Margaux Janda

I will never shake the Chicago in my soul and I quote the words of others a lot because they've already said it better, anything else would be redundant plagiarism. I have an unnatural resiliency, unnatural sense of humor and unnatural love of the legal industry. I read as many court documents related to major cases as I can...for fun. Litigation Paralegal who worked in Visual Arts Management as a gallery director, curator, before the reminder of my first and true love: the law.

A [now] rusty but classically trained cellist of 17 years who can't stop listening to her father's blues and southern rock albums. Or my teenage punk albums. I still maintain what I said as a teenager when electronic music started: It's not music unless it makes your fingers bleed. Cello conditioned me to literally pour my blood, sweat, and tears in to everything I love...endure harsh criticism, then improve. Plus, never make the same mistake or ask the same question more than twice. (Really, once. Twice is pushing it.)

I subscribe the the philosophies set forth by Camus, Sartre, Kafka, and the like. For better or worse I've always lived by Father's mantras: "If you want something done right, do it yourself." and "Everything you do, do it all the way. Never do anything half." Growing in Chicago and the blues taught me: 1. No one loves you when you're down and out. 2. Help yourself. and 3. Always believe in love.

Fashion I can't yet afford reminds me of my goals and my burning desire for material items have propelled me through many a fire, and with any luck, many more. Karl Lagerfeld and Coco Chanel remind me that "Change is the healthiest way to survive" and "Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity."

I'm not as vapid as I sound.