Inspiration – Page 18 – Emily Brickel Edelson

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February 20, 2011

For New Yorkers – every day is a photo shoot

Check out this awesome promotion done by dirty sugar Live for the New York Post at the Metropolitan Pavilion for the Style360 shows during fashion week. A dream come true for most fashionites – your face in the photos of page six. It inspires me to see how street fashion (as best described in my last post “Fashion Week +” ) is alive and well any where you look in the fabulous city we call home. Check out these outrageous photos, the first one staring yours truly and my celeb stylist friend Meital B. Other faces to follow are some that you will surely recognize.

All photos courtesy of dirty sugar Live for The New York Post Style 360 Photo shoot

Check out the full photo shoot here:
http://www.nypost.com/promotions/events/style/

Hope that inspires you!
xoxox
Emily

February 18, 2011

Fashion Week + …

Oh the chic and glamour of it all… all the craziness that goes on inside the new shrine to fashion, a.k.a. Lincoln Center.

Now I could be writing a review of all the fashion week shows by each luxurious and chic designer after designer – however you can find that on my go-to favourite websites like www.NYMag.com, www.Style.com, www.WWD.com as well as many more and countless glam bloggers – but like I said, my blog is not about that. I don’t want to become a “news” blog – I am a fashion designer who is writing about my inspiration so hopefully you get a different perspective that you cannot find anywhere else. And although the shows that I went to were amazing (Thanks Meital) and the Fall 2011 RTW looks were inspiring on their own, I decided to pick a different perspective from the fashion world – the one OUTSIDE the shrines, on the street…

After devouring an eloquent article in the Spring Fashion issue of New York Magazine (acquired in the main lobby of the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week entrance), an Ode to one of my favorite bloggers The Sartorialist in “The Street Is Their Oyster” by Amy Larocca, the inspiration really is alive in the hearts of the people on the streets. Scott Schuman not only shoots the looks going down the runway – but also shoots the unassuming street promenadists all through out the fashion capitals. He shoots where inspiration takes him, when it moves him and how it moves him. No apologies. That is what I intend for my blog and hope to follow in his impeccably stylish footprints.

From the article — {“The world of who, exactly, makes the images that become our idea of “fashion” has, for a very long time, remained shockingly small. There are a few photographers who are on contract with several magazines, and they produce not only those magazines’ covers and editorials but also, more lucratively, the slick and shiny ads that appear between these pages. It’s been very close and very cozy for years.

But the Internet changed all of that, or some of it, and (Scott) Schuman, 43, and (Garnace) Doré, 35, [Of thesartorialist.blogspot.com and garancedore.fr respectively] were there at the right moment, lingering outside (and, as time progressed, inside) fashion shows with their cameras around their necks. It’s not that the concept of street style was invented by these two—Bill Cunningham’s been at it forever—but they introduced the world to its latest commercial possibilities. If once upon a time the idea of “street” fashion suggested looks that were somewhat off the fashion grid, either in opposition to or in advance of the runway, Doré and Schuman are the opposite of that. “The thing that is really different from street style that came before is that it always seemed like they were trying to find the really different thing, find the crazy people and take a picture,” says Schuman. “I’d take a picture of a guy in a suit, and people would say, ‘That’s not street style,’ and I say, ‘But he was on the street!’ There’s much more subtlety on my blog than on other blogs.”

What Schuman and Doré do, in effect, is to remove one layer of fantasy from a typical editorial shoot. Their subjects still radiate glamour, but they are very rarely models. They are on Sixth Avenue or the Rue de Rivoli rather than in a stark-white studio.”} —

In the NYMag.com article one of Scott’s favorite specimens Anna Dello Russo, Japanese Vogue editor remarks that Scott once said to her; “When I look at a fashion magazine, I don’t find anymore the look of fashion. I saw beautiful images but not how you can put on a coat for life’. And I would say, ‘This is very clever. In a magazine, the images are so high, they are so beautiful.’ They are talking about the dream, but they don’t have reference about how you do this for life. That’s why these blogs are a revolution.”

Revolution indeed, Schuman, Doré and all the other trending photobloggers capture elegance, beauty and chic in its natural form and habitat – on the people who LOVE fashion, and take pride in the art of dressing. Schuman has been famous for ignoring the celebrity that passes him on the street, if they are not so artfully dressed he doesn’t care that they are a celeb but only if their look is right. And IF he manages to catch a sumptuous ensemble on an actual celebrity he sometimes doesn’t even I.D. them in his blog – he takes the genuine approach to the photos and his blog, purely for the love of cool.

