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"Art activates the brain and beautifies the soul, leading to a more fulfilling and meaningful life."
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Art has been shown to have a number of positive effects on the brain, including reducing stress, improving mood, and increasing cognitive function. For example, viewing art has been found to lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol, while also increasing activity in the areas of the brain associated with pleasure and reward. Additionally, engaging in art-making activities, such as painting or drawing, has been found to improve fine motor skills and increase creativity. Some studies also suggest that art therapy, which combines art-making with psychotherapy, can be effective in treating mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety.
ABI Resources works with multiple organizations, including DSS, DMHAS, WWP, CCC, CCCI, SWCAA, WCAAA, Allied, Yale, UConn, Gaylord, HFSC, and more to provide the best care for individuals.
ABI Resources’ commitment to creating an inclusive and supportive community for clients is well known. They offer a variety of team-building activities, social events, and volunteer opportunities to help clients stay engaged and connected with others. This not only helps clients recover from their injuries but also helps them build friendships, create social connections, and gain a sense of belonging.
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#Art activates the brain and beautifies the soul#leading to a more fulfilling and meaningful life.#“Raise the world's vibration by spreading kindness and positivity through your actions and words.” D.M.#ABI RESOURCES#Art has been shown to have a number of positive effects on the brain#including reducing stress#improving mood#and increasing cognitive function. For example#viewing art has been found to lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol#while also increasing activity in the areas of the brain associated with pleasure and reward. Additionally#engaging in art-making activities#such as painting or drawing#has been found to improve fine motor skills and increase creativity. Some studies also suggest that art therapy#which combines art-making with psychotherapy#can be effective in treating mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety.#ABI Resources works with multiple organizations#including DSS#DMHAS#WWP#CCC#CCCI#SWCAA#WCAAA#Allied#Yale#UConn#Gaylord#HFSC#and more to provide the best care for individuals.#ABI Resources’ commitment to creating an inclusive and supportive community for clients is well known. They offer a variety of team-buildin
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April 27, 2020
Art Became the Oxygen
It is true that artists, many of whom rely on public gatherings for their livelihood, are some of the hardest hit during this crisis. Yet, it’s musicians who are toiling away in basements to serenade us through isolated days. It’s comedic actors who are offering us essential nighttime laughs. And it’s visual artists who make meaning from this madness with images that inspire, console and provoke. The individuals of the creative community are like the unsung frontline workers of this pandemic, only without any salary to support their craft, or a 7 pm cheer to motivate them. Yet still, they make things because they must, just as artists have done since the beginning of history, particularly in times of strife. (SEE: https://usdac.us/news-long/2017/8/9/art-became-the-oxygen-free-artistic-response-guide-available-now)
In previous periods of economic hardship, the US government responded with forward-thinking programs like the WPA (Works Progress Administration) of Roosevelt’s New Deal (1935 to 1943). It was designed not only to fund huge infrastructure projects, but also to employ thousands of artists, musicians, writers, and theatre performers to stimulate the economy. Legacies of this program include Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God; Jackson Pollack’s Composition with Pouring; and Mark Rothko’s earlier urban studies like Entrance to Subway, where you can see the seeds of his famous color studies from later work.
After natural disasters, senseless violence or war, artist activists have also rushed to the front lines, time and again, to help rebuild communities by activating their social imaginations and stimulating their civic agency with creative collaborations.
Philippe Thiese gathered digital stories of Hurricane Sandy volunteers in this short film: https://www.sandystoryline.com/stories/sandy-volunteers-remember-the-storm-and-explain-how-they-got-involved/.
The siblings of Eric Garner, a young African-American man killed by unjust police violence in 2014, came together in grief to write the song, I Can’t Breathe,based on his harrowing last words. Their music served as a rallying cry to a community berieved and betrayed by their law enforcement: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/eric-garners-family-drops-moving-new-song-i-cant-breathe-192574/
And when a 2011 tornado took 161 lives in the small town of Joplin, Missouri, mural artist Dave Loewenstein asked kids about their dreams for the future of their town, resulting in this stunning piece, The Butterfly Effect.
So, in the great hope that we’ll kick this virus’ butt, and we will be left with a glut of ventilators, how about we use them to revive our society’s artists, since they are the vital oxygen that feed our souls.
In Vancouver, we are already lucky enough to have our City government responding with funding for the Murals for Hope project (#makeartwhileapart), which is transforming solemn, boarded-up shops and restaurants into colorful and encouraging messages that can help sustain us until their doors reopen again.
Geoff and I are also trying to do our small part to stimulate the creative economy, while beautifying our home in the process. We are very excited to have just commissioned a mural artist to spruce up our tiny backyard space, which we’re transforming from a gravel parking spot into our own tropical oasis. Here are some inspirational images as well as a shot of the yard in its current state. And hopefully, I can post the finished product, which will be painted onto the rotting fence, in a couple of weeks.
April 28, 2020
Art of Relationship
This period is not just requiring us to get creative with keyboards and canvases and cameras. It is forcing us to re-examine the very patterns that make up our daily lives and fit them all inside the same four walls with the same self, spouse, and/or kids, 24/7. Suffice it to say, this is no small task. But, if any of you are like me, the grand solutions have sometimes involved tiny changes.
Personally, my greatest challenge has been to find ways to carve out slivers of shared pleasure amidst my partner’s insanely stressful, often 13-hour work day, now that the pandemic has his team at our local transit authority in serious crisis mode. Of course, I’m a firm believer in hard-work. The pursuit of a classical musician requires many years of 5+ hours-a-day of practice. But I’m also a fun-lover, and a huge proponent of life/work balance, particularly having had to learn this the hard way, thru a chronic overuse injury. So, for me, Geoff’s manic schedule during the first month of isolation seemed far from optimal. And while this was especially difficult for him, it compromised joy for both of us.
Seeking guidance as we adapted to the new normal, we found a great online series by Esther Perel, whose regular podcast, Where Should We Begin? always leaves us with sound, simple dance steps that we can apply to the Art of Relationship. Here, she has created a 4-part series that specifically addresses problems which co-habitators might face in our current reality. https://events.estherperel.com/april-2020-webinar-resources/?fbclid=IwAR0kRHkuQvEGxcpNuHvPKmmExamZ2Jj_EMZzR-zGp8eDejCR94hE-ZvGYjY
Inspired by her wisdom, we decided that the 7:30 am meetings, which had been occupying our kitchen and bleeding into our morning coffees, every day, could be skipped for a 15-minute walk thru our neighborhood park. And, let me tell you, what a difference a quarter of an hour can make!
April 29, 2020
Finding Variety in Repetition
It occurred to me, the other morning, that this experience feels a bit like fasting. Since college, I’ve routinely devoted a week, every spring, to some kind of dietary shift, for my general health, and as a general mindfulness exercise. While I’ve tried versions of the Wild Rose and other popular cleanses with some benefit, the method recommended in Staying Healthy with the Seasons has always suited me best. It requires you to slowly wean off many foods (meat/fish, then sugar/alcohol/coffee, then dairy), gradually move to only liquids, eventually evolve to a middle day of just water, and then similarly reintroduce each food gradually. What I’ve loved about this approach is how much more aware of my cravings I become, how much I notice the “manufacturing of consent” that happens all around me to inspire my “wants”, and finally how various symptoms are suddenly absent once I’ve eliminated certain foods. Consequently, the slow reintroduction of foods allows me to notice, in much more specific detail, which foods stimulate which responses in my body (IE. huge bursts of energy from fruit; afternoon crashes from sugar; indigestion from soy; sustenance from bread and pasta - NOTE: Contrary to the wheat-vilifying trends that currently prevail, I typically thrive on an anti-Atkins diet, as someone who reaps tremendous fuel from carbs).
