A FUSION BETWEEN MY LAST NAME ZAMORE AND AMORE IN ITALIAN.
​WHEN I ARRIVED TO MILAN, 6 YEARS AGO, I WAS AT CADORNA STATION WAITING FOR MY HOST TO PICK ME UP.
AS I WAS WAITING, I WITNESSED 2 GIRLS RUNNING TOWARDS EACH OTHER WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN,THEN A MAN WELCOMING A LADY AND WHISPERING THINGS TO HER EAR,FINALLY, MY HOST ARRIVED WHILE FINISHING A PHONE CALL SAYING Ciao Amore.
​HE LOOKED AT ME AND ASKED Are you Jaqueline Zamore?... I DIDN'T BOTHER TO CORRECT HIM.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THAT IN HIS MIND HE WAS STILL REPLAYING THE GOODBYE TO HIS LOVER, OR MAYBE HE WAS PART OF THE DISPLAY OF LOVE SURROUNDING ME...​
EITHER WAY I TOOK IT AS A SIGN. A SIGN THAT TOLD ME: Be Love, AND THAT HAS BEEN MY MOTTO SINCE.
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(if you rearrange the order of the letters you can find a paraphrase in Spanish that also means to be love: ZE AMOR)
ZAMORE RED
I WRITE TO YOU IN RED DELIBERATELY.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN RED FELT LIKE A THREAT BECAUSE IT ACCENTUATED MY DARK SKIN. I WAS SHAMED FOR IT, AND A SENSE OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS KEPT ME AWAY FROM COLORS AS BOLD AS RED.
ONE DAY, I LET MYSELF BE PERSUADED INTO TRYING A RED DRESS AND UNDER THOSE MIRRORED LIGHTS, I LET GO OF THAT FALSE IDEA I’D CARRIED. I REALIZED I COULD RESHAPE THOSE OLD IMPRESSIONS ON MY OWN TERMS.
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NOW, RED IS MORE THAN JUST A COLOR TO ME—IT’S A CHOICE, A REMINDER OF WHAT I’VE LET GO OF, AND WHAT I’VE MADE ROOM FOR.
SO, NEXT TIME YOU THINK OF RED, CONSIDER IT AS SOMETHING YOU CAN LEAN INTO, A REMINDER TO
CLAIM YOUR SPACE IN THE WAY YOU WANT.​​
ZAMORE IS A GLOW UP
ULTIMATELY, ZAMORE IS THE 4TH PERSONALITY I'VE IDENTIFIED LIVES WITHIN ME.
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WE ALL EMBODY DIFFERENT ATTITUDES AND PERSONALITIES TO THRIVE IN LIFE. MINES ARE:
JACKSON, THE NY BROKER WHO HELPS ME NAIL DEALS.
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JACQUES, THE CHEEKY FRENCH WHO IS VERY PERSUASIVE.
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JACK, THE LOST BUT CONFIDENT SHEEP.
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ZAMORE IS WHO I BECOME WHEN I EMBODY LOVE AND LET CREATIVITY IN. ZAMORE IS PLAYFUL, IMAGINATIVE, NOT AFRAID TO TRY AS MANY MEDIUMS AS POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO TELL BETTER STORIES, AND EVERY ABILITY IT'S DEVELOPED IS CONSIDERED AS A STUDIO OF ITS OWN
Illustration, Animation, VR, Art Direction, Music Videos, Poetry
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Accomplishments
Scholarship ''Young Global Trajectory 2018'' by the Mexican Youth Institution (IMJUVE) in Italy
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