Photo courtesy of New York Magazine “The Street Is Their Oyster” by Amy Larocca
Photo by Graeme Mitchell

Hope that inspires you!
xoxo
Emily

February 9, 2011

Soundtrack to my life…

Ever notice when you tune into things that you overhear conversations confirming something you have been mulling over, you hear songs on the radio that explain exactly how you are feeling, or tell you something you have been needing to hear? This is the soundtrack to your life, and this is the soundtrack to mine. Right now these two songs are my top inspirational go-to’s. Let’s see how long it takes to make you smile…

Dedicated to all my girls, especially everyone, anytime, every time you forget who you are, even if for a second.

“You don’t have to feel like a waste of space
You’re original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe you’re reason why all the doors are closed
So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road

Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow
And when it’s time, you’ll know

You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July

Cause baby you’re a firework
Come on show ’em what your worth
Make ’em go “Oh, oh, oh!”
As you shoot across the sky-y-y!”

Katy Perry’s “Firework”
These images are phenomenal and gorgeously executed.

Katy Perry’s “Firework”

_____________________

Dedicated to that very special person…

Like a Shock
To my Heart
When I Saw
You Tonight
Like a Dream
Come alive
For the Very first Time

When we Touch
In the Dark
Baby you Blow in My Mind
Wish I Could Freeze
You and Me
In this Moment in Time

You Got It
What I Want
Give It Up
Shorty
Step it Up
For Me
And I’ll give you Everything
All My Life
All My Love
I give you My Fortune and Fame
I’ll even give you My Name

Girl you take me Higher
Than I’ve ever been Before
My feet don’t touch the Floor
We’ll flyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
The Sky’s The Limit
The Sky’s The Limit
Girl you take me

Up Up Up Uuuup Up Up Uuuup Up Up

Girl you take Me up
You take Me Higher
The Sky’s The Limit
The Sky’s The Limit

When We Dance
When We Kiss
Doesn’t get any better than This
How You Shine
Trapped in the Spotlight
Finally Mine
Yeahhhh

Baby Let’s Go
Lets Get Outta here
Baby Let Go
Got nothing to Fear
And now that We’re here
Let’s disappear
Into the Night…..

Jason DeRulo’s “Sky’s The Limit”

Hope this inspires you-
xo
Emily

February 4, 2011

Immerse in BEP360

This is the kind of thing that I can talk about, but you have to see to believe. Last week Will.I.Am from the Black Eyed Peas launched Will.I.Apps, a digital media company rolling out the first of many cutting edge iPod and iPad apps.

Just released is “The Time” (that beat you can’t get out of your head – the revisioned finale from 1987’s Dirty Dancing “[I’ve had] The time of my life”) The song in itself, is one of my favorites and inspires me to no end. The original brings back so many memories for me and I can’t help but get up and dance every time I hear it.

What takes the song above and beyond, is the 3D360 technology music video that has been dubbed BEP360. Will.I. Apps and the BEP360 app “have been established to help artists tap into the potential of our hyper-connected mobile world and bring fans deeper inside the music far beyond a four minute audio recording. It’s a unique and completely new way to experience a 360-degree music immersion that will bring artists and fans closer together.” – Will.I.Am stated.

Using a mini Ferris wheel like contraption of digital cameras, the music video was literally captured from 360 degrees granting the effect that you are in the party with the Peas. Aim your iOS at the ceiling, you see the ceiling of the party, explore the party by turning 360 degrees around the room you are standing in now while peering through the teleporting like device also known as your iPhone.

On top of that, the app includes augmented reality cartoons of the Peas characters when you point your screen at their new album cover “The Beginning”, direct your own virtual photo session of the Peas and see the behind the lens as if you were there in 360 degrees, looking at the photographer and set along with some other interactive goodies.

I check out the vid, it will inspire you to see how far technology has come – yes we have seen it in google earth – but never quite this way. Check it out

January 29, 2011

Couture Season!!!

