“What a caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.” ~ Richard Bach I love the process of transformation. I’ve been consumed by it over the past decade ~ both academically and…
“Life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” ~ Albert Einstein I came to Raj through his name. Someone mentioned it, and it was mentioned again, and then again. And my…
“I know there is no straight road No straight road in this world Only a giant labyrinth Of intersecting crossroads” ~Gabriel Garcia Lorca I met Angelo on a boat in the Bay. It was the day…
“The alchemy of good curating amounts to this: Sometimes, placing one work of art near another makes one plus one equal three. Two artworks arranged alchemically leave each intact, transform both, and create a third thing.”…
“Walking with a loaded rifle in an unfamiliar forest bristling with the signs of your prey is thrilling. It embarrasses me to write that, but it is true. I am not by nature much of a…
“What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.” ~ miuccia prada My daughter Royal has a voice… she has a voice…
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.” ~ Nelson Mandela Above ~ Yohji Yamamoto in Tokyo, opening still from…
“It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others. So it happens that…
“Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.” ~ Gilbert Chesterton I met Erin Scott years ago through her Rockridge boutique AUGUST that she opened with Louesa Roebuck,…
“Children believe what we tell them. They have complete faith in us. They believe that a rose plucked from a garden can plunge a family into conflict. They believe that the hands of a human beast…
“Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!” ~ coco chanel Above, left: Eric Silva bracelet and Shaya Durbin earrings. Center: Shaya Durbin necklace. Right: Eric Silva bracelets. “There is nothing like…
“Tomorrow you may bring about the destruction of your world. Tomorrow you may sing in Paradise above the smoking ruins of your world-cities. But tonight I would like to think of one man, a lone individual,…