Forgive me in advance, this is the first time I’ve ever tried to write like this.

Step 1: 3 core values

1. Passion
2. Musicianship
3. Enlightened

Step 2: Values - Human Traits

Passion - desire, enthusiasm, strong emotions, grit

Musicianship - precision, patience, creativity

Enlightened - knowledgeable, intentional, purpose

Step 3: Traits - Tangible Physical Signs

Name: Steve aka SteveO

A six foot stocky fellow in his mid 50s. Wears shorts and a t-shirt most days, because of the hot climate he lives in, but will dress up when his bougie wife insists. (He secretly likes dressing up fancy…shhhh).

99% of the time he’s wearing sunglasses. He had long hair for well over a decade but cut it when he joined the Navy. Nowadays, he keeps it short but sometimes has a starving artist look.

His friends enjoy shouting “SteveOOOOOOOOO” every time they see him walk into a room. He has a humble demeanor so he just quietly shakes his head and laughs. He’s somewhat quiet but always a deep thinker. The kind of person that watches an action movie and is concentrating on what the underlying theme is.

A slightly passive personality but will speak up at the right time. Does not get offended easily and has the patience of a saint. He doesn’t like comparing himself to others as he only competes with himself. He serves others first, including his dogs. He is a natural observer and slow to speak. In a crowded room, he prefers to sit in a corner, looking outward to observe what others are doing.

As a teenager and fueled by his love for music, he set out learning to play guitar. So, in HS, he got a job so that he could buy his first guitar, clothes, and a car. Over the years, he’s played in many garage bands but refuses to play in what he calls a “wedding singer” band.

Creating original music is what he values the most. Always has a guitar near for when inspiration hits. His office/studio is littered with music equipment from the past 40+ years because, in his own words, “if it still works, why get rid of it.” (Not a hoarder)

-All ages
-Jeans or shorts, RnR (band) T-shirts, sunglasses
-Guitars, amps, effect pedals, headphones, microphones, etc.
-Slow to speak, laughter, fun,

Step 4: Voice and Language

3 phrases often said:
1. It’s all about rock and roll
2. Turn it up to 11
3. That’s BADASS!
4. If you turn the volume down, you’re too old
5. I’m just Steve…
6. Just chill

3 forbidden words:
1. I Give up
2. I hate(fill in the blank)
3. It’s too hard

1 typical way of saying no:
1. “Say no to trying and say yes to doing”

Step 5: Mini Narrative Scene: SteveO Auditions For a Rock Band


Scrolling through Facebook one night, a post caught SteveO’s attention. It was a rock band looking for a lead guitarist. It had been 12 years since he was involved with any band but thought it was intriguing anyway.

With very nervous fingers, he messaged the band, sharing his past experience in playing guitar, then asking for a chance to audition. They messaged back and gave him a date and time to show up, along with an address. SteveO thought to himself, “Wow! I can’t believe I went through with it.”

Night of the audition finally came. Ringing the doorbell, a tall man answered, it was the drummer, Tommy, saying “Hi, you must be SteveO.” He answered with a shy low voice, “yes.” After making the rounds meeting all of the members in the band, the lead singer, Tina, said, “let’s do this!” So he set up an amplifier and tuned his guitar, played a few chords and ripped a few guitar licks to loosen up.

The other guitarist, another Steve, asked “here, I’ll show you the chords in this song, so just play along and feel free to improvise.” SteveO was so excited that he exclaimed “hell yeah, that’s so badass!” The other Steve smiled and began playing. The band played 4 or 5 songs, each requiring some backing vocals, SteveO was not really a singer, but he gave it his best shot.

Afterwards, they all chatted a bit to get more familiar with each other. They asked all types of questions like “how long have you been playing,” “what’s your musical background,” “how do you like the songs we’re playing.” The audition, first time SteveO did something like this because he usually was just ‘in a band’, seemed to go really well. They said their goodbyes and said, “we’ll call you when we make a decision.”

So he waited…patiently…well not really. He was nervous about the impression he made and who the competitors he was up against. Around this time of the year, SteveO attended the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival. Sitting around in his usual attire - shorts, t-shirt, and sunglasses, listening to some amazing blues artists, his cell phone rang.

It was Tina. He looked at the phone with a nervous lump in his throat. “Hello?” he said. “Hey, this is Tina from the band, what are you up to?” “I’m currently chillin at the Jazz Festival.” Tina said, “Well, me and the band have made a decision. At this moment, SteveO’s heart sank for a second, thinking he’d flunked out and made a terrible impression at the audition.

After an awkward pause that seemed like an eternity, she proclaimed “We chose you!” “Oh my God, this is awesome!” he said proudly. He nervously continued with “Thank you for giving me a chance to be a part of your band, I won’t let you down.”

And the rest is history, SteveO played with the band for the next 2 years, playing gigs all over the New Orleans area and having lots of fun along the way.

The End

Here is my Brand Character and Mini-Scene.