And so my loves, this is my most anticipated round of collection runway shows – Paris Couture has started. This is the stuff my dreams are made of, the art of fashion, the heart of my inspiration. How gorgeous and intricate, boundary pushing and gravity defying these gowns are. These frocks are sure to grace the red carpets for awards season and peppered among celebrities at premieres, galas and fetes.

Here are my top picks from the masters of the atelier…. Stephanie Rolland, Elie Saab, Christian Dior and Givenchy.

From Stephane Rolland – chic, architectural minimalism at its finest.

Elie Saab really out did himself. For this collection he channeled allurist and demuretrix Norma Shearer, a 1920’s actress once dubbed the Queen of MGM (playing such roles as Marie Antoinette, Juliet from Romeo & Juliet and acting along side greats like Clark Gable). The details in these gowns are admittedly stunning and seem like floating frothy confections delicious enough to eat. Layers of sumptuous tulle, organza, mousseline as well as flowers and pearls bring back delicate dressing. Really feminine and old hollywood, I think this collection is superb and a must for nominated Actresses.

I really can’t get enough of all the details and delicate design elements. The flesh tone is mesmerizing and incredibly flattering. These dresses emulate the glitz of hollywood and the influence of greek goddesses.

This red is incredibly luxurious and so brilliant.

Not personally such a fan of this peridot green in general, however I am won over by Elie as his creation looks ravishing with porcelain skin and garners resemblance of Judy Garland in MGM’s 1944 “Meet Me In Saint Louis” (one of my all time favorite musicals – If you have never seen it I highly recommend).

These white numbers are show stoppers and really just such artful perfection.

Simply gorgeous, this saloon esque frock really drives the lady-like home.

This dress looks like something the 1950’s classic Barbie would dream of wearing, and that Charlize Theron could rock with her bewitching elegance.

Below: The re-define of black. Its hard to remember the last time black was THIS alluring. The sheer and the sparkle melt together to create something similar to my ambrosia.

And like the perfect punctuation to an eloquent sentence, the stunning antiqued wedding gown brought the show to a close.

Elie Saab himself, kudos.

Next, one of the loves of my life and genius John Galliano for Christian Dior. Season by season he continues to eclipse himself and capture the essence of our imagination. With the grandeur of his shows and the commitment to marrying the past with what is now, Mr. Galliano is a master of the art of couture. As the 1950’s trends always are my favourite, the continuation of the Dior New Look in Galliano’s representation of the House of Dior is much appreciated and timeless. And with this collection, the master of house has preformed a salute to the legendary fashion illustrator Mr. Rene Gruau, the man who gave life to the haute of the 40’s and 50’s and to whom we owe Christian Dior’s iconic illustration imagery. Galliano said this was his most technically challenging collection yet.

An unexpected side cowl/drape is quirky and modern. Interpreting the play of light and shadow that mimics Gruau’s illustrations in watercolor and pencil, Monsier Galliano ensued with several layers of tulle, instead of the less painstaking way of achieving this look by hand painting the fabric. The outcome was an impressive taste of degrade, along with the addition of embroidery and sequins on one side of the gown to evoke the like of the illustrator’s pencil marks. Like I said, the reason why this is the essence of what dreams are made of, especially for young designers like myself.

Melding fantasy with wearability.

The belles of the ball.

Bravo. A look at the magic. Close ups, beauty shots and a flash from genius past: Illustrations by Rene Gruau.

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The master John Galliano (recent hair cut questionable.).

At Givenchy, designer Riccardo Tisci was inspired by Japan and the art of Robot toys. With incredible detailing, one dress requiring 2,000 hours of cutting and 4,000 hours of sewing, these gowns are pure artwork. Appliqués on boleros included a catholic cross over a robot’s face, a three dimensional spread of vermillion wings cast out of laser cut organza appliqued on layers of chiffon and tulle, and an appliqued japanese crane rising out of a cloud of feathers. Toped with sci-fi head armor by Philip Treacy, one could least expect these creations are out of this world.

Hope that Inspires you, It has me mesmerized still. The love of knowing anything is possible with dedication, vision and resolve to me is the passion of my life.

Enjoy and create!

January 24, 2011

The Secret is…

“All you require is YOU, and your ability to think things into being. Everything that has been invented and created throughout the history of humankind began with one thought. From that one thought a way was made, and it manifested from the invisible into the visible.” – Rhonda Byrne The Secret

That amazes me…

I hope that inspires you!

