As a visual artist part of the practice is to practice. Drawing, sketching, creating everyday. When I lived in NYC I'd take the train from Brooklyn to Manhattan to sit in secret art circles, and draw a nude model. Everyone gathered around with their charcoal and large newsprint pads. Each line drawn of the energy, the essence of the human in front of me.  Sometimes a detailed drawing of hands or faces, or elbows. Sometimes faces turning into roses with eyes. Those hours spent just in connection with my hand, the charcoal and the paper. The practice. Those are precious hours.

I just returned from a trip back to NYC where I got to visit my secret, beloved art circles.

We wanted to share these rich beautiful experiences of humanity and art with you. Which is why we created our Ready to Wear collection. All the art from charcoal on newsprint, made into garments for you. 

We believe in those pure, rich, sacred connections to our expressions. To honor charcoal to paper, ink to fibers. So that we remember, we believe in art, and honor that, on our bodies.

"It is an artists duty to reflect the times" 
- Nina Simone 

Our current times, are all about evolution, community, love and releasing control. With pure self expression and the understanding that it is a journey, not a race. 

All of our ready to wear garments are sourced and printed consciously, with sustainable practices. Our dope screen printer is located in Brooklyn, he loves that his work connects him with so many cool different folks. He pours as much love into each of our garments as we do. Check him out at @mibksilkscreeners.   

Be well friends. 

You are loved. And You are love. 

xox 

hello friends. What is it to be a curious human? In the modern world we are bombarded by information, facts and opinions. How do we remain open to learning, and experiencing life, as an individual in the information age? I just got back from NYC, a vortex of energies and people all swirling and existing all at once. I am reminded as a curious human, to remain just that, curious. Yet I often am confronted with the side of myself that wishes to be accepted by my tribe, and in this modern tribe, knowledge is power, and power is just that. Peoples opinions are swayed by what the internet says, what thier peers tell them, what advertising tells them. So, no wonder magic, intuition and the cosmos aren't widely accepted. Things that can't be proven are dismissed by the larger society. 

We are taught that knowledge is how we excel, how we become better humans, yet this leads to a loss of imagination, true experience, and the individual self.

What if we met ourselves and the world with openness. Instead of answers to prove we are smart, we are learned we know it all. Because in actuality we know nothing. And that can be scary. I offer you an experiment, to start to embrace the idea "I don't know".

We are in a great time of transition, and the heaviness of that can weight on our sensitive souls. I know it does for me. I remain open and gracious with gratitude for all of the twists and turns on this rollercoaster of life we're on. With curiosity, and to check my ego, when I'm too scared to simply say, I don't know. 

with love. you are loved. you are love.