Interview with a Mom-to-Be

By: Kinga Mozes

Daisy Hopkins is a local artist, dancer, and activist in Minneapolis Minnesota. She is due to have her baby in February and is excited to start a new chapter both in her art and in her life with her baby girl. 

How do you balance being an artist with your future responsibilities of being a mother?

Dance is my passion, so that makes it a responsibility, but I’m bringing a human life into the world so that’s going to be my top priority. It’ll be different, though, when she does get here. We’ll be dancing together. I can already tell she’ll be a dancer. 

So do you think your kid will be an artist?

Definitely. She’s in my soul, in my body. It's inevitable. Even if it's not her main priority like mine, I know she’ll still enjoy it to an extent. 

How important is art for the youth in general? What impact does it have?

I think dance could save the future. What’s really messed up about this world right now is mental health and mindset. People can’t trust each other because they don’t trust themselves. People bash art like it's not necessary to society when it really is. Making their day better while they’re doing their job. 

How do you think being a mother will change you as an artist?

It’s going to make me better. Because I’m going to push harder. I'm going to want to be an example for my daughter that you have to work extremely hard to get to where you want to be. That’s what I really want to show her, be an example to her.

Where do you see yourself in ten years?

Out of Minnesota… I don’t know, I haven’t really thought about it. I see myself out of this country whether living or traveling. And settled with a basis in my life because personally, I just want that basis in my life. I want that foundation that no matter what I do or where I go in this world, I’ll always have this. Just living my best life, I don’t want to map it out or stop myself from doing something greater than my expectations will be. It just helps me feel more secure. I want to be busy.

Where do you get your inspiration from?

It would have to be my mom. I love how she carries herself, even though we’re clearly different. She’s dope but she has that traditional mentality, yet she’s so strong and wise. 

How important is your identity as a woman to you?

I’ve really been thinking about that. Funny how the universe works. It’s like everything. And I underestimate that sometimes. But there’s such beauty in it. I feel my masculine and my feminine everyday, even though I don’t have those non-binary labels. But for me feminine is the center of everything for me. Although, labels in general I don’t love. Let people live their life and be who they want to be. And that’s the beauty in life: everyone reacts to different things in life in different ways. And ego is a big part of it. It’s the norm to be focused just on you but hopefully it changes sometime. But I’m hopeful for our generation. When we have kids, I just feel like the way we’re going to raise our kids to be so healthy. 

Is there anything else you want to share?

I am an artist which means I need love and support. So my instagram is @morphdae. Stand for something or fall for anything. That’s my closing statement.