspiration of what it could be?

Allison said:
What an awesome question Robin. I think it is both. I now, it sounds like a bit of a cop out answer doesn’t it? But I feel it is a very similar question to the chicken and the egg. I don’t know if we can ever determine what comes first. However, I do believe it is the responsibility of the artist to understand and recognize the effect the work they produce has on the world.

Where in an average day when I am not working, I personally see and effect maybe 25 people on a busy day. When I am working, I personally relate to about 6 million. This is heavy, 6 million people look at what my character says every week and take stock, are effected. I don’t think about this all that often, however it is a huge deal. I feel that the arts hold the beliefs of the general population in place. I believe they not only reflect, but perpetuate any thoughts or ideas we hold in place. The arts solidify, crystalize and and embalm our society. Art is spectacular. It is our essence in tangible form. We show our insides outside ourselves with what we create, what we take the time to think about long enough the we can actually put it out in the world as a symbol of our own thoughts.
Ok, enough rambling for now.

nkc asked:
Is there anything weird you did as a kid that you still do?

Allison said:
Make up dances, plays, and stories with my best friend Jenny in our living rooms.

Ruthie asked:
What legacy would you like to leave…how do you want to be remembered?

Allison said:
Wow, getting right into it I guess? I want to be remembered as something I feel so far away from currently. I want to be remembered as a woman of love and strength. I want to be remembered as someone who inspired ideas and expression. Someone who was passionate about life and art and friends and family. I want to be remembered for telling epic stories in my own way. Stories that influence and inspire society. I want to be remembered as someone who can be counted on to bring joy to the situations I choose to participate. I want to be a woman of peace and compassion. A woman who means what she says and says what she means. A woman of integrity and depth. I have so much work to do, but I think that is the process of life. Building ourselves to be the ultimate person we can be. Paying attention to the moments we have and filling them with as much of us as possible. Quietly, presently, alive.

Volley! Allison asks everyone:

  1. What is your Black Swan moment? A Black Swan moment is a moment in time when you knew your life would change forever. When you never knew it was possible to have a swan any other color than white and a black one appears in front of you one day and you entire life is changed.
  2. If you had a time machine and could go back and say something you wish you had said, but will never have the chance to say, what would it be and to whom?
  3. What is your favorite childhood memory?

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  • sinead

    Hi there…
    I really want to know where i can get that nice green leather jacket your character chloe wears in smallville season nine?i want one.plus u play your character chloe really well, keep up the good work…

  • JT

    1. Black Swan Moment – When I turned 13. I guess it was cool because I knew I would be treated with more respect by my friends, but I knew that it was time for me to take control and make sure that I didn’t end up like most lower-class teenagers you see these days. My life had just become a bigger commitment. One I was excited, and scared to make.

    2. Time Machine – I would go back and not say “Mom, I want a dog!” XD Seriously, though, I didn’t think she’d say yes. But I have a feeling that eventually I’ll get used to the endless chores that mutt, leaves behind. And I do mean “leaves behind”!

    3. My favorite Childhood Memory – That would be when I first saw your face, Allison. I have the biggest crush on you. Just writing this makes me burst into tears of joy! When I saw you, my eyes lit up. I had seen an angel! And yet, I had no idea what the name of the show was, but I found out, and since then, I have seen every episode of Smallville with you in it! If you actually read this far, thanks for listening. I love you! sniff… sniff…

  • Gregory

    1. When I moved away from my hometown to get a job in the City… Now I’m rarely home, and everybody has moved away and my hometown has changed… its like a favorite book with all the best pages torn out.

    2. If I could go back in time I would have went back to when I was 18 and told my best friend that I loved her but I moved away instead. Now she’s married. I’v never met somebody that was better for me then her.

    3. My favorite childhood moment was sitting on a rock sharing a bag of potatoe chips watching baseball by the field with my best friend Daniel before he died of cancer.

  • http://templeofthejediforce.org JamesScythe

    1.What is your Black Swan moment? A Black Swan moment is a moment in time when you knew your life would change forever. When you never knew it was possible to have a swan any other color than white and a black one appears in front of you one day and you entire life is changed.
    When I asked my first love to marry me and she said yes, then when I found out I was going to be a father.

    2.If you had a time machine and could go back and say something you wish you had said, but will never have the chance to say, what would it be and to whom?
    I wouldn’t change anything evrything we have done to this point is what we were supposed to do in order to become who we are.

    3.What is your favorite childhood memory?
    Waking up every morning and watching Superman cartoons, and when I would get home from school watching the George Reeves 1960′s Superman series.

  • bambilouise

    1) I am currently in my black swan moment, as I am about to leave high school and many of my friends are moving away and a lot of people in my life are sick, and I just know everything is going to be different after this year.
    2) That’s a tough one, I guess I would go back to primary school and let my friends know how much they meant to me.
    3) My favourite childhood memory would have to be when my mum was pregnant with my little brother (im one of 5) and she was on the phone and i wanted attention so I climbed up the greenhouse outside and knocked on the window. Probably not the best idea :)

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/daui dAUi

    1.I think I had more than one black swan in my life..you don’t know but I’m quite old..I’m 34!!not 64 but 34!!!
    so..almost a few…well but the problem ,if I can say it is a problem,is that I never recognized the black swan at the same moment it appeared!..I’m quite slow to understand things and mostly myself and my changes…so you understand when you’ve changed only after a while no?..don’t know…so my first black swan..was my first crash against the wall called reality yes..when you have to face the real world ..so I was obliged to choose and to start to become adult…and I remember I understood what would mean to be like peter pan!

    2.I would go back to when I was 13 at the last phone call with my grandmother te night before she died,to tell her only I love you

    3.my favorite childhood memory is when I was 3 and I use to go swimming in the river!!at that time we could do it and it was very funny even because people used to camping on the river and for me was like to be in a tale.

  • 1redeemedheart

    1) I can’t answer this question with just one ‘Black Swan’ moment. There are two. The first was when I realized that I would be spending the rest of my life with the woman I love. The second was the first time I held my daughter. Both were indescribable. So much so that I cannot articulate even now what I was feeling. And both continue to change my life on a daily basis. :D

    2) If I had the chance to go back in time and say one thing, it would simply be “The things you’re experiencing are worth it!” to my younger self. After all, we could not be who we are without what we experience!

    3) Favorite childhood memory? It is without a doubt when my father would take time out from school and work to read to me and allow me to read to him. :D

  • Sarrow

    My black swan moment would be when I woke up one morning only to realize that it was the day of my first audition to be an actress (which I was turned down, by the way.) and I knew that my life would never be the same even if they did say no.
    If I could go back in time to say something to someone that I didn’t get to say to them that I can’t anymore it would be to my former friend Shyanne C. and I would tell her that she was a great friend and I didn’t understand why she was avoiding me and that I had great times with her.
    And my favorite childhood memory is, hmm, when me and my friends were recording ourselves while we acted out in improv. and I just kept saying something really random and funny, causing everyone to laugh when we shouldn’t have! Ah, good times.

  • pulchritudinouslyugly

    I have a black swan moment where I realize all conditioning must be unlearned to progress.
    I would go back in time and save my sister
    My favorite childhood memory (ies?) would be getting up at 6am every saturday morning and watching cartoons with my family.

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