RESPUN LACE

IN THE YEARS OF DESIGNING I HAVE COME ACROSS A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY CREATIVE PEOPLE, LACE IS ONE OF THEM. A LOT OF PEOPLE LEARN NOW TO BUILD ART OR CLOTHING BUT THE SMALL FEW THAT ARE REALLY CREATIVE DO IT ALL. WITH A BACKGROUND AND THE SCHOOLING TO BE A REAL DESIGNER, SHE'S ABLE TO CREATE DESIGNS AND BUILD THEM FROM CONCEPT TO A SEWN GARMENT, OR A PAINTED CANVAS. A TRUE ADVENTURER, SHE SPENDS HER TIME LOOKING FOR THE NEXT CREATIVE EXPERIENCE, SHE 'S A REAL INSPIRATION FOR THE YOUTH OF TODAY. GO OUT THERE AND GET IT, IS HER MOTTO, IF YOU WANNA MAKE CLOTHES? THEN DO IT, OR TRAVEL THE WORLD LOOKING FOR WAVES OR GETTING TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS TO PAINT CANVASES, THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO SPEND A FEW YEARS CREATING WITH HER AND SHE STILL AMAZES ME EVERYDAY, AND THAT IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO.   HAHA. GO AND CHECK OUT HER STUFF, SHE MAKES IT ALL FROM CLOTHES TO JEWELRY TO BIKINIS. IN FACT THIS NEXT SPRING YOU WILL SEE A BIKINI CO LAB WITH RUSTY. GOOD WORK RESPUN LACE.

JACK DENNY - WORLD JUNGLE

GROWING UP IN LAGUNA BEACH IN THE 80S, EVERYONE KNEW JACK DENNY, HE WAS THE MAN, BEST SURFER IN TOWN AND HE WAS A GREAT DESIGNER, REALLY TALENTED. JACK WAS ALWAYS ON THE FOREFRONT, SO, YOU WERE ALWAYS LOOKING TO SEE WHAT HE WAS DOING. HE PASSED AWAY IN 1998, AND THE SURFING WORLD LOST AN ICON AND HE WAS OUTSPOKEN ON THINGS HE BELIEVED IN, I THINK IF HE WERE STILL HERE, THE INDUSTRY WOULD BE DIFFERENT, MAYBE MORE CREATIVE AND LESS BIG BIZ. HERE IS AN OLD ARTICLE I FOUND THAT HE DID, ITS PRETTY COOL TO HEAR WHAT DESIGNING FOR A SMALL SURF BRAND WAS LIKE BACK THEN, BEFORE THE INTERNET AND BACK THEN THERE WERE REALLY ONLY A FEW SURF BRANDS.

POTTZ...

THERE IS SO MUCH I COULD SAY ABOUT MARTIN POTTER, BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET OF ALL THE THINGS THAT POTTZ DID FOR SURFING AND HONESTLY THE YOUTH THAT WANTED TO RIDE SURFBOARDS. THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND IS RADICAL WITH ABOUT 20 EXCLAMATION POINTS, HIS LIFE WAS RADICAL, TURNED PRO AT LIKE 13 OR SOMETHING CRAZY, FIRST ONE TO GET TOWED INTO A WAVE AT THIRD REEF PIPE, THE FIRST GUY DOING PROPER AERIALS AND BIG ONES, THE FIRST RADICAL SURFER TO WIN A WORLD TITLE. POTTZ WON THE WORLD TITLE IN 89, AND THAT YEAR HE WON ALMOST EVERYTHING, HE WAS AN ANIMAL AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THE JUDGING DECIDED THEY WOULD SCORE HIM ACCORDINGLY, KIDS COMPLAIN NOW THAT THE JUDGING SUCKS, BUT BACK THEN A BUNCH OF SMALL TURNS WOULD BEAT A BIG TURN OR AN AERIAL, THE JUDGES DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN HE SURFED, IT WAS ALL NEW. SECONDLY POTTZ WAS RADICAL IN HIS LIFE, HE RAN AT 100 MPH AT EVERYTHING, HE CARRIED AN ATTITUDE THAT STOOD OUT, HE WORE BRIGHT COLORED CLOTHES HAD LONG ROCK AND ROLL HAIR, HE HAD AN EARING, HA, WHICH BACK THEN WAS PRETTY CRAZY, AND HE RODE FOR GOTCHA WHICH WAS THE MOST BADASS BRAND OF THAT TIME. BASICALLY POTTZ CHANGED MORE THAN THE WAY WE SURF BUT THE WAY WE SEE SURFINGS POSSIBILITIES , I DONT THINK PEOPLE GIVE ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THIS, WITHOUT HIM IN HISTORY, SURFERS MAY ALL BE POLITE ATHLETES WHO ADHERE TO EVERY RULE AND WOULD BE RIDING WHITE BOARDS, WHICH WOULD SUCK, CAUSE FLAMES LOOK GOOD ON A SURFBOARD AND I LIKE THAT KIDS THESE DAYS ARE ABLE TO EXPRES THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR SURFING. THANX POTTZ, IT HAS BEEN VERY ENTERTAINING WATCHING ALL THESE YEARS.

