1. I get motivation from just my everyday life. Writing and photography are my outlets so whenever I'm thinking hard on something I go straight to doing that.
2. The phrase "Being Different" to me is just being yourself. Everyone's different, a lot of people just choose to act like everyone else. We need more different people to keep us moving forward in society.
3. I would choose mrporter.com. They have a great selection and I look up to him as a Writer so it's like the best of both.
4. I've always been a writer at heart, it just took getting older and realizing that, to really get me going with it. Photography came around when I did a shoot for my brother's clothing line, dope society a long time ago, and i've loved it since. Modeling was the random one, my brother asked me if I wanted to model for his current line, scott west paris, and i've just kind of been doing it since.
5. Everything I do is inspired by music. I listen to just about everything: rap, rock, r&b, all of it, especially alternative lately. I listen to different genres based on my overall mood at the time.
6. My back to school playlist is really long, but there's a lot of dance gavin dance, travis scott, sir michael rocks and the neighbourhood's new mixtape "black and white".
7. The only thing I can say to anyone following their dreams is don't let anyone stop you. I believe in everyone who works towards their goals. I want all of you to succeed.
8. Well, I'm always available for shoots, taking them or being in them. you can email me at [email protected] for that. I'll also have an article for ivxxii.com coming sometime soon. hopefully you'll also see me modeling some fall designs at scottwestparis.com. I also post my writing on twitter and instagram from time to time.
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RICKY WEST
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