Hey Everyone,
Last week we featured a newer community member, whitespacecarpet, and his variety of interesting stories. This week we’re interviewing a Current veteran, DeliaTheArtist. I’m sure everyone has seen at least one of her great stories, but in case you haven’t, go take a look at her profile for an array of awesome posts. A few of my favorites are Gecko-Inspired dry adhesive headed to Space, Musicians’ brains keep time– With one another and Men and Women Respond Differently to Beauty. Call me nerdy if you like, but all of these are seriously interesting (and educational!).
This is one of DeliaTheArtist’s best know and favorite pieces of art, titled Peace.
Check out DeliaTheArtist’s interview below to get to know her better:
Q: How did you find out about Current? What made you a fan?
A: My fiancee watches Current TV and heard about Current.com from there. Once he told me about it, I was hooked. I love the user participation and discussion on world events, the broad range of topics and the level of interaction with the site, the television station and the community. Current has done a lot for me. I feel like I’m part of something important as well as participating in a fresh, customizable experience, and I think a lot of users feel that way. We’re bringing something new to journalism, art, activism, viewer created content and the internet in general.
Q: Where do you look for stories to add to Current?
A: All over the place! I go to a lot of science places (Sciam.com, Nat Geo, Discovery, etc) and I follow News Sources and Science sources on Twitter.
Q: Okay–we gotta ask. How did you pick your username?
A: I went through a lot of online names in general and I wanted to decide on ONE and stick with it. I stopped bullshitting around and kept it simple: My name, what I am. DeliaTheArtist.
Q: If you could have one Superhero power, what would it be and why?
A: I’d want powers like Professor X – totally awesome mind powers that include telepathy and telekinesis. You can do pretty much anything; mind control, lift objects, fly around- it’s the perfect power!
And, if you haven’t heard, DeliatheArtist is now the curator of the Science channel, which is chalk full of stories terrific stories, maybe one of yours has even been featured! If one hasn’t though,we thought we would have Deliatheartist give ya the scoop:
Q: As curator of the Science channel, what kind of what do you look for in items for the Science channel?
A: I am always looking for breaking science news, but I’m really looking for conversation starters. Stories that pose a question to people. For example, I recently posted an article about possible legislation against animal/human hybrid cell research. I used it as an opportunity to ask the Current community how they felt about Animal-Human Hybrids- discussion ranged from the bioethics of mixing cells to what kind of animal parts people would like to have to the accusation of scientists “playing god.” Science is about questioning reality to achieve a deeper truth- that’s what I’m looking for, stories that make people really think!
Well, there you have it! Be sure to check out Deliatheartist’s profile and the Science channel for some amazing, thought-provoking content.
– Danielle
April 22nd, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Be sure to check out Delia’s art. It is fantastic!!! If you love obscurity and artistic statements about the world we live in you will love her art. Some of it is just cool too!!!
April 29th, 2009 at 4:16 am
Delia is the best.