It may seem as though i have abandoned thefatoublog, no my friends that is far from the truth. We are currently re-designing the entire blog, working with new fashion designers, developing fresh photography projects, gathering inspiring interviews and so much more! Please bare with us, we will be re-launching shortly. As i gather material and go through the process of finally having my own website, i am often nervous, short of sleep, time and resources and filled with a plethora of questions and doubts. However moments like those always warrant a moment of silence to remind self that story-telling is work i am committed to. `So despite the challenges, we forge on, dedicated to providing quality images, engaging and initiating projects that matter to us, gathering stories that need to be told, connecting with brands that are making waves, and connecting with people who are revolutionizing, incubating, and creating spaces for innovation, interaction, growth, love, interconnectedness. This re-lights the flame, digging deep, i thank the most high within and around me, realigning to focus on the work knowing that in time all else will fall into place, I therefore leave you with this:
“Question: I am interested in so many things, and I have a terrible fear because my mother keeps telling me that I'm just going to be exploring the rest of my life and never get anything done. But I find it really hard to set my ways and say, "Well, do I want to do this, or should I try to exploit that, or should I escape and completely do one thing?"
Anaïs Nin: One word I would banish from the dictionary is 'escape.' Just banish that and you'll be fine. Because that word has been misused regarding anybody who wanted to move away from a certain spot and wanted to grow. He was an escapist. You know if you forget that word you will have a much easier time. Also you're in the prime, the beginning of your life; you should experiment with everything, try everything.... We are taught all these dichotomies, and I only learned later that they could work in harmony. We have created false dichotomies; we create false ambivalences, and very painful one's sometimes -the feeling that we have to choose. But I think at one point we finally realize, sometimes subconsciously, whether or not we are really fitted for what we try and if it's what we want to do.
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You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there was too rigid a pattern. You came out of an education and are supposed to know your vocation. Your vocation is fixed, and maybe ten years later you find you are not a teacher anymore or you're not a painter anymore. It may happen. It has happened. I mean Gauguin decided at a certain point he wasn't a banker anymore; he was a painter. And so he walked away from banking. I think we have a right to change course. But society is the one that keeps demanding that we fit in and not disturb things. They would like you to fit in right away so that things work now.”
"It is okay to be at a place of struggle. Struggle is just another
word for growth. Even the most evolved beings find themselves in a place
of struggle now and then. In fact, struggle is a sure sign to them that
they are expanding; it is their indication of real and important
progress. The only one who doesn’t struggle is the one who doesn’t grow.
So if you are struggling right now, see it as a terrific sign,
celebrate your struggle."
"It is okay to be at a place of struggle. Struggle is just another
word for growth. Even the most evolved beings find themselves in a place
of struggle now and then. In fact, struggle is a sure sign to them that
they are expanding; it is their indication of real and important
progress. The only one who doesn’t struggle is the one who doesn’t grow.
So if you are struggling right now, see it as a terrific sign,
celebrate your struggle."
