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- That's one of my very
favorite parts of Instagram

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is just writing really stupid things.

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Sometimes I write things
just to make people

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choke on their coffee.

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- Hi, I'm Jihan Zencirli.

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Welcome to my studio.

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I own Geronimo Balloons

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in Echo Park, California.

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I am Geronimo, Geronimo is me.

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It's an extension of whatever
I'm interested day to day.

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I've always made things
as a way, as an outlet.

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My first balloon I ever gave

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was for my best friend's
birthday about six years ago.

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I showed up to the restaurant

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and I had a big balloon inflated

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and people at the
restaurant just went wild.

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we do really crazy stuff.

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Any day or week could be different.

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We create backdrops for
photo shoots, for TV.

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We do parties, we do events,

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we do branding for companies.

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When someone has like an idea or a need,

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we come in and we just are like

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come up with the craziest idea

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and hope that they say yes.

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When Kanye West wanted to have
a ceiling full of balloons,

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we made it for him,

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for like a secret concert
that he was having.

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I love Instagram

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and I love engaging with
people through Instagram.

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I love watching what other people

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are doing through Instagram.

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You want a place to kind of
see if people are interested

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in the things you're doing.

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So, Instagram immediately was a place

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that I could try out
new colors, new ideas.

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We had a huge burst of people

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when one of the Kardashians
had a birthday party

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and included us in her round
of the favorite things.

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So, in the night,

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I think we had like
10,000 extra followers,

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which shows the power of Instagram.

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When I think of what I want to be able

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to achieve as an artist,

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it's really not about the visual product.

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It's about this feeling or
this movement, this idea,

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this place that I can create for people,

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which is wonder.

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I think, as adults,

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it's really hard to like
find wonder in things

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because we've seen it all,
we've experienced it all.

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A little piece of wonder

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is what I want my legacy to be

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or what I want my art to be

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because it just makes people happy.

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It does.

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I see it and that is so fulfilling to me.

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