The Slavic workshop Treti Pivni (Three Rosters) brought back Ukrainian traditional floral crowns, known as Vinoks, as a way to celebrate national pride after the Ukrainian Revolution of 2014 and Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Miya Folick (Source: Miya Folick’s Facebook Page) In celebration of women taking over politics during 2018, this week’s Fresh Music find is a fearless Californian artist: Miya Folick. In her recent Album debut: Premonitions, her songs are filled with transparent messages, and a perfect fit for the redemption era we are going through thanks to social movements everywhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCgqPYN0epw Miya Folick- Stop Talking Just last week Pitckfork reviewed the album describe the songs as “anthems, battle cries for personal universal empowerment”. With a folky, eighties sound it is bound to make you feel your own innersole wanting to rebel. Her sound is a trifecta of attitude, rhythm and fashion. So start learning the lyrics that you can still march the last two months of the year and close 2018 with a rebellious bang!
Sigrid Facebook Page Our weekly music discovery features Norwegian singer: Sigrid. With only 21 years of age she has achieved international success with her single: “Don’t kill my vive”, earning her the Music Sound Award 2018 by the BBC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6A2LHGx8_A High Five- Sigrid Last month she was featured on Paper’s Magazine 100 Women to Revolutionazing Pop along with Lykke Li, MØ, St. Vincent to name a few. And has also performed on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last April. Her ‘High Five’ single part of her Raw EP is a great way to enjoy the remaining days of the summer break. For more information visit Sigrid’s website.
Japan never considers time together as time wasted, it is time invested.” – Donald Richie Hakone is located less than 100 kilometers west of Tokyo. Hakone is THE place to go if you want to have a complete personal journey. By visiting 3 iconic sites you will experience a re-birth of sorts: First we must cleanse your body at the Onsen (hot springs). Japanese are very particular about cleanliness and at the Onsen it is taken to a whole new level. For starters you must completely bathe yourself before entering the Onsen, once there you are not allowed to wear any clothing to prevent contaminating the water, if it makes you feel better mixed bathing is forbidden. Also since 2015 a lot of places started prohibiting access to people with tattoos for fear of being related to the Yakuza Clan. However some onsen may allow access if the tattoo is…
Women Illustrations by Cate Parr
Windows of New York by José Guizar
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Throwback Thursday: Barbie girl in a Barbie World (via Vogue)
Intimacy Under The Wires by Sivan Askayo Airing Laundry in London, Barcelona, Madrid, Tel Aviv, Buenos Aires, Florence & Venice
Russian artists Leonid Tishkov and Boris Bendikov created a fantastic world illuminated with the moonlight where they tried to convey relations between the man and the Moon. This is a romantic story about a man who met the Moon and decided to stay with it forever. They named the installation ‘Private Moon’. (Source: EnglishRussia)
