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Well, bohemia is a nebulous idea and depending on exactly what you’re talking about… probably Bushwick, actually. If you go far enough out in Bushwick, there’s some interesting stuff going on. You can still live pretty cheaply and you have space to have a studio if you’re an artist. And bohemia is about not having a full-time job. That is the key. Not working for the man. And in some way, at least pretending that you’re living for some kind of art. And in any bohemian scene, 98 percent of the people are not producing anything very much at all.

Ten years.Are you a bohemian? What is a bohemian?
No. I have no idea.Yet you think they are here. How do you spot them?
Yes, they are here. You just know. It’s their aura.That sounds pretty bohemian.
Anyone who’s not a local is bohemian.

Recently. They’ve been saying that in different publications for the last three years.
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No. I think that the definition of bohemian had changed. I think if you would have asked me if I was bohemian a decade ago, I would have said yes compared to everybody around me, but now it’s very much a surface thing. You can buy it at the store now.What did it mean ten years ago?
Actually being a creative and working for yourself and making something out of nothing and just living life to the fullest and loving people around you. It was more of a lifestyle back then, whereas now it’s a trend.

I work a lot, so I don’t consider myself one, no.Do Bohemians not work?
Um, I guess that’s inherent to my understanding of what a bohemian is. Not not working at all, but being able to spend a lot of time pursuing the arts in a way that having a traditional job wouldn’t allow. Like how you used to be able to live in SoHo on almost nothing.

No. I’m not an artist and I’m not changing anything.That’s good. Leave things the way they are.Previously:Would You Rather Live in a Fascist Nation or Complete Anarchy? Would You Rather Be Peed on by Everyone in Japan or Have Sex with Everyone in London?What's the Secret to Successful Dating?