The parallels we are experiencing now relate to the stimuli that we’ve been “denied” by our self-isolating reality. Speaking for myself, instead of travelling frequently, as I often do, or eating at different restaurants every week, or working at a different café every day to switch up the creative energy around me, I have had, like everyone else, to learn to find sustenance and interest in a much less diverse set of circumstances. I am eating at Chez Me three meals a day. We are grinding our own beans and whipping up our own daily lattes. And most all of our daily walks and bike rides now start from our home.
But even within the boundaries that we can reach from the nexus of our own address, we have been able to slowly expand our radius of exploration to corners of our city that we had never seen before. This has felt a bit like switching to a vegetarian diet and gaining new appreciation for the crunchiness of a snap pea, or the filling nature of a portabello mushroom.
In these explorations, we have discovered infinite surprises which include a cliffside view of the Fraser River from Everett Crowley Park (top image), an old landfill-turned-lush green space in Vancouver’s southeastern-most quadrant. We’ve seen old growth forest that we had no idea existed so many kilometres from the shore, in Burnaby’s Central Park on our city’s eastern border. I’ve spotted my first-ever fisher (weasel) sneaking around beachside boulders on the northern edge of the city. And closer to home, I’ve noticed the whimsy of our neighbors’ gardens in far greater detail than I had ever looked before (as in the Gaudiesque, smiley-face hedge pictured above). Our ventures from home have been guided by little more than our edict to “follow the pink”, as in the most blossoming streets. And to document these journeys, I’ve been mapping the various routes we’ve taken. Interestingly, the trajectory somewhat resembles a many-petaled flower.
Looking for minute changes in what seem to be patterns of sameness is also the secret to one of my favorite movements in music and design: Minimalism. Perhaps this is why Max Richter and Steve Reich have become the soundtrack I’ve turned to most during the pandemic. Because their music trains our brains to find beauty in repetition while seeking excitement from the subtlest nuanced shifts.
Meanwhile, I know that many of us would love for there to be a magic wand that could lift all of our restrictions over night and allow us to return to exactly “the way it was before”, in the same way that I long for a mocha frappuccino when I fast. However, what we have been hearing from our leaders is that the more likely and safe choice will be to move into a gradual re-opening of our cities - a slow reintroduction of certain freedoms. So, the lessons we can learn from fasting and Phillip Glass ought to prove very useful as we try to be patient and appreciative of this prudent approach. Then, once we begin to shop and drive and socialize more, perhaps this perspective can allow us to also more clearly notice how we respond to each stimuli as we re-engage with it, And hopefully it will inform a new normal that can be more sensible and moderate and in harmony with this planet that we call home.
And, in case you’re curious to listen to a little minimalist fare...
Notice how welcomed the first chord change is in Max Richter’s Catalogue of Afternoons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubjylmxrj9o
Or drape yourself in his hypnotic music like a warm duvet with his 8-hour lullaby, Sleep: https://open.spotify.com/album/0JLN7JryQ2T7lBEYIrSQF1
And for a mind trip of the eyes and ears, try Steve Reich’s Piano Phase on marimbas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3QoM7dgs_0
April 30, 2020
Film Festivals for free
Pahokee, at this year’s live-streamed Vancouver International Film Festival
Done wondering if Carol Baskin killed her husband? Couldn’t care less if Giannini and Damian actually ever get married? Well, for those who’ve exhausted the Netflix catalogue, there are plenty of other ways to enjoy film from your home. Lots of festivals have generously uploaded their content online. So, whether it’s mountain adventure, short films, foreign movies, or arthouse you’re looking for, here are some easy ways to link to those that are totally free:
Banff Mountain Film Festival - https://www.banffcentre.ca/film-fest-at-home
Cannes, Sundance, Tribeca, Toronto, Venice, Berlin and others have collaborated to bring an awesome line-up of livestream videos to the world in their 10-day We Are One Festival, starting on May 29th. While the festival will stream for free, viewers will be asked to donate to the World Health Organization’s Covid-19 solidarity response fund.
If you happen to remain gainfully employed, and it’s important to you to keep supporting independent film making, Vancouver International Film Festival has created a rental-fee structure for a number of films that they’ve now made available for streaming, too: https://viff.org/Online/default.asp
And Sedona Film Festival has done the same - https://sedonafilmfestival.com/mdfhome/
May 1, 2020
Boredom Killers: Ping-pong, birthday song, and Magritte gong wrong
Combing the internet for creative inspiration that I can share with readers has truly been a joy. It’s also got our own creative jucies flowing. So today, I thought I’d post just a few of the ways we’ve staved off boredom over these past weeks.
Tennis is one of our true passions. It’s actually sort of how Geoff and my relationship began. Given that we didn’t want our paddle skills to get too rusty, we didn’t let the fact that our little laneway house couldn’t fit a ping pong table stop us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kait-zCV94s
Coming from a huge birthday-celebrating family, I’ve tried to make sure that friends with birthdays during quarantine could still feel pampered on their special day. So, 6 of us put together this silly ditty for our good friend Roger: https://youtu.be/EZKyrdOlvPk
And, we’ve jumped on the art replication bandwagon too. The Met & the Getty Museum have both followed the lead of the Dutch gallery that first initiated the Instagram art challenge which asks people to recreate famous pieces of art with only 3 objects from their home. https://www.instagram.com/tussenkunstenquarantaine/
Here’s Geoff and my attempt with Magritte’s Lovers. The challenge also asks for participants to create new titles, so this is ours, Kissing Strategy for Stay-at-home Lazy Toothbrushers.
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Living My Happily Ever After: Reinventing Life At 50
“Mom, you have more followers than me, on Instagram!” Dorian, my very artistic 28 year old son, shrieked!
It’s almost a necessity today rather than a luxury to be present on social media platforms. People remember the birthdays when Facebook notifies. You feel like an alien when your peers discuss the introduction of new emoticons on Whatsapp. A holiday is totally futile if your Instagram followers are not bombarded with the ‘fun’ you are having. Practically speaking, we live, shop, eat, and almost even breathe virtually today. I have no complaints– as far as I’m able to capitalize the opportunity as a baby boomer among the millennial lot.
I, at the age of 50, directed, designed, and developed a handbag brand named Samira Buchi New York with a collection that reflects my European style with hints of Mediterranean vibe and an American touch. My brand’s cosmopolitan range coincidentally depicts my myriad career journey to date that assisted me to reach where I’m today. You may relate to terms like designing and developing a brand. But directing? Yes, at my age, you have to direct one-self to learn the art of newer technologies and slowly, but steadily capture the means.
TEASER OF MY CHILDHOOD
Hailing from a small town near Lake Geneva called Lausanne in Switzerland, I too, like many others, dreamt of living in the concrete jungle of New York. Coming from a family of nomadic roots, my childhood revolved around the arts of big cities and the cultural diversities of the places we travelled. I remember visiting New York City in 1979, standing in the middle of a gritty SoHo street, and fancying that one day I would live here.
TRAILER OF FIRST INNINGS OF LIFE
We hear about elaborate career achievements from today’s generation just as they enter their twenties. It’s awe-inspiring and at the same time intimidating. As for me, at that young age, I was still on exploration within myself with only strength in mind – I hone a very active right-side brain encompassing creativity. When I graduated in Hotel Management from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, I realized my love for hotel interiors and décor enticed my senses more than managing it. And so began my love affair with La Dèsirade – my first ever quaint furniture restoration workshop for interior designing.
