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Spinderella Soap: Interview with Minaz Jantz

1. What is the main message or theme running through Spinderella Soap?

Awakening the spiritual connection is a potential manifestation when our lives become incredibly chaotic while self empowerment evolves when we are enlightened with wisdom. Ultimately when we feel joy and express joy we are healthier in our every day life as peace within our souls lightens the load. Joy is contagious!

2. What is the book Spinderella Soap all about?

Spinderella Soap is where surreal artworks and the fantastical adventures of a freshly divorced woman named Spinderella adventures from being a musician, night club partner, actress, lover, etc. to eventually achieving a spiritual awakening within. In order to achieve the 'magic' of joy she accesses wisdom from other beings such as "The Miracle Maids" Soap Scene #16 who guide her through the initiations of life lessons.

3. How is Spinderella Soap unique?

This is a book that started as a visual using collage images to describe what I wanted to express about the disappointments about my life and how it did not turn out like Disney's Cinderella Story & the 'Live Happily Ever After'. My inner growing voice named 'Spinderella' ( spin off of Cinderella) channeled through the expressions of art, rhythm, symbolism, poetry, metaphysics, self help, and humor. The creating of Spinderella Soap was spanned over a 10 year creative journey of entertainment and enlightenment.

4. By reading Spinderella Soap, what benefits will the reader gain?

Certainly there is lots of playful tongue twisters & symbolic images to find within the collage art works to entertain the reader. While being entertained it is my wish that the reader might gain insightful inspirations to manifest a creative joyful life and hopefully at least become be the best actor in their movie.

5. Why was Spinderella Soap created?

A creative burnout and some personal crashes gave birth to an expressive frustration that I could snip, clip, and vent the perceptions through collage art works. It started off with "Missing More Than Her Shoe" Soap Scene #3 then the creative ball started to roll into a series aptly termed Soap Scenes. Eventually the symbolic collage art works demanded to be heard through an inner voice named 'Spinderella' who spoke in rhyme much like my favorite children's story teller Dr. Suess. I have the greatest fondness for his playful images and the stories that brings insightful humanistic messages of growth through mistakes, differences, & willingness to change for the better.

6. Are there any circumstances connected with Spinderella Soap?

Where does life and art meet we ask? I have experienced what I call artistic premonitions. Just months before the tragedy of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001 in USA, "Seek the Love Within" Soap Scene #11 was illustrated and written including the aerial image of the Twin Towers. Spinderella's advice was to experience seeking out higher pathways knowing from wisdom that violence in retaliation may not be the best solution for peace.

As I was completing Spinderella Soap, there came an offer to present my story through a slide show with the reading of Spinderella Soap before the cast and crew of the sexy TV series Showtime the “L-Word" on September 28, 2003 before a group of talented women actresses, crew & writer. Similarly, Spinderella had also starred in a film exotica spaghetti western called "Lust in the Wind" Soap Scene #22. The popular erotica show the L Word was the first of its kind on TV with creative writers and a favorite for guest actors, musicians (Snoop Dogg, Heart, etc.) and even Gloria Steinem the famous feminist activist.

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Spinderella Soap is where surreal artworks and the fantastical adventures of a freshly divorced woman named Spinderella is expressed through metaphysical poetry illustrated with 29 full color collage artworks.

Artist & writer, Minaz Jantz has performed 'live' the Spinderella Soap series before the cast & crew of the erotic TV series called the L Word. The fictional adult story of Spinderella Soap is unique entertainment filled with musical, whimsical and mystical inspirations.

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ISBN 1-4120-5333-1

What is collage art?

Collage art has been associated with abstract & surrealistically expressed art works using found materials, magazine snipping's, newsprint, etc all creatively transformed into an artists' own interpretations also mixing the collage with other media's including paint, pens, pastels, etc. In the creation of Spinderella Soap collage I used many types of magazines snipped into pieces and glued onto drawing paper with oil pastel to fill in the background scenes. Here is an incredible website www.collageart.org full of todays artists who use collage in their art works as well as links to know more about the different methods of making collage.

What is metaphysical poetry?

Using wit, abstract thoughts, and an edgy view of the truth while influenced by philosophical insights is the basis to the writing style of metaphysical poetry & Spinderella Soap. This style of poetry came about during the 17th century with John Donne who was a poet who broke out of tradition of the Elizabethan lyric and later his style would be termed by Samuel Johnson as metaphysical poetry.