January 11, 2011

Be your own *AIKHAN

This post’s theme is Be your own *AIKHAN, and whenever I am for lack of inspiration – I call upon my friend and mentor Nicholai Cerezo Khan, aka NICHOL*AIKHAN, pronounced like it sounds, icon. Nick is an artist, life enthusiast, enlightened philosopher, entrepreneur and self made mogul. Personally, as an artist and someone who thrives on inspiration, occasionally I hit a creative block. Part of the reason I began this blog was to make it “my job” to inspire myself constantly and to hopefully impart some inspiration onto you. Below intertwined in to this post are works done by Nicholai Khan.

Nicho is one of those people that if you have never encountered him – you have probably heard of him, if you have met him – you will never cease to be amazed, if you spend a day with him, you conclude you must spend many more days with him. His vast knowledge and ingenuity is astounding. He is my teacher and friend. A mentor and guru in his own right. He’s the guy with the impossible story, the one who has overcome mountains, and comes back to you screaming for more. He has been to the depths of the world, and back. His bio page on Nick’s Aikhanbuyhouse.com (another one of his ventures with co-partner Leon Bourn, others include NicholaiKhan.com ) describes him as living a “nefarious lifestyle, realizing the folly of his ways and decided to clean his life up.”

Nick started out as a graffiti artist, getting arrested for it’s illegal nature, educated at The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York facing the streets of Manhattan then, years later traveled the world and studied at The Oneness University in India. He had achieved the path of enlightenment by way of study, meditation and reading through sleepless nights of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, Chopra, Hoftstadter, Lipton, Osho as well as books like “The Secret” and “A Course in Miracles”. Nick is an artist, an entrepreneur, a visionary and an inspirational leader. He believes in the strength of humanity and the guidance of your heart and intentions.

(Emily Jessica Brickel) EJB: What Inspires you?

(Nicholai Cerezo Khan) NCK: There is inspiration found everywhere in life itself, in everything I see, and in everything I experience. The little lessons that we learn along the way are inspiring. We can discover great clues about ourselves just by being truly present. A lesson in consciousness can be learned from anyone whether it be homeless person or a billionaire, you have to know how to truly hear their story. I try to get to know everyone I meet and get insight from them, deep and intricate insight and information. Almost like a celebration of humanity. When you find individuals you see real raw life, everyone is experiencing it and no one is alone in that.

EJB: So would you say you get your inspiration mostly from people?

NCK: No, everything, anything, deep thought. A good feeling will be inspiring to me, an Ah Hah moment and I realize Wow, I can make this feeling into something tangible. If you step into something unpleasant and you invent something from it you can make it so no one ever has to step into that something again. It (life) can be either a comedy or a tragedy, you have to take the positive out of it. Every step is a reality.

EJB: Do you ever have a creative block and if so, how do you get out of it?

NCK: No, I’m chasing with my creativity, I have things running through my mind all the time and I let them play, your thoughts should be allowed to play because life is not that serious, and when it is that serious you should let them play more. My thoughts fly, they have their own wings, and one day those thoughts will come back to me and give me a new experience and then the hands of my physical being will create it.

Let your inspiration come though, It’s not a matter of doing, It’s a matter of being and awareness of what you are being, and everything comes out of that. THE FLOWER KNOWS TO BLOSSOM AT SOME POINT. DOES IT BLOSSOM RIGHT AWAY? NO, BUT IT DOES WHEN IT IS SUPPOSED TO, WHEN IT IS NURTURED BY THE ELEMENTS, WE ARE ALL MEANT TO BLOSSOM, THAT IS THE REALITY OF IT. The truth is that we are all unique and amazing! We need to see this about ourselves before we can truly be free in our own lives. Each flower holds infinite beauty, and each person should embrace their need to expand and flourish in order to find such radiance in themselves.

EJB: Thats amazing, What do you hope to leave as your legacy?

NCK: I want to leave behind a group of individuals, and not just a group but a reality of individuals that will inspire the world – not just wait for inspiration but play with it and create. (I want to leave behind) Smiles, recognition, (and) Ah Hah moments – for everyone. If I were to go tomorrow, I want everyone to have an Ah Hah moment and say, yeah I get it, I finally truly understand what he was saying. (On Nick’s many teachings and speeches).

EJB: What is your daily routine?

