from 1st Holly Q & A

this is a summary of all the bits we found interesting, under titles:

things NOT saskia.

+ descriptions that back-up statements of opinion. e.g 'why ari appeals to her? - that he fits an idea.'  that's an emma comment.  This statement isn't something  she would say.  Saskia doesn't need to justify.

+ again, she doesn't doesn't justify beliefs and choices in her life apologetically.

+ she doesn't think her father was a good man and she wouldn't lie about that fact to make friends or other people, or herself, comfortable.  There is no need to make things cosy. 'If you can't be good to your family, who can you be good to?'

+ Ari and her have never really broken up because they've never really been together.

vocal notes:

+ watch Spanish videos, news, u-tube.  get more of a sense of the language.

+ practice having a reason to chat on the land line to people like sensis, telstra, information lines.  the rhythm she speaks with and the style she interacts with is a good key in to her. Its also important for any interaction we put into the final work.  Her style.

+ thoughts about how her voice sounds in Spain, what does she like about the Spanish accent, what does she want to keep, how does she converse as Saskia with all the Spanish stuff in mind.

+ has come to across as someone who absolutely knows, she knows what she's doing, a good interviewer... a well read t.v presenter.  When you are talking to her, you feel you're getting a little secret just for you.

ari and love

+ love of life he does

+ saskia hasn't had a lot of relationships, moving around, constantly changing languages, what has her moving done actually?... but her sense of being close, from this moving, from dad, has been skewed a little.  Her parents didn't touch much, show the lovey affection, and so she has become really good as being friends with both girls and boys, men and women.  Every man is not a potential lover.

+ she is aware of being attractive and looking good BUT looking good & intimacy do not go hand in had.  Appearance is appreciated but not indicative of her inner emotions for someone... she doesn't want to kiss everyone who had done a good job of putting themselves together basically.

+ doesn't have the same 'we are the same soul' because we both look good

+ she loves ari's stories about family, and his relationship to family

+ both Ari and Saskia don't think the other loves them, both don't want to interrupt each other...MORE they don't want to say they care, and take the risk of changing what they have or driving the other away.

+ the trip to Australia has put a safe distance between them.  But safe for what?  what is next?  how long can you go NOT  telling someone you love them?

+ Spain in her place, not her family's place.

what does he love about her?

+ that she gets embarrassed when someone gives her a compliment that comes from a loving place.

+ passion for what she sees, for her constant brain photography, seeing beauty in things instantly that many others either don't or need time to find i.e paint on the pavement, a wall in a toilet.

+ he believes this is because is she sees beauty then it is in her soul.

+ so loyal to her friends.  very little is more important that their needs

+ she doesn't burden anyone with stuff she can really work out herself.

+ she shows him the pictures, explains her POV and she doesn't do that with many.  He feels chosen.

+ he doesn't buy her bull shit as much as the others... he knows when she is showing her self, when she feels at home.

+ he'll help her fall

+ gets to the heart of what she wants to do and he doesn't make her know the he knows that!

+ he un-locks big parts of her.  even if she doesn't communicate them, he knows it to be true.  it shows in her pictures.

parents and family

+ father has dies, saskia has questions, she knows that a trip to her mums place for any longer than 2 days means she's going to start asking.  She really doesn't know who he was, or what the good parts of him were.

+ Mum & Bro don't live in Bordertown.  They live in a small, beach-side location, like Millicent... Bondi connection.

+ Grandma is dads mum, but still lives close to them.

+ Her relationship with her brother is deeply respectful.

+ Dad was cremated and the ashes sent to Grandma.

on clothes:

+ Need to learn fashion lingo...'funky' is not a word she would use (and not a word anyone should use according to Holly).

+ Google fashion Terminology and lingo.. she would know what she was talking about in the clothes department.

dancing style:

+ more dance-y movements, not so constructed.  Take some dance classes, she would know how to dance with someone else.