A Quote by Aquaria

Drag is all about self-expression; there's so many different angles you can take on it. — © Aquaria
Drag is all about self-expression; there's so many different angles you can take on it.
I do drag. Just because my drag is not the drag of Creme Fatale or Holy McGrail doesn't mean it's less drag. I perform live; I just sing with dancers. It's drag on a different level.
We talk about self-expression but need to pause and remember that self-expression requires a self to express.
Doing makeup, especially for drag, is all about being aware of the geography and angles of your face.
People are really seeing that drag is an art form, that it's so much more than self-expression.
A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion.
Like many features of a landscape, knowledge looks different from different angles.
Obviously drag has different intentions and my drag has always been about gender illusion.
I think the biggest influence on my stand-up would be Chris Rock, in that I love that Chris is basically an essayist, in that he'll take a subject and just try and attack it from as many different angles as he can.
The way I've always looked at drag has been a little bit different maybe than other people because the drag community that I started doing drag in is full of trans people and women and people of various educational backgrounds, of different ages.
The search for total knowledge starts from the Self and finds its fulfillment in coming back to the Self, finding that everything is the expression of the Self - everything is the expression of my own Self.
There are different angles you have to work with as a hitter. Figuring out with my body what helps me get into those angles... is a constant discovery.
For me, drag is about two things - confidence and glamour. Drag is about using artiface and illusion to tap into the self-confidence we all have. And glamour is about taking what you have naturally and showcasing in a way that makes you feel good. It's truly a practice in faking it until you make it.
A lot of people just feel really impacted and inspired by drag in ways that I don't think we, as self-absorbed drag queens, think about that often.
I think for many people, they think that being in drag means you want to be a girl. Being trans and doing drag is completely different.
The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.
Culture, as Indian people understood it, was basically a lifestyle by which a people acted. It was self-expression, but not a conscious self-expression. Rather, it was an expression of the essence of a people.
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