STEP 1 - THREE NON-NEGOTIABLE VALUES
Encouragement,
Love of stories
Love of learning

STEP 2 - TURN VALUES INTO HUMAN TRAITS
Encouragement traits:
Attentive listener
Warm and patient
Positive, encouraging language
Patient with those struggling

Love of stories traits:
Loves recommending books that will be 'just right' for a specific person
Makes everyday family moments into story-examples for teaching

Love of learning traits:
When asked a question to which she doesn't know the answer, she'll say 'Let's find out.'
Admits that she doesn't know everything and is happy to learn alongside her audience
Weighs up whether research evidence agrees with lived life experience

STEP 3 — TURN TRAITS INTO TANGIBLE PHYSICAL SIGNS
Name: Miss Isabel -that's what her pupils and their parents have turned her name into - is an approachable woman in her 60s who always has a welcoming smile. She smiles with her eyes, observes the body language of the people she deals with, and always tries to put people at ease.
She wears practical, comfortable clothing - doesn't want to panic about a bit of paint, crayon or mud ending up on her clothes. She often pairs navy with pale blue or white, or maroon or plum colours with beige or white. Her clothes may have some stripes or dots, but no large patterns. Plain clothes will be cheered up with a colourful scarf or gloves or similar accessories.
Her eyesight is no longer what it once was so she wears reading glasses. When she sits at her computer or is reading, she loves to have her favourite mug of coffee or tea sitting on a coffee mat nearby,making her feel that she is just relaxing rather than working.
In this digital age she still uses a physical Filofax organiser. When she requested a new one last Christmas she was asked by her daughter 'Do people really still use these?' Well, Miss Isabel is 'people' :-)
Miss Isabel has mobility issues. She needs a crutch for walking around the house and never has enough hands to do things quickly and efficiently. She has learned to accept help graciously with a warm smile and a 'thank you'. She has sometimes even been thanked by parents whose children started returning their used plates and glasses to the kitchen sink after learning to do that at her house.

STEP 4 - VOICE AND LANGUAGE
3 phrases she often says:
“Great question – let’s find out!”
“Try again.”
“Have you read…?”
3 words/phrases she’d never use:
“Don’t be stupid.”
“Whatever.”
“I’ve told you this already…” She has learned that she too forgets things and sometimes needs to ask more than once.
A warm way of saying no:
Miss Isabel doesn't like saying no, but will gently redirect if necessary.
“We can’t do it today, but there should be time tomorrow. Let’s plan on that.”

STEP 5 - MINI NARRATIVE SCENE

Mini Scene: Miss Isabel and the School Choice

Ping - a message comes in. Miss Isabel looks at the message that comes up on her phone 'Are you free? Can I call you?' She wipes her hands that had been chopping carrots and replies with a brief 'Yes.' Moments later the phone rings. While checking that the worst thing that could happen was that the water would boil with nothing ready to put into it, she answered:

“Hello Jenny! How have you been getting on?”

Her friend’s voice sounded worried. After weeks of agonising about which school to choose for her precious 4-year old, and having narrowed the choice down to two, she and her husband - two days before the first day of term - still hadn't made up their mind. Miss Isabel had gone through the pros and cons time and again, but -new worries surfaced every day - traffic, school lunches, too many children in a class - state school - too few children in a class - private school - and everything in between. Miss Isabel takes a deep breath and quietly switches off the cooker.

"And the school have sent a form - can you help me fill it in?"

"Yes, just send it over and we'll look at it together."

"Ok - name,,, the first few things you can fill out by yourself."

The next 45 minutes are spent deciding what are little Anthony's favourite stories, favourite toys, who is going to be picking him up, how he can be comforted when upset and a seemingly endless list of questions, each of which Miss Isabel helped her friend decide while juggling all the other things in her mind that still had to be done that evening - reading one chapter of 'I am Rebel' with one girl, discussing the choice of a research topic for her 'A' level student, changing what she had intended to cook to a quicker option, all while calmly saying that 'playing with trains, Lego, drawing and listening to stories' will be enough for the box of Anthony's favourite things to do.

Finally the form is completed.

"Thank you - you are the best." from a relieved Jenny. Finally - decision made!

The next day, photos are pinging in: a little boy smiling outside the school gate, playing with a wooden train set, and a joyful mum sending a message - we are all so happy. We can't thank you enough.

This is what Miss Isabel loves most - helping people make their decisions while reminding them that things happen for a reason, and to trust the Universe that everything will work out for the best.”

I have built a CustomGPT that creates daily images of recent projects that I am currently or have recently worked on at random. One of today's five images has left me feeling like Tattoo from the TV Series "Fantasy Island," and I'm about to scream, "The Plane, the plane!" Tina is a Giant!

Hello Romy - I just came across your reminder about this class in chat. Thank you for the reminder. Can't believe that tomorrow is Friday again! And I just saw that you have written about your brand character. I will put my thinking cap on and re-read your post and your own contribution and then write one of my own.

