My ongoing project Words is about people and words they choose to describe their lives. I draw a simple charcoal portrait (29 x 42 cm) of a person and ask them the same two questions:

• Who are you?
• How would you describe your life?

I am interested to see how a whole life of a person can be simplified to singular words carrying all the meaning; to see what type of words the person chooses and how it reflects on their personality. If anyone would like to take part in this project, send me a message. I would like to have as many portraits of people and their words as possible …

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Petr (50 years old)

Who are you? Tired

How would you describe your life? Searching; Exploring; Something; Beyond

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Tadeas (15 years old)

Who are you? Human

How would you describe your life? Unworried; Nice

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Alexandra (40 years old)

Who are you? Mother; Creative; Perseverant; Woman; Fearless; Human

How would you describe your life? Blessing; Hurtful; Unpredictable; Worth it

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Jonathan (40 years old)

Who are you? Worker; Artist; Activist; Colombian; Human; Nerd; Shy; Romantic; Socialist; Fearful; Brave; Lazy; Drunkard

How would you describe your life? Contradictory; Sad; Happy; Memories; Movies; Books; Friends; Alcohol; Walking; Love; Curiosity

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Stephen (66 years old)

Who are you? Privileged; BabyBoomer; Art Dealer; Father

How would you describe your life? Resolved; Fortunate; Content; Striving

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Caroline (66 years old)

Who are you? Caroline; Mother; Daughter; Friend; Retired; Ex-Colleague; Organised; Untidy; Listener; Calm; Kind; Jealous at times; Insecure at times; Content

How would you describe your life? Secure; Supported; Fortunate; Calm; Ordered; Undramatic; Happy

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Franz (27 years old)

Who are you? Vulnerable; Brave; Loved; Reckless; DayDreamer; Traveller; Old Fashioned; Enthusiastic; Gypsy

How would you describe your life? Mutating; Ethereal; Spiritually Awaken; Hungry for Spontaneous Adventures

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Luke (43 years old)

Who are you? Calm; Distracted; Free; Organised

How would you describe your life? Social; Musical; Drifting; Watery

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Codrin (44 years old)

Who are you? Lone-Wolf; Vagabond; Peaceful; Suave; Light; Patient

How would you describe your life? Hectic; Imaginative; Spontaneous; Sweeping-the-star-dust; Fascinating

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Alena (34 years old)

Who are you? Water; Rock; Sister; Palm; Soft; Hard

How would you describe your life? Barn; Water Spring; Forest; Horizon; Orchard; Chapel; Linden Tree

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Zuzana (33 years old)

Who are you? Seeker; Searcher; sometimes Finder; Player; Gambler; often Loser

How would you describe your life? Questions; Experiment; Direction; Impatience; Tickle; Connection; Spinach

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Mike (28 years old)

Who are you? Mike; Bubbly; Light; Curious; Weird; Silly; Adventurous; Excitable; Labrador; Friendly

How would you describe your life? Complicated; Misadventures; Odd; Exciting

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Kamila (29 years old)

Who are you? Polish; Young; Girl; On Fire; Risk taker; Impatient

How would you describe your life? Exciting; Challenging; Positive; Changing

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Victoria (25 years old)

Who are you? Brazilian; Photographer; Friend/Sister; Feminist; Apprentice; Thankful; Myself

How would you describe your life? Crazy; Blessed; Curious; Happy; Beautiful; Loving; Giving; (In)tense; Transforming; Pleasurable; Wise; Tough; Fun; Resistance

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Catharina (27 years old)

Who are you? Catharina; Powerful; Naive; Woman; Witch; Unsure; Artist; Healer; Messy; Beautiful; Overthinking

How would you describe your life? Changing; Volatile; Metamorphosis; Learning; Healing; Creating; Communicating; Loving

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Sean (41 years old)

Who are you? Programmer; Designer; Dancer

How would you describe your life? Eat; Sleep; Create

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Andrei (50 years old)

Who are you? Inspiration; Impulso; Intensity

How would you describe your life? Chaotic; Changing

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Kuba (25 years old)

Who are you? Man; Gay; Personality

How would you describe your life? Love; Happiness; Friends; Fun; Work; Depression

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Matej (14 years old)

Who are you? Human

How would you describe your life? Dogs, Animals, Food

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Bara (28 years old)

Who are you? Fighter

How would you describe your life? A swing

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Eliska (21 years old)

Who are you? Student; Book lover; Human; Extrovert

How would you describe your life? Overthinking; Fear; Hunger; Literature

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Marc (37 years old)

Who are you? Urgency and patience; Underestimation; Itchy for Experience; Slow; Honesty

How would you describe your life? Disappointment; Depression; Optimism; Rules; Chaos