NCK: I wake up and I’m on my phones Immediately. From that point on I am giving advice and helping people create businesses for themselves. Those are the things I do constantly, building businesses and giving advice. There’s no such thing as a routine in my type of lifestyle, there’s only doing, being and handling one task at a time, giving the time allotted to each task. Easier said than done, time management is an art in itself. Harnessing time and making it work for you is difficult but once you get down to it and most effectively be motivated by just being and doing what you have to no matter what (comes up) or no matter where you are. Thats how they (artists, entrepreneurs) are successful.

EJB: Quote to live by?

NCK: Know your goals, know the steps to take, always be patient, never settle and never give up.

EJB: Who said that?

NCK: Nicholai Khan. I live by my own quotes, not any one else’s. I love other quotes, I have hundreds that speak to me, but I WRITE MY OWN BOOK.

This “Lennon” resembles another great besides John. See below photos of the Guru himself and a few of his projects.

Nicholai’s AIKHANIC Clothing Line

Nicho The Tiger Children’s book NichoTheTiger.com available at Amazon.com

Nick’s Beginnings as a graffiti artist.

The artist with his work, at Aikhanbuyhouse.com and Vespa Restaurant in NYC

Meet the guru.. Nick all over the world. Modern Renaissance Man

Nick living life to the fullest.

The man himself…

I’m not even sure this can do him justice but I hope, at the very least this inspired you.

It’s the true story of the power of intentions and taking control of your destiny. Nick was a huge force in the creation of my baby Rock Hard Atelier along with many other companies in his profile and for that, his friendship and his guidance I am eternally thankful.

January 6, 2011

OSHO's Courage, Steve Job's genius.

So my new friend Monica Taylor (inspirational Entrepreneur and founder of MomsMadeEasy.com – check out her bio!) and I were chatting, exchanging iPhone applications that we liked and she recommended OSHO Zen Tarot. I never really got so far into Tarot, only a few times, I’ve always been curious about it yet kind of nervous to get my cards read – however I am a huge fan of Zen and Osho. So I downloaded it and the instructions were to focus your energies on one question. After a little bit of guidance from the app and a little bit of thinking, my question was “What do I need to take from this situation”. As everyone does, in life sometimes you feel insecure. As an entrepreneur, and someone looking into their future with open possibilities, freedom is insecurity, uncertainty is wonder. This was the card I pulled: Courage.

The Commentary:

“This card shows a small wildflower that has met the challenge of the rocks and stones in its path to emerge into the light of day. Surrounded by an aura of bright golden light, it exposes the majesty of its tiny self. Unashamed, it is equal to the brightest sun.

When we are faced with a very difficult situation we have a choice: we can either be resentful, and try to find somebody or something to blame for the hardships, or we can face the challenge and grow.

The flower shows us the way, as its passion for life leads it out of the darkness and into the light. There is no point fighting against the challenges of life, or trying to avoid or deny them. They are there, and if the seed is to become the flower we must go through them. Be courageous enough to grow into the flower you are meant to be.

OSHO says:

“The seed cannot know what is going to happen, the seed has never known the flower. And the seed cannot even believe that he has the potentiality to become a beautiful flower. Long is the journey, and it is always safer not to go on that journey because unknown is the path, nothing is guaranteed.

Nothing can be guaranteed. Thousand and one are the hazards of the journey, many are the pitfalls – and the seed is secure, hidden inside a hard core. But the seed tries, it makes an effort; it drops the hard shell which is its security, it starts moving. Immediately the fight starts: the struggle with the soil, with the stones, with the rocks. And the seed was very hard and the sprout will be very, very soft and dangers will be many.

There was no danger for the seed, the seed could have survived for millennia, but for the sprout many are the dangers. But the sprout starts towards the unknown, towards the sun, towards the source of light, not knowing where, not knowing why. Great is the cross to be carried, but a dream possesses the seed and the seed moves.

The same is the path for man. It is arduous. Much courage will be needed.”

For me this is a strong symbolism to where I am right now. Three and a half years ago graduating college, getting my first real job after many internships – now for the last almost two years being an entrepreneur, living life with a plan but an uncertain one. Knowing your dream, but not knowing how to get there. Knowing you believe, but not seeing fruition. Having faith while trembling. Starting one company, about to embark on a new. This life I have chosen will never be secure and certain, but after all – if it was where would the fun be in that?

