POP Artist Highlight
A windy day in Montmartre on the set of the first shoot for Venere TV, we had the extreme pleasure to have a conversation with the creator of Good Girls Gone Bald, Béatrice Rose.
During this conversation Béatrice shared her thoughts on life, art & her journey. We highlight her this month because not only is she an entrepreneur, mogul and artist but she is a force of love and beautiful energy.
Meet Béatrice Rose
ANXIETY
I’m normally anxious of everything: of people and of situations but then I just fight against it with a lot of meditation. I breathe each time I enter a new place then say, “okay Beatrice it’s fine - you got this!” After that, I no longer feel anxious, but grateful because beautiful things happen.
ART
I worked for myself for a long time and I used to be the kind of girl who would try to understand what I wanted to bring to the world and create from there. For me as an artist, I can say that my art defines what I want to bring into the world. I think that change starts from within.
My art is black, obviously because I'm a black person, and also really intimate. My work is something that is out of the system. I feel like the more I get into it, the more I see myself as an ‘outdoor’ person because my personality is not shaped by society, it’s shaped by me. I love that I can express myself as a person that has her own vision of the world.
FIGHT
I've been thinking lately about people who were reposting things about the situation in Congo, Social media pushes you to be someone, or repost something that you barely know. I prefer someone who is fighting for something and know what they are talking about.
I love people and I'm fighting for a world where people can feel safe to speak up and be more open to each other. I've been in situations where I was not able to talk to anyone because I didn't feel safe to speak.
GREAT ADVICE
My mom told me something when I was young: “If you clean the floor, do it with love.” If you don't do that with love, you will do nothing with love. If you are passionate about something, just do it and not think about what people say - just express yourself.
DECONTRUCTION
The first thought that I have in my mind is “I care about people and about people's judgments.” Yet, somehow my mind is telling me that if you care about what people think, you will have the results of what people want. So then I deconstruct myself. I'm like a puzzle. I love to see my work as a puzzle and it reveals something that I want to see.
My vision of the world is really sharp and is getting closer to what I want every day. When you create for yourself, you are not waiting for something. When you're waiting for something it's like ‘oh if I sleep then after that my mom will give me candy’ but you are not sleeping for candy, you are sleeping for yourself.
THE JOURNEY
Life is about a journey with yourself. Society teaches you to care about judgment from others. Yet as you start to grow up and you are allowed a safe space and safe person to speak with, it's easier to be yourself. They are not here to judge you, but they are here to support you & that’s exactly what we need - SUPPORT. Especially in France, Paris is a judgmental place.
I've started here in Paris because I think that it's a big challenge for me to have the French audience. They love bullshit and dislike deep interesting subjects. This is a big challenge for me as a black woman to express in this kind of country. If I have France in my pocket, I can have the whole world too.
In this era we have the opportunity to express ourselves with social media. The fact that we have these platforms that we can share everything, every day as we want - just do it. Then, once you have the French audience, you can just do whatever you want.
GOOD GIRLS GONE BALD
When I shaved my hair in 2018, I became depressed. I felt bad and uncomfortable in my body so I wanted to share something with people. Good Girls Gone Bald started with the thought, “maybe I can shout out my bald within.” But it turns out that there is more than just ‘shout outs,’ it’s about the history of people. I love talking about history. There is this word in french called “griot” which are storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa. I love the fact that I am able to share people’s stories.
I know that I can push a bit more to bring my visions to life. I’m drawing a lot, and singing, even though I don’t know how. By experimenting with new things, I see what I want and don’t want in my work which brings me to what I want to share to the world. I have to convince myself first instead of convincing other people of something.
REFLECTION
I’ve been a bad person, but I’m learning everyday to be the person I want to teach my child to be. I feel like if I want to be a a mom one day, I have to start right now. Sometimes life is not fair, but God is in control and I am fighting everyday to say, “Ok, God, you are not wrong.”
CLOSING THOUGHTS
We are beautiful, we are strong, we are powerful, we can do everything if we have the heart. You have everything - you don’t need money. I’ve understood the fact that when I’m broke, (‘quand je suis broke”), that is the moment you have the most money in your heart.
You don’t need money to be creative, you need everything inside": pain, joy, cry - you need everything! Everything that you have been doing since the beginning of your journey, including carrying all of the emotional baggage, is now like “damn” - a revelation that God is real.
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