April 20, 2013

Donald Glover talking about the comments he received during his campaign to be the next Spider-Man (x)

“I was talking about it with Dan Eckman, who directed my Bonfire video. Can you imagine that trailer? That would be dope. Like it makes sense… a poor black kid in Queens. Like it just fits.”

It’s absurd to be a purist about one of pop culture’s most pleasingly bastard and vulgar forms. - Sukhdev Sandhu

We had this happen. Is a black Peter Parker so unbelievable?? Racist nerds, you are making the rest of us look bad!

P.S. Donald Glover, just go ahead and do it. On a handheld camera if necessary. I mean, fuck - Sheikh Nasir did Malegaon ka Superman on Rs.1000. A thousand bucks. Of course, his was meant to be a spoof, but I am totes sure you could make a black Peter Parker and be seriously awesome at it!! I want to see this happen!!

(Source: halemcjoel, via kateordie)

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March 11, 2013
Knit together: Can collaborative fashion change the way we approach clothing? | Grist

unconsumption:

Amy Twigger Holroyd approaches fashion with sharing in mind. In one project, she created garments that could be shared by friends with different body types. By making clothes that don’t constrict in places where people vary the most, a size six could potentially share her sweater with a size 16. 

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But Holroyd’s projects go beyond one-size-fits-all couture. Her PhD research on “fashion as a commons” is an exploration of how to democratize and disrupt the clothing industry. “If you’re not able to make, you’re dependent on buying,” she says. “And if you’re dependent on buying, you’re dependent on what those people [in the fashion industry] have chosen — the quality of it, the design of it, the aesthetic of it.”

And so, under the umbrella label Keep & Share, she teaches folks how to fix and knit their own clothing, creates and sells long-lasting, sharable clothing, and hacks into cheap knitwear to send a message about the industry.

An interesting, slow-fashion, collaborative consumption-type of idea, for sure.

Very, very interesting. However, knitwear in humid tropical weather may not be practical… at all.

Although Holroyd’s “cuff in a blanket” piece1 is totally ingenious:

Interesting ideas for the slow fashion movement, I think.

  1. And now I know what to do with the piece of black jersey I was trying to turn into a Bina Wrap and didn’t like the final look of it… ↩

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January 3, 2013

Saw this on our way out.

imagine what’d happen if you threw that during a bridal party!! XD

Ok, now seriously going to bed.

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December 30, 2012
Question 5: Creativity

Thought Leader: Jonathan Fields:

What have I learned about living the creative life in 2012? And how will it change what and how I create moving forward?

I was somehow delivered into this life with the mad Jones to create, but not the ability to handle the process without a fair amount of anxiety. To do what I’m here to do, I figured, I’d have to suffer. But, I’ve now come to a different understanding. Action in the face of uncertainty is essential to creation. To life, really. How we experience that walk into the unknown is much more a matter of choice and practice. We can choose to frame and experience it not just as pain, but as elevation. It’s not easy, but the question isn’t whether it’s easy, it’s whether it’s worth the effort. I’m very much in the beginning of this learning, but so far, the reward has far outpaced the effort. So, as we move into a new year, what would you venture to create if you felt equipped to handle whatever the process brought you?

I haven’t created as much art as I might have liked, even if only to get used to being creative with my hands than just my words. In 2012, I realized I could learn something with enough practice and commitment. I haven’t finished (or really started, actually) learning how to sew, but it’s on the agenda for 2013 all right.

(Source: inwardlooking.com)

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December 30, 2012
Question 4: Serving

Thought Leader: Jennifer Louden

How did I serve in 2012? Whom did I serve? What aspects of my service brought me alive? What aspects drained me? If I could serve in any way possible in 2013, what would I create? Let your imagination run wild.

Service can sound so dull and feel so heavy, something only really good (cue white toothy smile) people do or something you do to other people for their own good. Yuck. Let’s ditch those ideas. Instead, try on the idea that service is your heart’s desire made visible. Service is the act of sharing what you most care about for the greater good. It requires no special goodness, thankfully. After our basic needs are met, we all yearn to make a difference and service springs from listening to that yearning – and taking action on it, step by little step.

