We're halfway through 2020 and breathing is now a luxury. We're living in a tinderbox, from the infernal flames that have scorched large swaths of the Pacific coast to Covid-19 fever dreams, seething rage against police brutality and city skylines engulfed in smoke. It has already become conventional wisdom that we're in the throes of … Continue reading American Psychosis
Grief in the Age of Coronavirus
In Memory of Matteo De Cosmo
Once Upon a Tornado
During a recent conversation with David Black, the author and family friend shared the essential ingredient for any successful story - mythology. He was reflecting on his own work, but was also commenting on the overall decline of storytelling, where myth has been replaced by supernatural fantasy and horrific violence. The Digital Age promised that … Continue reading Once Upon a Tornado
Saturn’s Revenge : Political Therapy
"In all the time that we've spent trying to figure out who the villain would be in the final act, not once did we consider the possibility that the greatest threat to our civilization could be us."
Native Fashion Now
Just as Columbus-era Native Americans developed techniques for working with the colorful Venetian beads that they acquired through trade, the skills of their descendants have also evolved to reflect the latest innovations. In Wendy Ponca’s dresses that are inspired by the “Sky World,” she blends fox fur and bald eagle feathers with crystals and Mylar, a reflective silver material found in space shuttles.
Desperately Seeking Sustainable Style
"Looking back in History, we see that the origins of fashion portray the character of a world built by manual techniques and natural fibers. Design was carried out as a reflection of culture and society. These are the images of an extinct world we need to recover.” – Adriana Marina, Founder of Animana Necklace by … Continue reading Desperately Seeking Sustainable Style
Perception in the Age of Truth-iness
truthiness [trooth-ee-ness] – believing something that feels true, even if it isn’t supported by fact ... "The entertainment industry and mainstream media perpetuate bias through the stories they tell and the images they omit."
Gilded Mane
TALES FROM THE WINDING PATH I must warn you in advance that the following story is incomplete. Memory has a way of presenting its own reality, of dwelling on some events and ignoring others entirely. All I have are my recollections, old photographs, written words, and my mother’s elephantine memory, in order to piece together the various … Continue reading Gilded Mane
Girls in the Years of Living Dangerously
“Why don’t you place just one crumb of basic human compassion on this fat free muffin of sociopathic detachment, see how it tastes.” Ever since the auspicious debut of the HBO show "Girls," I have been trying to figure out why I continue to watch something that actually makes me physically uncomfortable. Is it the … Continue reading Girls in the Years of Living Dangerously
The Life Experiment
We have more conveniences, but less time. more experts, but more problems; more medicines, but less healthiness. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbour. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies then ever, but have less communication. We … Continue reading The Life Experiment
Traveling Through Time w/ Bianca Turetsky
"Bianca had always known that she would be a writer, and her wardrobe tells the story of her journey from Julian Schnabel's assistant to published author. Just like Louise - the character she fabricated - Bianca’s own journey began in a vintage shop." “The Time-Traveling Fashionista” is the kind of series that my younger self … Continue reading Traveling Through Time w/ Bianca Turetsky
Juliana Lazzaro: Art in Motion Part II
Every day we make a choice and in that moment we decide which voice to listen to: insecurity, self-loathing, fear, reason, all of whom would be nothing without the energy we give them... Juliana is selective in this regard, listening only to her Intuition and the advice of those she admires. It has been six … Continue reading Juliana Lazzaro: Art in Motion Part II
Matthew Benson: The Seductive Farmer
"Organic is really a euphemism for misshapen beauty, or the Eastern aesthetic philosophy of wabi-sabi, where imperfections, transience, and asymmetry have more value, and are 'more perfect' than perfection...The more crazed and cracked the teapot, the wonkier the pear, the greater its integrity, beauty and value." -MATTHEW BENSON At the heart of every country, city, or … Continue reading Matthew Benson: The Seductive Farmer
Sandra Rabin: The Mentor Is In
"I know what you're doing is difficult. You're expecting immediate results from your efforts, but that is not the way life works. You can only plant seeds and when you reap benefits, it is because of the seeds that others have planted." - A. Philip Randolph, on the advice of his father Dear Mom, I am … Continue reading Sandra Rabin: The Mentor Is In