13 years into Interior Designing, my heart pumped in search of more. I worked as a freelancer at Swiss women’s magazine, Femina, to beautify the Home Interior section pages. In parallel, I explored my infatuation with photography and life as food prop stylist, laying out some alluring, eye-appealing tables. I perused my passion for capturing the essence of a product not only through photography but also with an added touch of graphic design through the incorporation of ambitious ventures, Coucou Clock Agency and Swiss Cook Book, Les Délices de Manuella. My learning curve never diminished. I continued to keep myself abreast of evolving technologies, literally mugging up the InDesign and Corel Draws of the world. All this was accomplished while I brought up my two handsome sons.
AND THEN, I FOUND MY CALLING
After 26 years of navigating in the visual communication industry and my children out of the nest, I packed my bags and boarded on an adventure to NYC at the age of 50. I have always felt like I belong to many parts of the world, mainly due to the mix of my parents’ ancestry, with my mother’s side being half Italian and German, and my father’s side of Tunisian nomad roots. I identify myself inclining towards Mediterranean culture, full of spices captured under one soul. Moving to NYC felt like the natural next step in my expedition. It was a moment of truth to instill my forte of restarting a life in a city that came with new dynamics.
My quest to know more helped me to pursue the Accessory Design major at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Just the touch at supple leather intrigued me instantly to continue my focus on perfecting the craftsmanship that strengthens and endures the quality of this material. While a student, I dug up a Yves St. Laurent suede skirt I had purchased years ago for $5 at a thrift store. At the time, it didn’t fit me well aesthetically, but I loved how it felt. I let my creativity flourish and turned it into a bag. It seemed like I had found my calling! For the next two years, I learned everything about leather, how to craft it, and designed line after line in the FIT workshop.
Samira Buchi New York
Samira Buchi New York is an orchestrated outcome of a serene marriage between my instincts with learnings at FIT. I initiated with a range that gives my buyers a glimpse of my travel memoir. Designing the Nativ Collection was like a vague sight of childhood. Every bag under the Nativ range draws references from Berber culture and era of Guèrrab’s. Its utility combines luxury with simplicity, and functionality. The line embodies who I’ve always been, living in the mindset of a vagabond. Designed uniquely to suit the wearer’s needs – the handbags, crafted from genuine leather, are a spectacle of a heavy broad stitching pattern on every corner.
It has an avant-garde touch of crafting whilst sticking to traditional method of flatline, allowing the bag to form its own shape making it significant for all essential states of being. The variety of hues for handbags and supplementary props like fringe gives a bohemian feel. The texture of the leather is sinuous, unlined and soft attributing to a minimalist, free-spirit. The handbags always take on the attitude and spirit of the woman who is carrying it– a woman that walks with empowerment surrounding femininity.
I design and construct my distinctive and individualistic designs in the heart of Long Island City, Queens. A sunlit workshop surrounded by other artists and emerging pioneers of the design industry– I have embraced the diversity, and the brokenness of the place. There is a mixture of people and ethnicities. It’s real, it’s vintage, it’s rugged, but it’s amongst these streets is where I find my fire. It resonates with my vision for my brand, a feeling that anything is possible as long as you are willing to take risks.
Through this exploration, I continue to redefine myself at an unusual age for an ordinary person. It doesn’t stop my love for creation, just like my previous career ventures into interior design, photography, styling– they all were tied by a string of aesthetics and working with my hands to deliver authenticity. The driving force behind my brand is the story and energy I put into the product and most importantly for my artistic thrall.
This guest post was authored by Samira Buchi
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Living My Happily Ever After: Reinventing Life At 50
“Mom, you have more followers than me, on Instagram!” Dorian, my very artistic 28 year old son, shrieked!
It’s almost a necessity today rather than a luxury to be present on social media platforms. People remember the birthdays when Facebook notifies. You feel like an alien when your peers discuss the introduction of new emoticons on Whatsapp. A holiday is totally futile if your Instagram followers are not bombarded with the ‘fun’ you are having. Practically speaking, we live, shop, eat, and almost even breathe virtually today. I have no complaints– as far as I’m able to capitalize the opportunity as a baby boomer among the millennial lot.
I, at the age of 50, directed, designed, and developed a handbag brand named Samira Buchi New York with a collection that reflects my European style with hints of Mediterranean vibe and an American touch. My brand’s cosmopolitan range coincidentally depicts my myriad career journey to date that assisted me to reach where I’m today. You may relate to terms like designing and developing a brand. But directing? Yes, at my age, you have to direct one-self to learn the art of newer technologies and slowly, but steadily capture the means.
TEASER OF MY CHILDHOOD
Hailing from a small town near Lake Geneva called Lausanne in Switzerland, I too, like many others, dreamt of living in the concrete jungle of New York. Coming from a family of nomadic roots, my childhood revolved around the arts of big cities and the cultural diversities of the places we travelled. I remember visiting New York City in 1979, standing in the middle of a gritty SoHo street, and fancying that one day I would live here.
TRAILER OF FIRST INNINGS OF LIFE
We hear about elaborate career achievements from today’s generation just as they enter their twenties. It’s awe-inspiring and at the same time intimidating. As for me, at that young age, I was still on exploration within myself with only strength in mind – I hone a very active right-side brain encompassing creativity. When I graduated in Hotel Management from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, I realized my love for hotel interiors and décor enticed my senses more than managing it. And so began my love affair with La Dèsirade – my first ever quaint furniture restoration workshop for interior designing.
13 years into Interior Designing, my heart pumped in search of more. I worked as a freelancer at Swiss women’s magazine, Femina, to beautify the Home Interior section pages. In parallel, I explored my infatuation with photography and life as food prop stylist, laying out some alluring, eye-appealing tables. I perused my passion for capturing the essence of a product not only through photography but also with an added touch of graphic design through the incorporation of ambitious ventures, Coucou Clock Agency and Swiss Cook Book, Les Délices de Manuella. My learning curve never diminished. I continued to keep myself abreast of evolving technologies, literally mugging up the InDesign and Corel Draws of the world. All this was accomplished while I brought up my two handsome sons.
AND THEN, I FOUND MY CALLING
After 26 years of navigating in the visual communication industry and my children out of the nest, I packed my bags and boarded on an adventure to NYC at the age of 50. I have always felt like I belong to many parts of the world, mainly due to the mix of my parents’ ancestry, with my mother’s side being half Italian and German, and my father’s side of Tunisian nomad roots. I identify myself inclining towards Mediterranean culture, full of spices captured under one soul. Moving to NYC felt like the natural next step in my expedition. It was a moment of truth to instill my forte of restarting a life in a city that came with new dynamics.
My quest to know more helped me to pursue the Accessory Design major at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Just the touch at supple leather intrigued me instantly to continue my focus on perfecting the craftsmanship that strengthens and endures the quality of this material. While a student, I dug up a Yves St. Laurent suede skirt I had purchased years ago for $5 at a thrift store. At the time, it didn’t fit me well aesthetically, but I loved how it felt. I let my creativity flourish and turned it into a bag. It seemed like I had found my calling! For the next two years, I learned everything about leather, how to craft it, and designed line after line in the FIT workshop.
Samira Buchi New York
Samira Buchi New York is an orchestrated outcome of a serene marriage between my instincts with learnings at FIT. I initiated with a range that gives my buyers a glimpse of my travel memoir. Designing the Nativ Collection was like a vague sight of childhood. Every bag under the Nativ range draws references from Berber culture and era of Guèrrab’s. Its utility combines luxury with simplicity, and functionality. The line embodies who I’ve always been, living in the mindset of a vagabond. Designed uniquely to suit the wearer’s needs – the handbags, crafted from genuine leather, are a spectacle of a heavy broad stitching pattern on every corner.
