The Importance of Being

At the beginning of the year I made the decision that I want to live. I want to LIVE as fully as possible and do all that I am meant to during this Earth time. It was this decision that catapulted the show. Also training, therapy, and becoming more selective with what I spend my energy on... Our time is precious and so we have to make it true.

I think the Age of Aquarius is not so much about the ending of the world... but I do believe it's the end of the world as we know it and we are embarking upon a technological and artistic renaissance and it is all over the planet. It makes the imperative to do what you have to do that much more from the base insides of your core and permeates every thought and action. Thus  'the work consumes you.'

Love Matters is an example. 

Another example is BAZZUL. A new denim line that is launching by my friend Felicia Burke. She's an incredible human being and her sense of design is above and beyond what we've seen before... and she needs your help this month. With the INDIEGOGO Fundraising platform we're helping her raise $$ to produce final samples & to show at the Capsule Trade Show this January! So you can get your hands on some first edition BAZZUL this fall! $1 is worth it. $5 $10, $15, whatever is available on your visa mastercard amex discover pick one and support an artist following her path.

GO HERE:   http://www.indiegogo.com/bazzulstudios

And here:   bazzul.com

Again- you want this.

The other thing that's happening next weekend is a fundraiser for the Provincetown Library. It's going to be a super fun little jazzy party from 4-7pm @ the library. Tix are $25. Remember you never pay to rent videos from there. Come see the show and get a cocktail. Zoe Lewis is going to be performing on the boat! Need I say more?

Well I will... Libraries are not just for fashion shows and reading. They also provide public washrooms to the customers of our town. They provide Internet and printing. A cool place for kids to play that is safe and educational. It's also a place to go and work on your laptop with your headphones or not and enjoy some silence and peace. It's so good for the creative spirit to be in that space. That top floor window that looks out onto the water makes reading a magazine or book or researching with kinetic information a spiritual experience! Kindle won't replace pages and itunes can't replace a vinyl record. No matter how environmentally friendly it is there is a connection you create with your environment, the book in your hand, and the journey it's taking you on. And OUR library has the capacity to be a really cool space for everyone. This fundraiser goes towards operations and cooler programming. Hope to see you there for this good time!

Now let me transition into another topic... for all Regina readers... my Mom is Marian Donnelly and she's running for Mayor. And can I say- she kicks ass. She works hard, cares so much for the whole city and everyone she meets and would be an outstanding leader. She deserves your vote. For more info go to mariandonnelly.com and check out her platform.

Ok more on design and my own fashion soon... but this is what's happening and I hope you're able to support any of these in whatever way you can. I love you all :)

'How My Heart Behaves'

First- Title of blog- directly from Feist. Last track on her brilliant album 'The Reminder.'

Next- It's been a while since a blog has been posted and I'm sorry there was no immediate post-fashion show blog, or major thank you or other news about what has been happening here at the end of the world... because A LOT HAS HAPPENED!

So this one is going to be big!

Let's start with the magic video that Tony Thai of www.southofangels.com made. This is an edit of the show and it really beautifully depicts the magic and the mood of that night (almost 3 months ago?)

http://vimeo.com/45677725


Love Matters INSIDE:OUT (South Of Angels Style) from Tony Thai on Vimeo.

And for the full show, please view the work of the wonderful Tim Mcarthy


Love Matters Inside + Out - A Fashion Show & Performance at the Provincetown Library! from LIPTV 5 on Vimeo.

This was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. And I can't actually express enough gratitude for what all the contributions of the artists, models, leaders that were involved in the making and executing of a night that made everyone happy.

So we have these amazing videos but there were also a roster of incredible photos taken by Elyssa Cohen, Bobby Miller & Kevin Cotter. More to come from their visions.

It's important to me that proper documentation of this magic be made....

However the magic did not stop after this! It was the summer! In Provincetown! Summer has always represented epic opportunities to learn and grow. The time off, the sun, the tan, the swimming somehow equals the requirement to start the fall as a whole new person. Growing up- as in high school & college summers- they were definitely changing. The big 'ah ha' moments usually happened at some dawn-walk home after being out all night doing whatever, a search for the beat, a lover, inspiration, an answer that is just 'out of reach, down the block, on a beach, under a tree...' 

Anyway- definitely had a few of those too this season. My gears shifted after the show into retail, and doing my best to sell the products at Silk & Feathers and Kidstuff. Being in the store where your work is on the wall, on the hanger for people to pick at, try on, enjoy, compliment, make fun of, lust over, find absolutely amazing, consider terrible or brilliant design based on whatever is kind of like putting yourself on a dart board. Sometimes comments come at you with arrows of love and sometimes not, and sometimes they hit and sometimes they miss but you always hear it and feel it. Like anyone on stage always knows when anyone is looking at their watch. 

But these metaphors melt away to note that the key to retail for me is not about selling $$ but finding the thing that's right. Be it a sale t-shirt, emergency thong, fierce $10 sunglasses or a lace-cut-out dress... And it has been a joy and honor this season to find the right thing for some of the most beautiful and talented women on the planet; and that they were garments that I made with my hands and with the help of my friends. It has also been a joy to meet the women that are taking my work home and knowing they are going to cherish it the way I cherish the experience of making these pieces. And the cumulative amount of joy and inner sex appeal that was able to be brought out for these people and myself has been nothing but amazing. 

So thanks for that too! 

I did edit some tanks and change some other things around. Mermaids and unicorns found new life as dresses and sleeved garments. And some patterns were made for Loveland- the coolest new store in the West end. 

Also this was a project for the Outer Cape Health Benefit. Outer Cape is a great facility in Provincetown that cares for everyone! The assignment was to take these Peace flags made by townie Tracey Primavera to make something... 5 artists were invited to participate and it was an honor to be asked. And I loved making this. I used about 4 flags and a hoolahoop :)

 I also was invited to be a part of a WOMR fundraiser altering one of Scott Coffey's jackets. Both of these fundraiser pieces sold to some beautiful ladies that know very well how to rock it :)

This is Michelle- who bought it... one denim jacket into long vest. Serious. Sassy. Fab. I'm in love!

The other major wonderful project that helped wrap up the summer is a wedding- which I did both bride's outfits. They were some of my most beautiful work- technically and esthetically. Pictures are coming with some proper editing and descriptions of what they were about.

And boom. Labor Day came and went. The summer came and went. This fall has felt like a puzzle pieces finding their place, but they are new places. Fall is death and birth at the same time. The persons we were at the beginning of the summer and who we are now are different. And perfect.

I'm going to post some other entries that are more specific to some important causes and events coming up. So start checking this again!

It's a very creative time when everything dies.
The Wind is here with all of Her colors and I'm gonna paint with all of them!

Love
Matters.

And so does patience :) Thank you.