Claire

In Nursery I made a clay snail so good it was presented to the principle...and sadly never saw it again.

I drew felt tip pictures and sold them to my family member for 10p each.

I won an award for my degree work and used the prize money to buy two tree frogs.

Panicked when I learned my mum had cancer and didn't make any art in my studio for days.

I immersed myself in sculpting and drawing to not focus on the bad things around me and discovered a new material to work with.

I won an award in London for my artwork and sold it for a lot more the 10p...and mum got the all clear.

Claire, age 24

Patti

I wrote a play when I was six years old where I was the princess and my sister was the prince and the dog, and got the neighborhood kids to watch for a dime.

I designed a house and built it with hand tools with my ex-husband who I taught to swing a hammer.

I swam at night in Long Island Sound among luminescent jellyfish that lit up if you bumped them, it was like swimming in the galaxy.

I visited every week my sister in the schizophrenic ward and tried to know her, see her, as she is.

I lightly kneaded half a cup of butter into two cups of powdery flour with my fingers to make batter for scones while listening to Pink Floyd's The Wall and puzzling how to finish a painting.

Patti, age 57

Nick

I accidentally ran over a bunch of ducks (I have to stress the 'accidental' portion of this).

I almost died in elementary school when I choked on an ice cream, cried, because the teacher's aid didn't believe that I was choking.

When I was 5 my appendix burst and I almost died again, because my parents just thought that I was sick.

I have laughed so hard that I farted.

I had sex in a concert venue bathroom.

Nick, age 25

Chris

I have traveled to Europe and while in France I got stopped by the French soldiers pointing their guns at me for walking under the Eiffel Tower at night.

I am an artist at heart and have designed a few buildings around the United States.

I have helped homeless people emotionally, simply, by just listening to their stories.

I am a Muay Thai fighter.

I have cheated on an ex-girlfriend 7 times that she doesn't know about, but I learned my lesson and wont ever repeat that. Don't want to follow the footsteps of my father who abandoned me.

Chris, age 24

Paqua

I married a man that has AIDS.

I chose to turn down $200,000 cash settlement in a lawsuit and ended up losing at trial.

I gave CPR to a guy that had no heartbeat and was not breathing and he lived.

I stole a 12 pack of pepsi and a bag of ice from a grocery store.

I sold my lapidary polishing machine for food.

Paqua

Holly

Took a road trip through Manitoba with almost no money, when I was 18.

Lived in Germany when I was 20-21/22.

Volunteered to help build houses in Mexico.

Work with kids who are diagnosed with behavioral/emotional disorders.

Continue loving this life.

Holly, age 30

Lee

I left my heart in Ireland.

I have had to find food in dumpsters.

I have flirted with rock stars.

I have seen too many shooting stars and forgot to make wishes on them.

I have been lost in Japan.

Lee, age 27

Samantha

Survived 10 years of childhood sexual assault.

Became a comedian and cabaret artist.

Had sex with a man on a beach during a cyclone.

Visited a stranger in a prison in Bulgaria.

Loved and was loved by a beautiful dig, until his final day.

Samantha, age 26

Kylie

I fell in love with art in a way I have never loved another human being.

I contemplate starting my life over on a daily basis.

I have fallen in love three times in my life time and out of love only once.

I have had the same best friend since 2nd grade.

I have traveled to two continents (not including the one I live on) and hope to leave footprints on three more before I die (I have no desire to go be cold in Antarctica.)

Kylie, age 25

Lesley

I have been in the darkest depths of depression.

I made the Denver Center laugh without saying a word.

I have had a nerf war with my cousin's and their kids and used skills I picked up from Halo.

I have been "that bald girl."

I am poor, and pursuing my art, and happier than before.

Lesley, age 28

Kristen

I fell in love in Venice.

I became a mother.

I quit my paying job to follow my dreams.

I saw a ghost.

I married my best friend.

Kristen, age 35

Brittney

I made a pros and cons list when I first met my love now of 7 years.

Danced around naked in front of a slow shutter speed camera.

I killed my gecko by accidentally overheating his terrarium. His name was Fernando.

I used to be obsessed with my weight and lost too much weight.

I witnessed my brother fall out of reality and become suicidal.

Brittney, age 24

John

The Smithsonian Institution once bought a piece of my artwork.

I've been teaching college ever since I was in college.

I ran with the bulls in Pamplona in wingtip shoes.

I shot myself in the face with a bow and arrow.

I roasted a lamb on a spit over an open fire on an Aegean beach in Greece.

John, age 42

Boz

I have a Masters Degree.

I am a romantic.

I don't want kids.

I have traveled to Europe and want to keep traveling. I hope to visit every country.

I have written a graphic novel.

Boz, age 27