It has an avant-garde touch of crafting whilst sticking to traditional method of flatline, allowing the bag to form its own shape making it significant for all essential states of being. The variety of hues for handbags and supplementary props like fringe gives a bohemian feel. The texture of the leather is sinuous, unlined and soft attributing to a minimalist, free-spirit. The handbags always take on the attitude and spirit of the woman who is carrying it– a woman that walks with empowerment surrounding femininity.
I design and construct my distinctive and individualistic designs in the heart of Long Island City, Queens. A sunlit workshop surrounded by other artists and emerging pioneers of the design industry– I have embraced the diversity, and the brokenness of the place. There is a mixture of people and ethnicities. It’s real, it’s vintage, it’s rugged, but it’s amongst these streets is where I find my fire. It resonates with my vision for my brand, a feeling that anything is possible as long as you are willing to take risks.
Through this exploration, I continue to redefine myself at an unusual age for an ordinary person. It doesn’t stop my love for creation, just like my previous career ventures into interior design, photography, styling– they all were tied by a string of aesthetics and working with my hands to deliver authenticity. The driving force behind my brand is the story and energy I put into the product and most importantly for my artistic thrall.
This guest post was authored by Samira Buchi
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Living My Happily Ever After: Reinventing Life At 50
“Mom, you have more followers than me, on Instagram!” Dorian, my very artistic 28 year old son, shrieked!
It’s almost a necessity today rather than a luxury to be present on social media platforms. People remember the birthdays when Facebook notifies. You feel like an alien when your peers discuss the introduction of new emoticons on Whatsapp. A holiday is totally futile if your Instagram followers are not bombarded with the ‘fun’ you are having. Practically speaking, we live, shop, eat, and almost even breathe virtually today. I have no complaints– as far as I’m able to capitalize the opportunity as a baby boomer among the millennial lot.
I, at the age of 50, directed, designed, and developed a handbag brand named Samira Buchi New York with a collection that reflects my European style with hints of Mediterranean vibe and an American touch. My brand’s cosmopolitan range coincidentally depicts my myriad career journey to date that assisted me to reach where I’m today. You may relate to terms like designing and developing a brand. But directing? Yes, at my age, you have to direct one-self to learn the art of newer technologies and slowly, but steadily capture the means.
TEASER OF MY CHILDHOOD
Hailing from a small town near Lake Geneva called Lausanne in Switzerland, I too, like many others, dreamt of living in the concrete jungle of New York. Coming from a family of nomadic roots, my childhood revolved around the arts of big cities and the cultural diversities of the places we travelled. I remember visiting New York City in 1979, standing in the middle of a gritty SoHo street, and fancying that one day I would live here.
TRAILER OF FIRST INNINGS OF LIFE
We hear about elaborate career achievements from today’s generation just as they enter their twenties. It’s awe-inspiring and at the same time intimidating. As for me, at that young age, I was still on exploration within myself with only strength in mind – I hone a very active right-side brain encompassing creativity. When I graduated in Hotel Management from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, I realized my love for hotel interiors and décor enticed my senses more than managing it. And so began my love affair with La Dèsirade – my first ever quaint furniture restoration workshop for interior designing.
13 years into Interior Designing, my heart pumped in search of more. I worked as a freelancer at Swiss women’s magazine, Femina, to beautify the Home Interior section pages. In parallel, I explored my infatuation with photography and life as food prop stylist, laying out some alluring, eye-appealing tables. I perused my passion for capturing the essence of a product not only through photography but also with an added touch of graphic design through the incorporation of ambitious ventures, Coucou Clock Agency and Swiss Cook Book, Les Délices de Manuella. My learning curve never diminished. I continued to keep myself abreast of evolving technologies, literally mugging up the InDesign and Corel Draws of the world. All this was accomplished while I brought up my two handsome sons.
AND THEN, I FOUND MY CALLING
After 26 years of navigating in the visual communication industry and my children out of the nest, I packed my bags and boarded on an adventure to NYC at the age of 50. I have always felt like I belong to many parts of the world, mainly due to the mix of my parents’ ancestry, with my mother’s side being half Italian and German, and my father’s side of Tunisian nomad roots. I identify myself inclining towards Mediterranean culture, full of spices captured under one soul. Moving to NYC felt like the natural next step in my expedition. It was a moment of truth to instill my forte of restarting a life in a city that came with new dynamics.
My quest to know more helped me to pursue the Accessory Design major at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Just the touch at supple leather intrigued me instantly to continue my focus on perfecting the craftsmanship that strengthens and endures the quality of this material. While a student, I dug up a Yves St. Laurent suede skirt I had purchased years ago for $5 at a thrift store. At the time, it didn’t fit me well aesthetically, but I loved how it felt. I let my creativity flourish and turned it into a bag. It seemed like I had found my calling! For the next two years, I learned everything about leather, how to craft it, and designed line after line in the FIT workshop.
Samira Buchi New York
Samira Buchi New York is an orchestrated outcome of a serene marriage between my instincts with learnings at FIT. I initiated with a range that gives my buyers a glimpse of my travel memoir. Designing the Nativ Collection was like a vague sight of childhood. Every bag under the Nativ range draws references from Berber culture and era of Guèrrab’s. Its utility combines luxury with simplicity, and functionality. The line embodies who I’ve always been, living in the mindset of a vagabond. Designed uniquely to suit the wearer’s needs – the handbags, crafted from genuine leather, are a spectacle of a heavy broad stitching pattern on every corner.
It has an avant-garde touch of crafting whilst sticking to traditional method of flatline, allowing the bag to form its own shape making it significant for all essential states of being. The variety of hues for handbags and supplementary props like fringe gives a bohemian feel. The texture of the leather is sinuous, unlined and soft attributing to a minimalist, free-spirit. The handbags always take on the attitude and spirit of the woman who is carrying it– a woman that walks with empowerment surrounding femininity.
I design and construct my distinctive and individualistic designs in the heart of Long Island City, Queens. A sunlit workshop surrounded by other artists and emerging pioneers of the design industry– I have embraced the diversity, and the brokenness of the place. There is a mixture of people and ethnicities. It’s real, it’s vintage, it’s rugged, but it’s amongst these streets is where I find my fire. It resonates with my vision for my brand, a feeling that anything is possible as long as you are willing to take risks.
Through this exploration, I continue to redefine myself at an unusual age for an ordinary person. It doesn’t stop my love for creation, just like my previous career ventures into interior design, photography, styling– they all were tied by a string of aesthetics and working with my hands to deliver authenticity. The driving force behind my brand is the story and energy I put into the product and most importantly for my artistic thrall.
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Living My Happily Ever After: Reinventing Life At 50
“Mom, you have more followers than me, on Instagram!” Dorian, my very artistic 28 year old son, shrieked!
It’s almost a necessity today rather than a luxury to be present on social media platforms. People remember the birthdays when Facebook notifies. You feel like an alien when your peers discuss the introduction of new emoticons on Whatsapp. A holiday is totally futile if your Instagram followers are not bombarded with the ‘fun’ you are having. Practically speaking, we live, shop, eat, and almost even breathe virtually today. I have no complaints– as far as I’m able to capitalize the opportunity as a baby boomer among the millennial lot.
I, at the age of 50, directed, designed, and developed a handbag brand named Samira Buchi New York with a collection that reflects my European style with hints of Mediterranean vibe and an American touch. My brand’s cosmopolitan range coincidentally depicts my myriad career journey to date that assisted me to reach where I’m today. You may relate to terms like designing and developing a brand. But directing? Yes, at my age, you have to direct one-self to learn the art of newer technologies and slowly, but steadily capture the means.