TOMMY GUERRERO - COOL INTERVIEW, AS USUAL

I FOUND THIS COOL INTERVIEW ON THE "THE HUNDREDS" WEBSITE, I THOUGHT I WOULD BORROW IT TO SHARE, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT - STYLE MASTER

ITS VERY TRUE THAT JEAN MICHEL  BASQUIAT WAS A BRILLIANT ARTIST, BUT TO ME HE WAS A STYLE ICON, WHATEVER HE WORE WAS COOL, HE WORE THINGS THAT YOU WOULDNT THINK WOULD WORK, BUT ON HIM EVERYTHING WORKED. I REMEMBER READING THAT HE WOULD BUY 2 THOUSAND DOLLAR SUITS AND PAINT IN THEM, SO, HE WOULD BE CRUISING AROUND WITH FANCY SUITS THAT WERE COVERED IN PAINT. THATS COOL. AND HE HAD THE BEST HAIRCUTS EVEN SOMETIMES MIXING IT WITH A COOL HAT. 

WAYNE DYER - R.I.P. YOU WILL BE MISSED

DR WAYNE DYER WAS THE MAN IF YOU ARE A FAN OF MOTIVATION AND FEELING GOOD, HE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE WORKING ON FINDING WAYS TO HELP PEOPLE FEEL BETTER AND MAKE BETTER LIVES. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND LOOKING INTO THIS MANS WORK. HE WROTE A BUNCH OF BOOKS AND THERE ARE LOTS OF VIDEO, HE WAS A VERY BUSY GUY WHEN IT CAME TO PUTTING INFO OUT. I AM THANKFUL THAT I WAS ALIVE WHILE HE WAS AROUND, CAUSE HE HAS MADE AN IMPACT ON THIS WORLD AND DEFINATELY ON ME. AND HE WAS FROM THE SAME AREA OF MICHIGAN I AM FROM.

http://www.drwaynedyer.com

RUSSELL SIMMONS - IS A COOL DUDE

THE REASON WE LOVE RUSSELL SIMMONS IS THE DEPTH HE POSSESSES, ONE OF THE CREATORS OF HIP HOP MUSIC WAS JUST ONE THING, HE IS A HUGE ADVOCATE OF ANIMAL RIGHTS AND VEGETARIANISM, HE MEDITATES, PRACTICES YOGA AND MOST OF ALL I LIKE HIS PRESENCE, HE HAS A CALMNESS THAT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN, YOU WORK FOR IT. HE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HARD WORK CREATES GOOD THINGS.

In January 2011 he stated in an interview that he is not a Buddhist as previously reported, but is a non-religious practitioner of Yoga, where he prays to the Ātman, or the self. Simmons practices a method of Yoga known as Jivamukti Yoga, which encourages vegetarianism and social and environmental activism.

Simmons is a practitioner of Transcendental Meditation (TM) and a supporter of the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, which was established to ensure that any child in America who wants to learn and practice TM can do so.

THE CELESTINE PROPHECY - BY JAMES REDFIELD

THE CELESTE PROPHECY IS ANOTHER BOOK I WILL CALL A LIFE CHANGER. ITS GOT A GREAT INDIANA JONES KIND OF ADVENTURE FEEL, AS THEY LOOK FOR THE ANCIENT SCROLLS THAT TEACH THEM SPECIAL INSIGHTS. THE CRAZY THING IS THAT AS YOU READ THE BOOK YOU TRY THE INSIGHTS ON YOUR OWN IN YOUR OWN LIFE, THEY ARE REAL AND THEY WORK.

