Tune Tuesday

I was gonna include this in my next edition of People Who Inspire, but I just couldn't.  This absolute jam needs a post all of its own!

I must say that since Emily King parted ways with the major label she was signed to, her music has gotten more and more amazing.  The musicianship and authenticity has deepened so much in my opinion, and you can feel that she expresses her truth through her music.  I love it.  Distance was release a couple of months ago, and this accompanying video is so great and inspiring.

I've been batting around a number of video ideas for my upcoming release, and this visual is perfect inspiration, ENJOY!

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Bee's Boutique

So I've had this idea of having my own online store bubbling away in me for a few years now.

It was initially going to be a snood shop, filled with gorgeous chunky knit snoods that I'd lovingly knit by hand.  First problem, I'm not even a novice at knitting.  I'm below that, and secondly, it would take me years to make enough snoods to stock even then smallest shop.

When my daughter arrived I was going to sell little hair bows and hairbands, I even made ALOT of them, but, hmmm yeah, it didn't quite fit. 

Then I was going to open a store filled with lots of handmade goodies by small designers, mostly local designers to highlight and sell the work of incredibly talented, but little known creatives.  I had a logo designed, contacted the designers, looked into packaging, did alot of work and research, but the hmmm, again something didn't quite fit.  There are other stores who already do this, and do it really well.  Also I would have needed quite a large cash injection to really do this well, and that wouldn't be easy to come by.  So I sat on it for a little while longer.

Then my wonderful granny passed away.  My favourite person on earth.  She gave so so much in life, and even in death she remained true to form.  She left me a small but wonderful gift, and I really wanted to put it to good use and make her proud.  She loved my music and she rooted for me to succeed in life.  So I decided to use her gift in two areas.  Music and business.  

SO all that to say, I've now decided to open a tiny shop on my site.  Not a snood shop, or a baby accessories store, but a tiny little space where I share things that I've found that I genuinely LOVE, that I am more than proud to offer to you.  Each item means something to me, and are in my store for a good reason.  The products will be separated into Collections: The Skin Collection, The Thought Collection and The Love Collection...more on this soon.

It's been an amazing process.  I'm learning to not give up on a good idea, but allow it to evolve, and grow until it just feels right.  I'm learning how not to run ahead, but to sit down on the inside, and move on a thought or idea when it feels good and I'm not forcing it.  This doesn't mean it will all work out perfectly, but it does mean that the jumping off point will be from a place of perfect peace.  

So Bee's Boutique is on it's way.  Watch this space...

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Mouth Of Water

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 By Octavio Ocampo

People Who Inspire #2

Humans Of New York

I mean.  If I'm feeling abit dry, a little jaded and I need to feel the feels again, I know exactly where to go.  Humans Of New York is just a genius.  

HONY's about page reads:

My name is Brandon and I began Humans of New York in the summer of 2010. I thought it would be really cool to create an exhaustive catalogue of New York City’s inhabitants, so I set out to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers and plot their photos on a map. I worked for several months with this goal in mind, but somewhere along the way, HONY began to take on a much different character. I started collecting quotes and short stories from the people I met, and began including these snippets alongside the photographs. Taken together, these portraits and captions became the subject of a vibrant blog. With over seven million followers on social media, HONY now provides a worldwide audience with daily glimpses into the lives of strangers in New York City. It has also become a #1 NYT bestselling book..

"I knew you'd stop me one day'.

I love HONY because of Brandon's fabulous portraiture and simple concept.  I love it mostly because it celebrates people.

 Ain't much in life better than that. 

Ayanna

Sorry what.  Ayanna took SBTV's A64 to a whole other level.  So proud of her, she's such a sweet and inspiring friend.  Her work ethic is crazy, and she really believes in herself.  Not at all with any arrogance, she has a deep belief that she has something great to offer, and she offers it unashamedly, without guile or false humility.  Love her.  She is the only artist I collaborated with on my upcoming album, on a track we wrote entitled 'Because Of Love', I can't wait for you to hear it!