By Isa Gordon | artist, clothing designer, entrepreneur, pod lady, cyborg in training | Los Angeles, CA | Isa's website

although i may seem on the surface like a typical mild mannered artist, there lurks beneath the facade a closeted scientist and mathematician. and anyone who has ever seen me make pie (one of my favoritist things ever, 2nd only to clouds and chaos) knows that i do so with the precision of a laboratory scientist. i recently created a variation of this image for another project, and have been totally infatuated with it since. so when i heard about the wdydwyd call for entries, with little time before deadline to create from scratch, i immediately knew i wanted to use this image. so i took a look, examined all the symbolism i'd embedded in it & thought: why exactly DO you do what you do? and the text immediately came to me. it not only fits the image to a tee, it oddly encapsulates my world view as well.

Isa is a Collaborating Artist, and helped produce the exhibit at Burning Man.

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Larry Harvey | Executive Director | Burning Man

By Agnieszka Godlewska | Painter, Jazz Singer, Art Director, Photographer | Istanbul, Turkey

Agnieszka is a Collaborating Artist.

By Dawn | Minnesota




By Nicole De Brabandere | Ceramic Art | Toronto, Canada

This image illustrates the complexity and self-deception involved in constructing or understanding self-image and personal motivations. I chose this as a theme when answering wdydwyd? because every time I thought that I had an answer I began to question its validity.

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