YOU WILL HAVE FUN WITH THIS SERIES BY JAMES REDFIELD.

http://www.celestinevision.com

You are here because this is where you need to be. Your whole life 
has been a long road leading you directly to this moment.
 
James Redfield

In spite of the conflict and fear, there is a great transformation occurring in the world.  People everywhere, across all cultures and religions, are sensing and searching for a more inspired and meaningful life — and finding it!

WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR - DAN MILLMAN CHANGED MY LIFE WHEN I READ THIS BOOK

DAN MILLMAN ABSOLUTELY CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER WITH THE BOOK WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR, THE WAY I LOOKED AT LIFE AND HOW TO LIVE IT WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME, THIS IS A LOFTY CLAIM, BUT IT IS TRUE. I WAS GIVEN THIS BOOK WHEN I WAS 19, I WASN'T MUCH OF A READER, I THINK MAINLY BECAUSE I HAD NEVER REALLY BEEN EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I READ, I LIKED A GOOD STORY, BUT I WANTED IT TO MEAN SOMETHING. I COULDN'T PUT THIS BOOK DOWN, AND IT OPENED UP MY APPETITE FOR MAKING MY LIFE AND EVERYTHING AROUND ME BETTER, AND THAT I COULD DO IT. IT CHANGED THE WAY I PERCEIVED THE WORLD, NO LONGER A VICTIM, I HAD WORK TO DO, BUT THE WORK HAD MEANING. SINCE READING THIS I HAVE BOUGHT MANY COPIES, I WOULD GIVE THEM AS GIFTS TO ANYONE INTERESTED. PLEASE GO OUT AND FIND THIS BOOK, AND THEN READ ALL HIS BOOKS, THEY WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING YOU NEED, IM SURE IT IS DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE, AS WE ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT PATH, BUT THE PART I FOUND MOST USEFUL WAS THAT ANYONE CAN BE A BUDDHA ON A MOUNTAIN, BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN YOUR IN TRAFFIC, BELIEVE ME THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO LEARN, AND THIS BOOK TAUGHT ME THAT. CHECK OUT DAN MILLMAN, HE HAS WRITTEN MANY BOOKS SINCE WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR AND THEY ARE ALL EXCELLENT.

SACRED GEOMETRY

SACRED GEOMETRY IS CRAZY, I CAN SAY HONESTLY, I DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IT YET. BUT YOU HAVE TO ADMIT WHEN YOU SEE THE PATTERNS AND THEN SEE THEM OCCURRING NATURALLY IN PLANTS AND OTHER THINGS ON EARTH, IT STARTS TO SEEM REAL. THERES ALSO A LOT OF THESE SYMBOLS OCCURRING IN THE PAST GOING BACK A FEW THOUSAND YEARS. ITS VERY EXCITING TO COME ACROSS THINGS LIKE THIS, I THINK IF YOU GET TO A POINT OF REALLY TRULY UNDERSTANDING THIS, IT WILL EXPLAIN A LOT ABOUT OUR UNIVERSE AND ENERGY AND US. I BETTER GET BACK TO READING MORE ABOUT SACRED GEOMETRY, IM DYING TO UNDERSTAND IT. BELOW ARE A COUPLE VIDEOS THAT START TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT ITS NOT AN EASY SUBJECT.

MINDWALK - THIS MOVIE WILL CHANGE HOW YOU THINK, I DONT KNOW IF THIS VIDEO WILL WORK, IF NOT GO FIND IT, ITS OBSCURE, BUT ITS OUT THERE.

I WENT TO SEE MINDWALK IN I THINK 1991 ISH WITH MY MOM IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT WAS LIFE CHANGING FOR ME, THE IDEAS AND THEORIES THEY DISCUSS AND THE POINTS OF VIEWS ARE AMAZING. WATCH IT, IT WILL ANSWER SO MANY QUESTIONS YOU NEVER KNEW YOU HAD ABOUT LITERALLY EVERYTHING, FROM POLITICS TO QUANTUM PSYCHICS TO JUST THE WAY PEOPLE THINK AND PERCEIVE. THATS ENOUGH FROM ME, ENJOY...