sabbatical

the morton salt girl, halloween costume of my dreams

 i debated with myself as to whether to start over with a new blog but instead i've kept most of the postings from the last year and only changed the 'art direction'. although everything is still business related, the definition of business has changed. so hello again, my vixens. i'm so glad to be back. i've put up a new sidebar pertaining to what exactly it is that i do do. i'm the proud owner of a lifestyle design studio addressing ecological and sustainable issues while providing clients with styling, decorating, and landscaping services. there is no home base yet, everything is in limbo since life exploded this summer. but i've realized that, after extended and concentrated time spent healing, that it is better to work, to move forward and open those dreams up from dormancy. open sesame little sturdy dreams!

and moving on.

 

sass brown is a professor at FIT and this is the book i've been waiting for someone to write

i don't think i'm related to jessica but i wouldn't be surprised if i was, just judging by subject matter

 

 on its way to my mailbox now. elyssa is a bright young thing teaching at parsons

what is so delicious right now is the scope and accessibility of sustainable design. ecological and social issues are being addressed more than ever and the collective consciousness that makes that possible is allowing more consumers to drop out of what was and to regroup, to reform possibilities around lifestyle that hold more delicate things.  if we don't need clothing to fill a hole in our spirit then we are free to use it to enhance what is possible for us on a feeling level. we are free to play dress-up.

'all that vastness, all those small symmetries, all the brutality and fragility. nature may be beautiful, but nature is not pretty. Nature is the original punk'.

~linda loudermilk