Nicole Renee Smith

Relentless doodler & nostalgia chaser. I can make a story out of anything.

[The Big Picture @TheBigPic]

Happy #StPatricksDay2023 to Jenny ☘️

[Scott Myers @GoIntoTheStory]

Guillermo del Toro: “If you’re not operating on an instinctive level, you’re not an artist. Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit. We suffocate ourselves in rules. I find fantasy liberating.” #screenwriting

[Nicole Renee Smith @nikkiraesmith]

@_ChrisDeWeese We've got to make a decision; leave tonight or live and die this way.

[Hi-Fructose @hifructosemag]

Kitt Bennett’s stirring, graphical murals have a particular resonance on paved parking lots, sprawling across urban spaces. #KittBennett #murals #publicart #HiFructose

[Nicole Renee Smith @nikkiraesmith]

"Today, we are holding a commencement. A celebration. Both an ending and a beginning. And you may wonder what the politics of abortion has to do with this significant moment in your lives.

What I’m trying to talk about is the importance of seeing." @rgay https://t.co/NxMJXnfv0M

[Female Copywriter @Femalcopywriter]

Happy Women's History Month

[Nicole Renee Smith @nikkiraesmith]

@jototheyo 💯

[Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill]

What’s so tricky about this moment and requires real attention to nuance and complexity is the fact that while we are living through very real and pervasive catastrophes, we also are living through an era of performative catastrophizing. We need correction without overcorrection.

[Jamie Millard @jjmillard]

Remove Bob Kroll.

[Julián Castro @JulianCastro]

We need a national database of decertified police officers. No more dangerous cops getting a new job two towns away.

[Nicole Renee Smith @nikkiraesmith]

Whoa to my core. The Fairy-Tale Virus. 🔮

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“This is the problem with metaphor and ritual and fairy tales. Sometimes they start leaking into reality, and no one knows how to sew up the tear.” https://t.co/eHYy89gusW

[Sean Fennessey @SeanFennessey]

PARASITE wins. This is a landmark achievement in the Oscars not sucking.

[Nicole Renee Smith @nikkiraesmith]

👏👏👏 ⁦@kellydholstine⁩ Minnesota badass took a knee during Trump-adjacent national anthem | City Pages https://t.co/5z3UYbQrmF

[Ologie @ologie]

ICYMI: 🧡🧡🧡

https://t.co/mdjw5ioKCY

[OutFront Minnesota @outfrontmn]

KSTP interviewed our new Educational Equity Director and Minnesota Teacher of the Year @KellyDHolstine! #LGBTQyouth https://t.co/9LUIhuUFpf

[Nicole Renee Smith @nikkiraesmith]

When your dad has to call you back because Deal or No Deal is getting good ... 🙄😂 #dadlife

[William Faust @williamfaust]

Why The Arts Are The Great Unappreciated Engine Of The U.S. Economy via @forbes https://t.co/zb9mnBfrNu

[Nicole Renee Smith @nikkiraesmith]

@williamfaust Whoa. Dream job.