TEASER OF MY CHILDHOOD
Hailing from a small town near Lake Geneva called Lausanne in Switzerland, I too, like many others, dreamt of living in the concrete jungle of New York. Coming from a family of nomadic roots, my childhood revolved around the arts of big cities and the cultural diversities of the places we travelled. I remember visiting New York City in 1979, standing in the middle of a gritty SoHo street, and fancying that one day I would live here.
TRAILER OF FIRST INNINGS OF LIFE
We hear about elaborate career achievements from today’s generation just as they enter their twenties. It’s awe-inspiring and at the same time intimidating. As for me, at that young age, I was still on exploration within myself with only strength in mind – I hone a very active right-side brain encompassing creativity. When I graduated in Hotel Management from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, I realized my love for hotel interiors and décor enticed my senses more than managing it. And so began my love affair with La Dèsirade – my first ever quaint furniture restoration workshop for interior designing.
13 years into Interior Designing, my heart pumped in search of more. I worked as a freelancer at Swiss women’s magazine, Femina, to beautify the Home Interior section pages. In parallel, I explored my infatuation with photography and life as food prop stylist, laying out some alluring, eye-appealing tables. I perused my passion for capturing the essence of a product not only through photography but also with an added touch of graphic design through the incorporation of ambitious ventures, Coucou Clock Agency and Swiss Cook Book, Les Délices de Manuella. My learning curve never diminished. I continued to keep myself abreast of evolving technologies, literally mugging up the InDesign and Corel Draws of the world. All this was accomplished while I brought up my two handsome sons.
AND THEN, I FOUND MY CALLING
After 26 years of navigating in the visual communication industry and my children out of the nest, I packed my bags and boarded on an adventure to NYC at the age of 50. I have always felt like I belong to many parts of the world, mainly due to the mix of my parents’ ancestry, with my mother’s side being half Italian and German, and my father’s side of Tunisian nomad roots. I identify myself inclining towards Mediterranean culture, full of spices captured under one soul. Moving to NYC felt like the natural next step in my expedition. It was a moment of truth to instill my forte of restarting a life in a city that came with new dynamics.
My quest to know more helped me to pursue the Accessory Design major at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Just the touch at supple leather intrigued me instantly to continue my focus on perfecting the craftsmanship that strengthens and endures the quality of this material. While a student, I dug up a Yves St. Laurent suede skirt I had purchased years ago for $5 at a thrift store. At the time, it didn’t fit me well aesthetically, but I loved how it felt. I let my creativity flourish and turned it into a bag. It seemed like I had found my calling! For the next two years, I learned everything about leather, how to craft it, and designed line after line in the FIT workshop.
Samira Buchi New York
Samira Buchi New York is an orchestrated outcome of a serene marriage between my instincts with learnings at FIT. I initiated with a range that gives my buyers a glimpse of my travel memoir. Designing the Nativ Collection was like a vague sight of childhood. Every bag under the Nativ range draws references from Berber culture and era of Guèrrab’s. Its utility combines luxury with simplicity, and functionality. The line embodies who I’ve always been, living in the mindset of a vagabond. Designed uniquely to suit the wearer’s needs – the handbags, crafted from genuine leather, are a spectacle of a heavy broad stitching pattern on every corner.
It has an avant-garde touch of crafting whilst sticking to traditional method of flatline, allowing the bag to form its own shape making it significant for all essential states of being. The variety of hues for handbags and supplementary props like fringe gives a bohemian feel. The texture of the leather is sinuous, unlined and soft attributing to a minimalist, free-spirit. The handbags always take on the attitude and spirit of the woman who is carrying it– a woman that walks with empowerment surrounding femininity.
I design and construct my distinctive and individualistic designs in the heart of Long Island City, Queens. A sunlit workshop surrounded by other artists and emerging pioneers of the design industry– I have embraced the diversity, and the brokenness of the place. There is a mixture of people and ethnicities. It’s real, it’s vintage, it’s rugged, but it’s amongst these streets is where I find my fire. It resonates with my vision for my brand, a feeling that anything is possible as long as you are willing to take risks.
Through this exploration, I continue to redefine myself at an unusual age for an ordinary person. It doesn’t stop my love for creation, just like my previous career ventures into interior design, photography, styling– they all were tied by a string of aesthetics and working with my hands to deliver authenticity. The driving force behind my brand is the story and energy I put into the product and most importantly for my artistic thrall.
This guest post was authored by Samira Buchi
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Living My Happily Ever After: Reinventing Life At 50
“Mom, you have more followers than me, on Instagram!” Dorian, my very artistic 28 year old son, shrieked!
It’s almost a necessity today rather than a luxury to be present on social media platforms. People remember the birthdays when Facebook notifies. You feel like an alien when your peers discuss the introduction of new emoticons on Whatsapp. A holiday is totally futile if your Instagram followers are not bombarded with the ‘fun’ you are having. Practically speaking, we live, shop, eat, and almost even breathe virtually today. I have no complaints– as far as I’m able to capitalize the opportunity as a baby boomer among the millennial lot.
I, at the age of 50, directed, designed, and developed a handbag brand named Samira Buchi New York with a collection that reflects my European style with hints of Mediterranean vibe and an American touch. My brand’s cosmopolitan range coincidentally depicts my myriad career journey to date that assisted me to reach where I’m today. You may relate to terms like designing and developing a brand. But directing? Yes, at my age, you have to direct one-self to learn the art of newer technologies and slowly, but steadily capture the means.
TEASER OF MY CHILDHOOD
Hailing from a small town near Lake Geneva called Lausanne in Switzerland, I too, like many others, dreamt of living in the concrete jungle of New York. Coming from a family of nomadic roots, my childhood revolved around the arts of big cities and the cultural diversities of the places we travelled. I remember visiting New York City in 1979, standing in the middle of a gritty SoHo street, and fancying that one day I would live here.
TRAILER OF FIRST INNINGS OF LIFE
We hear about elaborate career achievements from today’s generation just as they enter their twenties. It’s awe-inspiring and at the same time intimidating. As for me, at that young age, I was still on exploration within myself with only strength in mind – I hone a very active right-side brain encompassing creativity. When I graduated in Hotel Management from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, I realized my love for hotel interiors and décor enticed my senses more than managing it. And so began my love affair with La Dèsirade – my first ever quaint furniture restoration workshop for interior designing.
13 years into Interior Designing, my heart pumped in search of more. I worked as a freelancer at Swiss women’s magazine, Femina, to beautify the Home Interior section pages. In parallel, I explored my infatuation with photography and life as food prop stylist, laying out some alluring, eye-appealing tables. I perused my passion for capturing the essence of a product not only through photography but also with an added touch of graphic design through the incorporation of ambitious ventures, Coucou Clock Agency and Swiss Cook Book, Les Délices de Manuella. My learning curve never diminished. I continued to keep myself abreast of evolving technologies, literally mugging up the InDesign and Corel Draws of the world. All this was accomplished while I brought up my two handsome sons.
AND THEN, I FOUND MY CALLING
After 26 years of navigating in the visual communication industry and my children out of the nest, I packed my bags and boarded on an adventure to NYC at the age of 50. I have always felt like I belong to many parts of the world, mainly due to the mix of my parents’ ancestry, with my mother’s side being half Italian and German, and my father’s side of Tunisian nomad roots. I identify myself inclining towards Mediterranean culture, full of spices captured under one soul. Moving to NYC felt like the natural next step in my expedition. It was a moment of truth to instill my forte of restarting a life in a city that came with new dynamics.
My quest to know more helped me to pursue the Accessory Design major at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Just the touch at supple leather intrigued me instantly to continue my focus on perfecting the craftsmanship that strengthens and endures the quality of this material. While a student, I dug up a Yves St. Laurent suede skirt I had purchased years ago for $5 at a thrift store. At the time, it didn’t fit me well aesthetically, but I loved how it felt. I let my creativity flourish and turned it into a bag. It seemed like I had found my calling! For the next two years, I learned everything about leather, how to craft it, and designed line after line in the FIT workshop.
