Our view of the world is so heavily informed by our senses that a confusion of the senses can actually lead to anxiety. But the suspense created from anxiety can actually open us up to wisdom. By leaning into spaces where anxiety is induced in a controlled environment we have access to this wisdom without […]
Perhaps the most important question a person can ask themselves is, “Who Am I?” In order to answer this we might take countless selfies, exploring how we are seen by others and how we see ourselves. This process of self-identification is ironically collaborative. We can not know ourselves in a vacuum. So as vain the […]
A couple months back I was asked to narrate a short commercial for leather-goods company. I was told the star of the visual was an Olympic fencer, and that is one of the main reasons I agreed. These are two very heavy words that I don’t recall hearing out loud and in person before. The […]
Although Desiigner’s “performance” (I use that word loosely w/ him) last night on the BET Awards was more like watching a very questionable round of Lip Sync Battle, gifted Emmy winning composer Khari Mateen has crafted a compelling remix of his a capella XXL freestyle (which you can watch at the bottom of the post). As […]
It was the perfect time for the shadowy figure known as James Blake to emerge from the London mist or whatever part of Narnia woods he lives in and unleash a complete masterpiece. I had no expectations, like going to a movie with your friends, that they are all extra hyped about but you […]
If wearing one’s heart on one’s sleeve is in fashion these days, then The Hella Personal Film Festival by Chicago bred and LA Based MC Open Mike Eagle and British producer Paul White, feels like a project designed for a runway of emotions for those who are still down to feel. When really peeping the […]
New Kanye might be more free form. From the numerous album title changes, the in studio note pad w/ the ever changing track and guest list, Wiz beef, reportedly having 40 songs w/ Kendrick Lamar, to the fact the album still isn’t for sale (you can only hear it on TIDAL), to creating an RPG […]
On August 11th, 21-year-old Marquette Frye was arrested for drunk-driving in Watts California. What started out as a traffic stop and a minor roadside argument quickly escalated and became 6 days of civil disobedience, violence and some of the worst urban unrest in history of the United States. Frustrations over high unemployment, inadequate schools, mistreatment […]
Last Friday, Hollywood’s own Farmer’s Daughter Hotel played host to the event that combing tech, sociology, and experience design to create a singles night like no other! Citizens Of Culture + I Love Creatives present NO PRESSURE, NO SHAME at the Farmer’s Daughter Hotel. Then morning after we received messages of “success” from both men and women who exchange phone […]
Los Angeles, CA—In an intimate art gallery in West Hollywood, art aficionados will gather to bid on donated artwork Saturday July 11, 2015 at 6pm. Voila! Gallery (518 N. La Brea Ave. West Hollywood 90036) will host the first West Coast iteration of Artists for Charity (AFC)’s Art Auction Fundraiser. Last year, the Washington, D.C.-based […]