Interview with Dua Lipa's platform Service95

An in-depth interview between Omar and Pia Brynteson about books, music, woodcutting process and artistic process on Dua Lipa's platform Service95. READ HERE: https://www.service95.com/omar-musa-interview

"I START MY DAY WITH... An intense run or a Muay Thai class to get the blood flowing. I obviously don’t do this every day – it depends on what I’m working on. But when I’m writing, I try to begin with that. I also avoid my phone in the mornings and go straight to coffee. Then, I usually read something – whether it’s someone else’s work or what I wrote the night before – to refresh my brain. Good writing doesn’t happen without good reading.

I just started Another Country by James Baldwin and, as usual, he’s brilliant. Other books that have inspired me recently include Seiobo There Below by László Krasznahorkai (dense stuff but astounding sentences), Beloved by Toni Morrison (truly one of the greats) and The Successor by Ismail Kadare. I also love the weirdness and floaty intrigue of Hiroko Oyamada’s work and recently revisited my friend Ennis Ćehić’s book, Sadvertising..."

Pic by Nana Franck, Asphalt Festival, Germany.