Samira Buchi New York
Samira Buchi New York is an orchestrated outcome of a serene marriage between my instincts with learnings at FIT. I initiated with a range that gives my buyers a glimpse of my travel memoir. Designing the Nativ Collection was like a vague sight of childhood. Every bag under the Nativ range draws references from Berber culture and era of Guèrrab’s. Its utility combines luxury with simplicity, and functionality. The line embodies who I’ve always been, living in the mindset of a vagabond. Designed uniquely to suit the wearer’s needs – the handbags, crafted from genuine leather, are a spectacle of a heavy broad stitching pattern on every corner.
It has an avant-garde touch of crafting whilst sticking to traditional method of flatline, allowing the bag to form its own shape making it significant for all essential states of being. The variety of hues for handbags and supplementary props like fringe gives a bohemian feel. The texture of the leather is sinuous, unlined and soft attributing to a minimalist, free-spirit. The handbags always take on the attitude and spirit of the woman who is carrying it– a woman that walks with empowerment surrounding femininity.
I design and construct my distinctive and individualistic designs in the heart of Long Island City, Queens. A sunlit workshop surrounded by other artists and emerging pioneers of the design industry– I have embraced the diversity, and the brokenness of the place. There is a mixture of people and ethnicities. It’s real, it’s vintage, it’s rugged, but it’s amongst these streets is where I find my fire. It resonates with my vision for my brand, a feeling that anything is possible as long as you are willing to take risks.
Through this exploration, I continue to redefine myself at an unusual age for an ordinary person. It doesn’t stop my love for creation, just like my previous career ventures into interior design, photography, styling– they all were tied by a string of aesthetics and working with my hands to deliver authenticity. The driving force behind my brand is the story and energy I put into the product and most importantly for my artistic thrall.
This guest post was authored by Samira Buchi
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Living My Happily Ever After: Reinventing Life At 50
“Mom, you have more followers than me, on Instagram!” Dorian, my very artistic 28 year old son, shrieked!
It’s almost a necessity today rather than a luxury to be present on social media platforms. People remember the birthdays when Facebook notifies. You feel like an alien when your peers discuss the introduction of new emoticons on Whatsapp. A holiday is totally futile if your Instagram followers are not bombarded with the ‘fun’ you are having. Practically speaking, we live, shop, eat, and almost even breathe virtually today. I have no complaints– as far as I’m able to capitalize the opportunity as a baby boomer among the millennial lot.
I, at the age of 50, directed, designed, and developed a handbag brand named Samira Buchi New York with a collection that reflects my European style with hints of Mediterranean vibe and an American touch. My brand’s cosmopolitan range coincidentally depicts my myriad career journey to date that assisted me to reach where I’m today. You may relate to terms like designing and developing a brand. But directing? Yes, at my age, you have to direct one-self to learn the art of newer technologies and slowly, but steadily capture the means.
TEASER OF MY CHILDHOOD
Hailing from a small town near Lake Geneva called Lausanne in Switzerland, I too, like many others, dreamt of living in the concrete jungle of New York. Coming from a family of nomadic roots, my childhood revolved around the arts of big cities and the cultural diversities of the places we travelled. I remember visiting New York City in 1979, standing in the middle of a gritty SoHo street, and fancying that one day I would live here.
TRAILER OF FIRST INNINGS OF LIFE
We hear about elaborate career achievements from today’s generation just as they enter their twenties. It’s awe-inspiring and at the same time intimidating. As for me, at that young age, I was still on exploration within myself with only strength in mind – I hone a very active right-side brain encompassing creativity. When I graduated in Hotel Management from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, I realized my love for hotel interiors and décor enticed my senses more than managing it. And so began my love affair with La Dèsirade – my first ever quaint furniture restoration workshop for interior designing.
13 years into Interior Designing, my heart pumped in search of more. I worked as a freelancer at Swiss women’s magazine, Femina, to beautify the Home Interior section pages. In parallel, I explored my infatuation with photography and life as food prop stylist, laying out some alluring, eye-appealing tables. I perused my passion for capturing the essence of a product not only through photography but also with an added touch of graphic design through the incorporation of ambitious ventures, Coucou Clock Agency and Swiss Cook Book, Les Délices de Manuella. My learning curve never diminished. I continued to keep myself abreast of evolving technologies, literally mugging up the InDesign and Corel Draws of the world. All this was accomplished while I brought up my two handsome sons.
AND THEN, I FOUND MY CALLING
After 26 years of navigating in the visual communication industry and my children out of the nest, I packed my bags and boarded on an adventure to NYC at the age of 50. I have always felt like I belong to many parts of the world, mainly due to the mix of my parents’ ancestry, with my mother’s side being half Italian and German, and my father’s side of Tunisian nomad roots. I identify myself inclining towards Mediterranean culture, full of spices captured under one soul. Moving to NYC felt like the natural next step in my expedition. It was a moment of truth to instill my forte of restarting a life in a city that came with new dynamics.
My quest to know more helped me to pursue the Accessory Design major at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Just the touch at supple leather intrigued me instantly to continue my focus on perfecting the craftsmanship that strengthens and endures the quality of this material. While a student, I dug up a Yves St. Laurent suede skirt I had purchased years ago for $5 at a thrift store. At the time, it didn’t fit me well aesthetically, but I loved how it felt. I let my creativity flourish and turned it into a bag. It seemed like I had found my calling! For the next two years, I learned everything about leather, how to craft it, and designed line after line in the FIT workshop.
Samira Buchi New York
Samira Buchi New York is an orchestrated outcome of a serene marriage between my instincts with learnings at FIT. I initiated with a range that gives my buyers a glimpse of my travel memoir. Designing the Nativ Collection was like a vague sight of childhood. Every bag under the Nativ range draws references from Berber culture and era of Guèrrab’s. Its utility combines luxury with simplicity, and functionality. The line embodies who I’ve always been, living in the mindset of a vagabond. Designed uniquely to suit the wearer’s needs – the handbags, crafted from genuine leather, are a spectacle of a heavy broad stitching pattern on every corner.
It has an avant-garde touch of crafting whilst sticking to traditional method of flatline, allowing the bag to form its own shape making it significant for all essential states of being. The variety of hues for handbags and supplementary props like fringe gives a bohemian feel. The texture of the leather is sinuous, unlined and soft attributing to a minimalist, free-spirit. The handbags always take on the attitude and spirit of the woman who is carrying it– a woman that walks with empowerment surrounding femininity.
I design and construct my distinctive and individualistic designs in the heart of Long Island City, Queens. A sunlit workshop surrounded by other artists and emerging pioneers of the design industry– I have embraced the diversity, and the brokenness of the place. There is a mixture of people and ethnicities. It’s real, it’s vintage, it’s rugged, but it’s amongst these streets is where I find my fire. It resonates with my vision for my brand, a feeling that anything is possible as long as you are willing to take risks.
Through this exploration, I continue to redefine myself at an unusual age for an ordinary person. It doesn’t stop my love for creation, just like my previous career ventures into interior design, photography, styling– they all were tied by a string of aesthetics and working with my hands to deliver authenticity. The driving force behind my brand is the story and energy I put into the product and most importantly for my artistic thrall.
This guest post was authored by Samira Buchi
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Living My Happily Ever After: Reinventing Life At 50
“Mom, you have more followers than me, on Instagram!” Dorian, my very artistic 28 year old son, shrieked!