Osho says “If you understand, insecurity is an intrinsic part of life – and good that it is so, because it makes life a freedom, it makes life a continuous surprise. One never knows what is going to happen. It keeps you continuously in wonder. Don’t call in uncertainty – call it wonder. Don’t call it insecurity – call it freedom.”

This inspires me because all the Greats have done this before. Taken the path not yet created.

Steve Jobs said it best:

“Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent. They imagine. They heal.
They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
We make tools for these kinds of people.
While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

Thanks Steve and Osho for giving me the courage to keep chasing the dream!

January 5, 2011

Entrepreneurial Spirit… Let it fly!

So I am completely loving my new hobby as a blogger – It’s something about that quest for knowledge and the Zest of finding it that I eternally seek. I love the idea that I get to do this and not just take my hours of web-surfing and click-through tangents to merely lock it up in my head for future use – now I can share it with you – which in itself makes me full of excitement and gives me that zing that I am addicted to!

SO, here’s what I found tonight: I just finished watching all of the episodes of inspirational and “femme forte” minds of several well known female Entrepreneurs on PowerWomenTV created by Amy Palmer with the likes of Bethenny Frankel, Carmen Wong Ulrich, Gabrielle Bernstein, Karen Robinovitz and Lyss Stern. Some of whom you have heard of – the others I suggest you get acquainted with for these are women of power.

They discuss their trials and tribulations, their “Jump” moments when they decided to risk it all and take a leap of faith, their innate belief in themselves, the story behind how they solidified their complete conviction and dedication to their vision, and other incredible advice one could only attain by living through it.

Hat’s off to these women – they truly are an inspiration. I am spell bound by the things they have said, even though parts of their successes you’ve heard before; “believe in yourself, no one’s going to do this but you etc., etc., etc.,” their main messages are so unique and current according to where we are NOW in society, culture and the economy. They are so motivating because they remind us that we each have our own story. As humans we each have unique pasts, different hurdles we have over come and diverse experiences we can draw from. These Power Women really show what it looks like to take your own individual never-been-out-there-yet vision and make it into a business.

Amy Palmer, the founder and host of PowerWomenTV herself is an entrepreneur, who says she started this “online series about women entrepreneurs and business leaders (to) reveal how successful women create their businesses, the steps they took to achieve their goals and how others can learn valuable work and life lessons from their journeys.

Women entrepreneurs or “femmepreneurs” as my friend Christina Rozakis of The Lights has coined, are on the rise sparked by the Great Recession or at least are more and more visible then they ever have been before. With reality shows like “The City” on MTV and webisodes like TheLights.TV (that yours truly has been a cast member of) we, collectively – and I am speaking for myself and all the young female entrepreneurs I have spoken with – all support a voice that will empower the brains of the next booming business to create and spread her message.

As a “femmepreneure” myself and only a quarter of a century old I have MUCH to learn, much to explore. I’ve had my fair share of hurdles and heartbreaks and I know there will be more but each day I have to motivate, self discipline and be fearless because if I don’t, my fear of regret will take over; and I am not going to let my dream go unfulfilled!

So here are a few things I’ve learned from these ladies: “Everything you do is a reflection of what you see in yourself”, “Your career path is never a straight line”, and “It will always get better” – Carmen Wong Ulrich.

Watch and you will empowered!

January 1, 2011

Getting inspired….

Ok.. here we go. I’ve been wanting to do a blog for the longest time and my focus is to blog about INSPIRATION. Something I am constantly on a quest for, a thirst for, to satiate my palate. I crave it and never can get enough. So many times I’ll hit an artistic block and I hope that this blog will track my search for the zing we call inspiration.

So here I am flying about 34,862 feet above the United States on one of my biggest “inspirators” Richard Branson’s Virgin America. Flying Vegas to NY and roaming the internet for inspiration, for my next epic, for my next muse or idea.

Just wanted to share something that tickled my fancy – www.pecha-kucha.org Barcelona #10 “Painting with Light” by Mateusz Staniewski, Piotr Wankowicz, Agnieszka Sobota and friends – Which led me to their blog – http://selectedlightworks.blogspot.com/ Genius!

Check it out, their half paintings / half photographs are out of this world and really amazing. Click through for images or listen to how they created their masterpieces. This team really is a talent – and they are pretty cool themselves!