Isabella

Good morning everyone! I was finally able to write my BRAND CHARACTER and the MINI-SCENE!
What a marvelous journey! This exercise has opened thousands new doors to explore in the near future! I will explain you more details very soon!

This is TINA, my brand character for SUOMII FINE ART.

THREE NON-NEGOTIABLE VALUES

1. Mastering art
2. Humour
3. Human renaissance

TURN THE THREE VALUES INTO HUMAIN TRAITS

1. MASTERY ART
- stubborness
- humble
- absolute love for colors
- respect and study of the Great Masters
- perfectionism tendency
- jump from one topic to another too easily
- super curious


2. HUMOR
- makes always jokes
- love sharing good vibes
- use unexpected metaphores for laughing

3. HUMAN RENAISSANCE
- compassionate
- very good observer
- very good listener
- sharp memory
- trying to be objective
- see the situations in their overall complexity
- focus on personal development
- don't feed bad energies
- gives many chances to people before closing any relationship
- she loves every culture of the world

PHYSICAL SIGNS

Name: TINA

1. Typical Mediterranean woman: curvy body
2. Her eyes shines
3. Long brown hair > often arranged in a chiffon (because she hates hair on her face while working)
4. Nails with weird colors
5. Love very colorful make up
6. Kajal on her eyes
7. Welcoming smile
8. Posture: it leans forward with her body
9. Wise energy
10. Her clothes are preferibly black or blue (counterweighted by her colorful makeup)
11. Sportwear clothes most of the time
12. or very curated fashion choices
13. She loves details (rings, necklance with a meaning)
14. Totem object: color wheel, loves writing "manuals", colorful sticky notes everywhere, a yellow hair clip!
15. Always smiling or making jokes
16. Spend most of her time in a creative solitude
17. very calm voice and way of speaking
18. she raises her voice only when she is super stressed to defend herself
19. Looks people straight in their eyes
20. She moves slowly, listening to her body

VOICE AND LANGUAGE

Three phrases she always says:
"let go bad energies"
"make it more personal"
"you are more powerful than you think"

Three forbidden words
"it's your fault"
"I can't solve this problem"
"things never change"

MY MAIN THEMES

1. Creative Writing for Entrepreneurs
2. Personal Growth
3. AI tutorials
4. Canva tutorials
5. Pinterest
6. Brainding

MINI SCENE (Soooooooooo moving!)

Tina’s Journey to Romania

Tina had always felt a strange pull toward Romania, perhaps some karmic memory from the past, or maybe just her curiosity making another travel in an unknown country. Either way, something kept calling her to that Eastern land.

Some time ago, while studying tattoo traditions around the world, she discovered that Romanian women once inked small symbols on their hands and arms, tiny, beautiful designs that immediately resonated with her soul.

From that moment, Romania began appearing in her life like a quiet guest who somehow rearranges the furniture. Today, she even knows more Romanian singers than Italian ones, enchanted by their music’s curious balance between ancient roots and modern rhythms.

So one day, she packed her car with canvases, paints, brushes, and clothes (in that specific order) and set off on a long drive through Italy, Slovenia, and Hungary, soaking in the shifting colors of the landscapes. The bright southern light of the Italian sky slowly surrendered to the grayish northern tones—this time, with a splash of white. “Fifty shades of fog,” she muttered to herself, giggling. “As if someone had added too much water to the paint,” she thought, amused.

What freedom it was, driving like that! Places, houses, and people flowing past her eyes, each scene looking like it wanted to be sketched but disappearing too quickly for her perfectionism to keep up.

At last, she reached Transylvania, with its dark, brooding mountains.

On a bench, sketchbook in hand, she let herself absorb the richness of the colors. An old Romanian woman sat down beside her, wearing a floral scarf, her face a map of wrinkles that spoke of centuries.

“Bună dimineața,” the woman greeted.
Tina smiled—her usual way of breaking the ice. “Bună dimineața,” she replied,a little embarrassed by her accent.

The woman’s eyes fell on Tina’s sketchbook.
“Are you a painter?” she asked.
“Yes,” Tina said with a grin, “though most days I feel more like a painter-in-training.”
They both smiled. The woman's smile, though missing teeth, carried the sweetness of a lullaby remembered.
“My husband was a painter too,” she said. “He loved painting these mountains.”

Tina felt as though she were talking to her own grandmother. They didn’t need perfect language; the energy between them was enough.

The woman—Adina—invited her to her home for a coffee. She showed Tina faded family photos: a poor but loving home, tenderness captured in every frame.

Then Tina noticed an old painting on the wall: a fierce Romanian woman in traditional dress, her arms adorned with tiny tattoos with ancient symbols.

“She was my grandmother,” Adina said. The painting was nearly eighty years old.

And in that instant, everything clicked. Tina felt a thread tie her heart to this ancestor she had never met. She smiled, thinking of how the Universe loves to connect dots across time and place.
And this time, it had chosen paint, tattoos, and a stubborn little voice inside her saying: “See? You were right to follow the call"