"What a time to be alive, man. Being represented like crazy right now."
*simply a list of things inspiring me at the moment
✖️ Ariana Grande's Sweetener album. Ariana Grande is just living her best life right now and I adore her. Obviously "God is a woman" is untouchable. But a couple of my favorite songs on this album are: "R.E.M." and "sweetener". I loved her cover of Imogen Heap's "Goodnight and Go" and "pete davidson" is the cutest track ever. Also she sounded like an actual angel in "raindrops (an angel cried)". And can we please talk about the music video for "God is a woman"? HOW IS SHE REAL?
✖️ Artist and body painter, Alexa Meade. Need I say more?
✖️ Crazy Rich Asians. This world needs more rom-coms nowadays and this one was exceptional. It's such an incredible thing to relate to a story on the big screen. I made my way to Target as soon as it opened the next day and bought the book. I fell in love with the characters and I wanted to know more. Also the wedding scene took my breath away and the mahjong scene was LEGENDARY.
✖️ To All the Boys I've Loved Before. Another spectacular rom-com on Netflix. Seriously there's a rom-com revival happening and I am here for it. This movie surprised me. The color palette, the cinematography... Just watch it. It'll give you all the feels. This world needs more uplifting films like this one.
"Romantic comedies do really well when times are tough. You want to escape and times are pretty tough right now. It’s a pretty crazy world every day in the news, and it doesn’t matter what generation you’re from. We’re bombarded 24/7 with negativity and the beauty and joy and hopefulness of Jenny’s writing is such a welcomed change that it caught people by surprise."
-Susan Johnson, Director of TAtBILB
*Also me the entire movie...
✖️ Harry Styles' self-titled album and tour. My best friends bought me tickets to the final show of his tour and I could not have been more grateful. This show was inspiring for me in so many ways. I've honestly been in this weird limbo with my art. I just want to create stuff without overthinking it too much. I don't know for sure, but I feel like that's how Harry Styles is. He just makes whatever the hell he loves and he executes it so well. He stays true to who he is. His outfit choices are bold and daring. That's how I want to be. I love every single song on this album. I also directed and photographed a Harry Styles inspired shoot with my friend Georgette, which will be hitting the site SOON. I'm very happy with how the images turned out. Also Helene Pambrun (his photographer on tour) is insanely talented.
Image credit: Helene Pambrun
✖️ Millennial pink. You see it everywhere nowadays. Cafes, social media, movies... Millennial pink is here to stay. It's so insane how powerful and moving colors can be.
"[I]t's ironic pink, pink without the sugary prettiness. It's a non-color that doesn't commit."
-Veronique Hyland of The Cut
"Millennial pink, whether pale or desaturated or salmon-y, is a kind of non-pink pink, an aesthetic distillation of the ideals of contemporary feminism: unabashedly female, but removed from the constraining associations of the past"
-Nancy Mitchell, apartmenttherapy.com
What's inspiring you lately?
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