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Hallo! I have been thinking about how frustrating AMAs are for me a little bit - when I’ve done them on Instagram I find myself stumped by a lot of the questions. It’s not the fault of the people asking questions so much as I think it’s a choice paralysis thing.

The problem

When presented with the option of asking any question people ask things like “what’s your favourite song” or “what’s your favourite book”, neither of which I have good answers for. Even if I had good answers I don’t know how illuminating they would be for a question-asker. Maybe if they were asking someone else, the answers would be rich and interesting, but I don’t think I have a favourite book or movie or song. It depends on my mood, and what I feel like absorbing. Maybe I’m bad at retaining things, or maybe I’m hyper conscious of how many other options there are. I tend to get very absorbed in the song or book or movie I’m ‘in’ while I’m in it, so whatever I’m listening to or reading is my favourite while I’m there - often even if it’s not very objectively ‘good’.

A possible solution

So here’s a variant on the AMA format - something I’d find interesting from other artists.

Ask me below about one of my works - as big as a whole project or (maybe preferably) as small as a single joke and I’ll tell you why or how or where I wrote it. If it turns up some interesting answers I’ll do it again.

Xx

Alice

P.S.

If you’re in Glasgow, I’ll be doing the first outing of the as yet only partly written Chronos this Friday 13 March. Tickets are here

The rest of my tour: Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Edfringe and the UK in November are all available on my website AliceFraser.com