Even in the act of isolating one's self from (example) the world- the self is with his or her friends named Isolation, Loneliness, Fear, Addiction, Silence, Peace. And ALSO ALL THE OTHER VOICES OF THE SELF THAT LIVE IN A PERSON'S HEAD. 'We' all have them. And as long as they all have a board meeting to make sure when to get to work on time- it's generally okay to have the multitude of selves.
There's also the reasons for isolating the self that are present: whom or what we might be escaping or trying to get. Regrouping the selves from all the craziness of daily life.
After the isolation there's the re-entering into the world, which can mean going to work, going for coffee, going out, the gym, sending the email, writing the blog... doing. making. The fear that holds the breath up before the exhale and the lift is extinguished, even if just for the lift.
On the other side of this idea, is the connectedness of everything. One project segways into another project into another. It's enchanting to look at the way an artist can use an overall theme and separate it and unify it. Like in fashion, when houses diffuse their brand into multiple brands for different price points and different stories however they do relate. You can identify a designer's touch in each collection even though they stand alone. The collections are separate but ultimately come from the same brain so they are not really. I'm thinking about these things because so many different projects are happening right now and the effects can be sometimes electrifying and sometimes paralyzing.
Quick notes on what is happening:
INSIDE OUT: A 'Love Matters' Fashion Show @ the Provincetown Library. THURSDAY JUNE 28, 2012 @ 7:30PM. More to come very soon :)
Photoshoot = Website soon for real = more branding treatments like twitter, logos, business cards etc
Also a VERY EXCITING COSTUME PROJECT THAT I'M THRILLED TO START.
Silk & Feathers Collection vests and more still coming... This collaboration I haven't written about, but it's a big part of my life. Silk & Feathers is the shop in Provincetown that I sell my clothes from, and the owner, Jamie and myself collaborate on pieces that are the store brand. We make pieces on some of her favorites from past seasons and then with color and fabric combinations that inspire us. Mostly skirts and vests, but we've done some pants, tanks and will have jackets for fall. Items are a little more sophisticated (but that should not suggest they are less fun). There are cross-overs and the line is beautifully blurry as most Ptown relationships in their intensity are because discoveries are made in one moment that benefit the next.
Like when I figure out a way of finishing something fast and easy and beautifully on a Love Matters piece why not use that technique and apply it to a Silk & Feathers piece? Or a recognition or a story told with a best friend on the beach makes the relationship just as strong if recognized or told at work together while creating. Every seam counts towards that greater good which is what we are all stitching for.
Making connections is the way to peace. Connect the selves, the dots of our history to the present moment to each other to the projects we do to the world we live in to the planet we want to keep. See this as beautiful and not as duty (though it is a responsibility). The synchronicity of our events, the ones we produce (shows) the ones that happen (heartbreaks) is the magic, and trust that magic stays with us also, even through the darknesses and the company of our isolations.
Tetris Vest in final progress... Alice working on her brilliance.
Connected.
A detail of one of the vests... I just kinda like this shot.
And a snippet of todays photo shoot. More to come :)
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