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February 01, 2017

Love Stories - Lisa Przystup

Diptych: woman in a black long-sleeve dress against a pale wall; right, fastening a long pendant necklace by a window

Where are you from?

Falls Church, Virginia.   

Collage of three loose pastel floral arrangements photographed against a dusty rose background


Occupation ?

Writer and sometimes florist. 

Woman looking down wearing a black top and silver pendant necklace, seated by a wooden doorframe

Bouquet of pale peach garden roses arranged with eucalyptus leaves and dark berries on a white table
Favorite thing about your hometown ?

There was a pond where we'd catch tadpoles and a trail where we'd get lost as kids.

Woman with dark hair looking down, wearing a black turtleneck and sculptural silver necklace against a pale wall


Favorite flower?

Wild roses.

Diptych showing a close-up of a pink rose next to a cropped portrait of a woman wearing a thin black tie necklace and a light gray top
If you could be any plant what would you be? 

Porcelain vine. I once found some pushing through a corrugated steel fence on Wythe and holy fuck those blue berries are mesmerizing as all get out. 

 

Woman's bare back wearing a black leather lariat necklace with a silver U-shaped clasp beside a close-up of pale pink roses


How did you end up doing what you do?

I ended up writing because I loved it and applied the most Type-A checklist to getting to where I wanted to be that I almost didn't get to where I wanted to be. Actually, now that I think about it I'm still so far away from where I want to be. Flowers were a glad intermission between pursuing my writing dream and settling for writing to make money. 

Woman leaning forward, hair falling over a small silver teardrop pendant necklace worn over a rust-colored top


Favorite piece of jewelry?

My engagement ring. I've never owned anything so daunting and beautiful and intimidating in my life. 

 

Gold or silver?

Both for different reasons. 

Woman wearing rust turtleneck modeling silver teardrop pendant necklace and matching long loop earring, split screen full torso and ear close up
Style icon?

Bianca Jagger/Angelica Houston/Lauren Hutton 

Woman reclining against a pale wall wearing a black turtleneck and dangling earring, black-and-white close-up portrait


What are you reading right now?

Zadie Smith's new book. Instagram. The New Yorker. 

Woman in rust turtleneck seated on stool looking sideways; paired close-up of her wearing a round textured drop earring against a neutral wall

 


What are you listening to right now?

Right this very moment, The Suburbs album by Arcade Fire. Harry Belafonte. Wolves by Phosphorescent. The first unmixed, unmastered song of the album my husband is working on. 

Close up split view of jewelry showing sculptural gold drop earrings and mixed metal rings on a mustard yellow blouse

What is the most important thing you've leavened in 2016?

Shit can and will hit the fan. 

Split image showing a woman in a yellow blouse against a blue backdrop and a vase of pale yellow poppies on a dark table

  

Photography by April Valencia. Photos of Lisa's arrangements from jamessdaughterflowers.com and @brass__tacks

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