The Housewife and her pet.

Collage 2007

Collage based on the movies of Pedro Almodóvar. 2012

How To Be Arrogant (series of posters - A0- screen print)

5 steps:

1) Believe you are as good as you say you are. So tell yourself you are the best and take pride in every single thing you do. Really take this attitude on board in all of your thinking and dismiss the niggling doubts, should there be any. Know that you are amazing in every way.

2) Set the highest standards of etiquette for which your vocation calls. Always use manners to your advantage. Being arrogant does not mean being rude and forgetting one’s basic etiquette around others. Manners serve as the means by which you maintain your aloofness and keep others distant - in a socially acceptable way.

3) Have a silent presence and aura. Your body language needs to reflect a higher status value - stand up straight always, make confident purposeful movements, do not smileoften, and walk with long strides. Remain aloof and gaze critically at people and tasks.

4) Don’t just talk superior: be superior. This does require effort on your behalf to demonstrate that you know more than others, meaning that you must know a lot about the industry, profession or activity by which you establish your superior status. Don’t have gaps or you will be tripped up by someone seeking to target you.

5) Dress well. Walk the talk with fine and neat clothing. One expensive suit, jacket or wrapround dress is worth 50 cheap versions. It lasts longer and leaves a lasting impression.

Derde jaar illustratie: De duif geschreven door Patrick Süskind.