It’s almost a necessity today rather than a luxury to be present on social media platforms. People remember the birthdays when Facebook notifies. You feel like an alien when your peers discuss the introduction of new emoticons on Whatsapp. A holiday is totally futile if your Instagram followers are not bombarded with the ‘fun’ you are having. Practically speaking, we live, shop, eat, and almost even breathe virtually today. I have no complaints– as far as I’m able to capitalize the opportunity as a baby boomer among the millennial lot.
I, at the age of 50, directed, designed, and developed a handbag brand named Samira Buchi New York with a collection that reflects my European style with hints of Mediterranean vibe and an American touch. My brand’s cosmopolitan range coincidentally depicts my myriad career journey to date that assisted me to reach where I’m today. You may relate to terms like designing and developing a brand. But directing? Yes, at my age, you have to direct one-self to learn the art of newer technologies and slowly, but steadily capture the means.
TEASER OF MY CHILDHOOD
Hailing from a small town near Lake Geneva called Lausanne in Switzerland, I too, like many others, dreamt of living in the concrete jungle of New York. Coming from a family of nomadic roots, my childhood revolved around the arts of big cities and the cultural diversities of the places we travelled. I remember visiting New York City in 1979, standing in the middle of a gritty SoHo street, and fancying that one day I would live here.
TRAILER OF FIRST INNINGS OF LIFE
We hear about elaborate career achievements from today’s generation just as they enter their twenties. It’s awe-inspiring and at the same time intimidating. As for me, at that young age, I was still on exploration within myself with only strength in mind – I hone a very active right-side brain encompassing creativity. When I graduated in Hotel Management from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, I realized my love for hotel interiors and décor enticed my senses more than managing it. And so began my love affair with La Dèsirade – my first ever quaint furniture restoration workshop for interior designing.
13 years into Interior Designing, my heart pumped in search of more. I worked as a freelancer at Swiss women’s magazine, Femina, to beautify the Home Interior section pages. In parallel, I explored my infatuation with photography and life as food prop stylist, laying out some alluring, eye-appealing tables. I perused my passion for capturing the essence of a product not only through photography but also with an added touch of graphic design through the incorporation of ambitious ventures, Coucou Clock Agency and Swiss Cook Book, Les Délices de Manuella. My learning curve never diminished. I continued to keep myself abreast of evolving technologies, literally mugging up the InDesign and Corel Draws of the world. All this was accomplished while I brought up my two handsome sons.
AND THEN, I FOUND MY CALLING
After 26 years of navigating in the visual communication industry and my children out of the nest, I packed my bags and boarded on an adventure to NYC at the age of 50. I have always felt like I belong to many parts of the world, mainly due to the mix of my parents’ ancestry, with my mother’s side being half Italian and German, and my father’s side of Tunisian nomad roots. I identify myself inclining towards Mediterranean culture, full of spices captured under one soul. Moving to NYC felt like the natural next step in my expedition. It was a moment of truth to instill my forte of restarting a life in a city that came with new dynamics.
My quest to know more helped me to pursue the Accessory Design major at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Just the touch at supple leather intrigued me instantly to continue my focus on perfecting the craftsmanship that strengthens and endures the quality of this material. While a student, I dug up a Yves St. Laurent suede skirt I had purchased years ago for $5 at a thrift store. At the time, it didn’t fit me well aesthetically, but I loved how it felt. I let my creativity flourish and turned it into a bag. It seemed like I had found my calling! For the next two years, I learned everything about leather, how to craft it, and designed line after line in the FIT workshop.
Samira Buchi New York
Samira Buchi New York is an orchestrated outcome of a serene marriage between my instincts with learnings at FIT. I initiated with a range that gives my buyers a glimpse of my travel memoir. Designing the Nativ Collection was like a vague sight of childhood. Every bag under the Nativ range draws references from Berber culture and era of Guèrrab’s. Its utility combines luxury with simplicity, and functionality. The line embodies who I’ve always been, living in the mindset of a vagabond. Designed uniquely to suit the wearer’s needs – the handbags, crafted from genuine leather, are a spectacle of a heavy broad stitching pattern on every corner.
It has an avant-garde touch of crafting whilst sticking to traditional method of flatline, allowing the bag to form its own shape making it significant for all essential states of being. The variety of hues for handbags and supplementary props like fringe gives a bohemian feel. The texture of the leather is sinuous, unlined and soft attributing to a minimalist, free-spirit. The handbags always take on the attitude and spirit of the woman who is carrying it– a woman that walks with empowerment surrounding femininity.
I design and construct my distinctive and individualistic designs in the heart of Long Island City, Queens. A sunlit workshop surrounded by other artists and emerging pioneers of the design industry– I have embraced the diversity, and the brokenness of the place. There is a mixture of people and ethnicities. It’s real, it’s vintage, it’s rugged, but it’s amongst these streets is where I find my fire. It resonates with my vision for my brand, a feeling that anything is possible as long as you are willing to take risks.
Through this exploration, I continue to redefine myself at an unusual age for an ordinary person. It doesn’t stop my love for creation, just like my previous career ventures into interior design, photography, styling– they all were tied by a string of aesthetics and working with my hands to deliver authenticity. The driving force behind my brand is the story and energy I put into the product and most importantly for my artistic thrall.
This guest post was authored by Samira Buchi
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Living My Happily Ever After: Reinventing Life At 50
“Mom, you have more followers than me, on Instagram!” Dorian, my very artistic 28 year old son, shrieked!
It’s almost a necessity today rather than a luxury to be present on social media platforms. People remember the birthdays when Facebook notifies. You feel like an alien when your peers discuss the introduction of new emoticons on Whatsapp. A holiday is totally futile if your Instagram followers are not bombarded with the ‘fun’ you are having. Practically speaking, we live, shop, eat, and almost even breathe virtually today. I have no complaints– as far as I’m able to capitalize the opportunity as a baby boomer among the millennial lot.
I, at the age of 50, directed, designed, and developed a handbag brand named Samira Buchi New York with a collection that reflects my European style with hints of Mediterranean vibe and an American touch. My brand’s cosmopolitan range coincidentally depicts my myriad career journey to date that assisted me to reach where I’m today. You may relate to terms like designing and developing a brand. But directing? Yes, at my age, you have to direct one-self to learn the art of newer technologies and slowly, but steadily capture the means.
TEASER OF MY CHILDHOOD
Hailing from a small town near Lake Geneva called Lausanne in Switzerland, I too, like many others, dreamt of living in the concrete jungle of New York. Coming from a family of nomadic roots, my childhood revolved around the arts of big cities and the cultural diversities of the places we travelled. I remember visiting New York City in 1979, standing in the middle of a gritty SoHo street, and fancying that one day I would live here.
TRAILER OF FIRST INNINGS OF LIFE
We hear about elaborate career achievements from today’s generation just as they enter their twenties. It’s awe-inspiring and at the same time intimidating. As for me, at that young age, I was still on exploration within myself with only strength in mind – I hone a very active right-side brain encompassing creativity. When I graduated in Hotel Management from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, I realized my love for hotel interiors and décor enticed my senses more than managing it. And so began my love affair with La Dèsirade – my first ever quaint furniture restoration workshop for interior designing.
13 years into Interior Designing, my heart pumped in search of more. I worked as a freelancer at Swiss women’s magazine, Femina, to beautify the Home Interior section pages. In parallel, I explored my infatuation with photography and life as food prop stylist, laying out some alluring, eye-appealing tables. I perused my passion for capturing the essence of a product not only through photography but also with an added touch of graphic design through the incorporation of ambitious ventures, Coucou Clock Agency and Swiss Cook Book, Les Délices de Manuella. My learning curve never diminished. I continued to keep myself abreast of evolving technologies, literally mugging up the InDesign and Corel Draws of the world. All this was accomplished while I brought up my two handsome sons.