Service makes you tingle with aliveness like all true acts of intimacy. It’s deeply creative, generative, and yes, risky, because it means you share your heart. It’s also as natural as breathing, and like breathing, must include giving and receiving.

How will you serve in 2013?

I am considering interning with Prajwala, but they require a minimum commitment of two years from what I have seen before. With grad school and my at-home commitments, this might take a while. I am drawn more and more to women’s organizations, so I think I will focus on those in the city for now.

In the last year, I donated some books to the library of a local women’s shelter, thereby decluttering my stash and sharing my love of words with others as well.

I served family and home mostly in 2012. It took some getting used to, because I needed to re-learn how to live with family again, and also how to anticipate someone else’s needs and fulfill them to their satisfaction rather than just to the best of my abilities. The cancer diagnosis was not as scary as some aspects of the treatment turned out to be, but in the end, I think I learnt a good deal more than I might have considered initially.

(Source: inwardlooking.com)

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November 4, 2012
"Every human has four endowments – self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change."

— Stephen R. Covey

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October 22, 2012
On the same theme as Cheryl Strayed’s interview at The Millions.

On the same theme as Cheryl Strayed’s interview at The Millions.

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August 26, 2012

Birthday gift for cousin done! She wanted one after seeing the first one and I figured I’d make half another colour so she can match it to other outfits if needed. Luckily I found some really thin but strong filament thread in my mom’s sewing stash - only a few bits so I definitely have to go hunt down some more sometime.

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July 28, 2012

I made this a week ago but forgot to post pics!

The pen-cozy was actually the first sample I made when learning how to do the peyote stitch (from HowDidyouMakeThis - love the detailed instructions!). I messed up by turning the piece the other way around so was left with an oblong ring. But it makes my pen look pretty when crossing tasks off my to-do list!

The faux-pearl ring was my next attempt, and it helped that the beads were so uniform. Next time, these will be a bit thinner - I like my flat rings to be less chunky.

Now, to make matching earrings with some gold earrings hoops. I am just trying to figure out how best to go about it…

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July 28, 2012
DIY Your Own Sari

AKA What Happens When You Have No Power and Need To Be Productive

So, I came upon this gorgeous material at the Garden sale in town yesterday:

Madre suggested making a salwar-kameez out of it, but I demurred in spite of the lovely, lovely colour and the softness of the fabric. When we came home yesterday, we kept talking about it, and then Mom had a genius idea: make a SARI out of it!

For all y’all Indian ladies and girls, this is a great way to create your own personalized and unique sari: get fabric in a color and pattern you like, find a border/trim that coordinates and then just get a blouse to match. In fact, that’s how it used to be done!

My mom often reinvents her own saris. Sometimes, she will re-fashion an old sari by just replacing the trim/border, or sometimes she adds a bit of embroidery to the pattern with some gold/solver thread, rhinestones, etc. Another trick is to dye the sari a darker colour. That way, any undyed embroidery/print/weave is highlighted. For instance,

Exhibit A: Mom’s Sari in 2007:

See how you can barely make out something glittering on her sari? The embroidery was done in silver and the color of the sari was too light to make an impression from afar…

Exhibit B: Same Sari in 2012:

See the difference dye can make?? This color is STUNNING. My eyeshadow is too, but in another manner altogether!

So, once she put the idea in my head about the green fabric, I could not let it go. In fact, I considered coming back to town yesterday evening itself to make sure I would get the amount of fabric necessary for a sari. But I held off till today morning, and once I got some tasks off my to-do list1, I was raring to get out! Back we went to the Garden Sale, and snatched up that lovely little emerald green number off the bolt. Also got some trim and a blouse-piece to match:

This is going to require some minor hand-sewing skills for the trim, and I am on the lookout for another blouse-piece in some green brocade with flowers on it (more in sync with the flowers of the trim). Maybe I should call this Project Make-Your-Own-Sari? I can’t wait to get started!

  1. We lost power early in the morning. Which meant I would have to tackle my unending to-do list to keep myself busy. Got some housekeeping done, decluttered my drawer of craft supplies & miscellaneous (but still can’t find my jewelry pliers, ARGH!), drafted an email for a job lead. Now to boot myself off and arrange all my beading supplies in my new tool-box! ↩

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