Saint Ona - spiral eyedd community
Meet Dior a.k.a Saint Ona, he is 18 based in the Netherlands and making creative worlds I consider deeply spiral eyedd.
A: Tell me about your art!
D: Saint Ona is almost like a superhero to me if that makes sense, right, like, it's almost just a character I made up that makes all these clothes and cool music. I treat myself well because of this. Everyone on this earth has a duty and I think mine is to create and innovate. I like to introduce myself as the Apple of artistic shit. Thus the many links with Apple OS in my work. I don't like to call myself an artist at all. Just being, that feels better to say. I'm just being. Doing what I feel like doing. I'm not an artist. I'm pretty mediocre, I don't play any instruments at all. I just know how to make things look good and sound good. I have good taste. I'm good at creating. Thus Virgil Abloh being one of my favorite designers of all time. Side note: 99% of what I do is done from my phone. All the music is made from this little screen.
A: How did you get started?
D: I didn't really start at a certain moment. It's in my DNA. I think creativity is in everyone but just gets sucked out of most people... But to answer the question, I started experimenting with music when I was 11 on some apps, then kept at it. Making clothes started when I was 16, on my mom's sewing machine. Now studying Fashion Tailor.
A: What made you pursue all of this seriously?
D: 2 things. For the love of the game, and I'm hungry lol. I'm living at the poverty line. My dad died in 2018 and has never been in my life. Met him twice, once being just a day before he died. My mom is jobless. My brother and sister never really studied anything, nor had big dreams. I'm the first one to make something of it. Atleast I hope so. I think I'm able to make it big though. You'll never see me waste time, do drugs, spend too much money, or be unmotivated. I think I'm meant for this.
A: One piece of advice for anyone going through change or afraid to chase their dreams?
D: The truth is, a lot of this art shit is luck, or very hard work. And that's not a bad thing. Because art is one of the few things that can come naturally, when you build up so much experience, you can make amazing stuff on a monday morning. And stop moving out of fear. Fear is poison. So is jealousy. Stop comparing yourself. Just fucking BE. Be alive, spraypaint your chair, download a new font, distress a sweater, make a beat, print out your own face, paint your walls.
A: How are you spiral eyedd as an artist?
D: As I mentioned before, I make all this shit on a budget Samsung phone. I believe that when someone has good ideas, they can make it work in any way they want. Look at Steve Lacy, he made "Dark Red" on an iPhone, on GarageBand. It's crazy. I'm ready to fight so much for my craft. Sometimes I fear that my creations are taking over my life, but there's something romantic about it. Is that crazy to say? I think it's romantic to make a t-shirt that receives backlash from alt-right. I like to make nazis mad. I like to piss dumb edgelords off. I know they bite their lips when they text me hateful things, hihi