AND THEN, I FOUND MY CALLING
After 26 years of navigating in the visual communication industry and my children out of the nest, I packed my bags and boarded on an adventure to NYC at the age of 50. I have always felt like I belong to many parts of the world, mainly due to the mix of my parents’ ancestry, with my mother’s side being half Italian and German, and my father’s side of Tunisian nomad roots. I identify myself inclining towards Mediterranean culture, full of spices captured under one soul. Moving to NYC felt like the natural next step in my expedition. It was a moment of truth to instill my forte of restarting a life in a city that came with new dynamics.
My quest to know more helped me to pursue the Accessory Design major at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Just the touch at supple leather intrigued me instantly to continue my focus on perfecting the craftsmanship that strengthens and endures the quality of this material. While a student, I dug up a Yves St. Laurent suede skirt I had purchased years ago for $5 at a thrift store. At the time, it didn’t fit me well aesthetically, but I loved how it felt. I let my creativity flourish and turned it into a bag. It seemed like I had found my calling! For the next two years, I learned everything about leather, how to craft it, and designed line after line in the FIT workshop.
Samira Buchi New York
Samira Buchi New York is an orchestrated outcome of a serene marriage between my instincts with learnings at FIT. I initiated with a range that gives my buyers a glimpse of my travel memoir. Designing the Nativ Collection was like a vague sight of childhood. Every bag under the Nativ range draws references from Berber culture and era of Guèrrab’s. Its utility combines luxury with simplicity, and functionality. The line embodies who I’ve always been, living in the mindset of a vagabond. Designed uniquely to suit the wearer’s needs – the handbags, crafted from genuine leather, are a spectacle of a heavy broad stitching pattern on every corner.
It has an avant-garde touch of crafting whilst sticking to traditional method of flatline, allowing the bag to form its own shape making it significant for all essential states of being. The variety of hues for handbags and supplementary props like fringe gives a bohemian feel. The texture of the leather is sinuous, unlined and soft attributing to a minimalist, free-spirit. The handbags always take on the attitude and spirit of the woman who is carrying it– a woman that walks with empowerment surrounding femininity.
I design and construct my distinctive and individualistic designs in the heart of Long Island City, Queens. A sunlit workshop surrounded by other artists and emerging pioneers of the design industry– I have embraced the diversity, and the brokenness of the place. There is a mixture of people and ethnicities. It’s real, it’s vintage, it’s rugged, but it’s amongst these streets is where I find my fire. It resonates with my vision for my brand, a feeling that anything is possible as long as you are willing to take risks.
Through this exploration, I continue to redefine myself at an unusual age for an ordinary person. It doesn’t stop my love for creation, just like my previous career ventures into interior design, photography, styling– they all were tied by a string of aesthetics and working with my hands to deliver authenticity. The driving force behind my brand is the story and energy I put into the product and most importantly for my artistic thrall.
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“I harmonize in order to beautify
Modeling art
I seal the store of elegance
With the galactic tone of integrity
I am guided by the power of free will”
Yellow Star is your Conscious Self - who you are and who you are becoming.
You are a starseed! You contain a holographic 'seed packet' of your evolution into the Mind of Light and the energy that directs you toward wholeness. This resonance offers an expanded view of the larger self and new ways of perceiving reality. Through self-acceptance, you are gifted with this journey. Yellow Star is ignition, like a cosmic milkweed explosion of resonant sparks. It is the launching pad from which you can hear the rumble of the rocket of your accelerated evolution.
Yellow Star's starseeded gift is the revelation of the harmony that unites all things. Instead of just aspiring to be harmonious, become harmony. Practice harmony not just as an abstraction, but as a living reality. This practice blends different energies, thoughts, people, and processes. Act on intuitive guidance as to what to combine and when. As you begin to follow your heart, you will know the feeling of being on the return path to the stars.
Yellow Star offers you the ability to hold a greatly expanded focus, a unity of awareness that encompasses aspects of the larger constellation of self. An example of this would be a simultaneous awareness of the desires of the existential self and the truth of the Essence Self. This star harmony encompasses the greatly enlarged perspective of your starseeded self, the part within you that holds the potential of your greatest destiny.
Unlike the preceding 7 tones, which were separate and distinct, Yellow Star begins a more complex harmonic series as it completes the preceding octave. On a spiritual level, Yellow Star begins the development of higher being. The fundamental tones that occur in this series are of a more expanded frequency than those of the preceding seven tones. In this new octave, there is alignment in the harmonies of Earth and the harmonies of the stars that are now being sounded on Earth. Yellow Star is the first in a series of star harmonies that evoke accelerated growth of the starseed potential within you.
Yellow Human is your Higher Self & Guide.
Yellow Human is the grail, the golden fleece, the philosopher's stone, the alchemical transmutation that turns baser materials into gold. It is the cornucopia, the paradox of emptiness and harvest, the still place that lies open and fallow, receiving the gifts.
Yellow Human offers you the gift of beginner's mind in the fullness of union. Be receptive. Yellow Human is preparing your circuits for transformation. Become empty, that your thirst may be quenched by the bounteous gifts poured from the chalice of the spiraling galaxies. Open and receive all that Yellow Human offers in the chalice of your own body.
Yellow Human asks you to strengthen and clear your physical vessel in order to prepare for the expanded energies of higher mind. Your chalice of self is being purified through vibrational adjustments in the brain/body system. With this quickening, adjustments are made and your circuits of consciousness are naturally transformed. Often this process is accompanied by the sensation of being altered or "rewired". Higher centers of the brain and the light-sensitive pineal and pituitary glands are being activated to contain more light. This penetration brings you to a critical threshold, creating enormous change at the cellular level. It also activates soul memories and expands your concepts of reality.
Red Skywalker is your Subconscious Self and Hidden Helper.
A person who embodies cosmic wisdom may be known as a sky-walker, sage or bodhisattva. When others see such light in human form, they feel the vibration of heaven. This vibration may be embodied by you or experienced with a guru, master, an energy such as Red Skywalker, or in a 'chance' encounter with an extraordinary person.
An encounter with the energy of Red Skywalker can spark a deep yearning within you for reunion with the Source. Yet from this place of love and compassion, you also have a desire (embodied in physical form) to serve the light. This is the place in you that has the courage to fully express unconditional love, the depths of your being. Red Skywalker asks you to live the new myth by bringing this heaven to Earth in your daily life. As this reality is lived, it touches and awakens the same truth in others: "They kingdom come, Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven."
Red Skywalker represents balance in your life - not static balance, but a dynamic equilibrium that includes both your present expression and your starseeded self. In Red Skywalker's star-glyph you see that the pillars of heaven don't appear to touch the Earth. You are the element that appears to be missing in the star-glyph. You are the one whose expression of the light assists in drawing the pillars of heaven to Earth.
White Mirror represents your Challenge and Gift. With maturity and awareness this challenge will turn into a Focus. This is what you desire to learn in this lifetime.
Have you unconsciously created a reality in which you seem lost or confused? In this shadow, you may feel enmeshed in the illusions of the hall of mirrors. Remember that the only real power the hall of mirrors has is your belief that its grand illusions are real! On Earth, we presently live on a holographic playing field made of the elements of time and space. This field draws to itself the density and mass necessary to form a three-dimensional reality. All phenomena within it are images that appear for our learning and growth. Since each of us is a hologram of light within the larger hologram, getting lost in fear, judgement, and denial can certainly appear to be "real", but it is really only an illusion. The essential mind is silent, still, empty - hence, incapable of getting lost.
The transformation offered in this shadow is found by being mindful. Meditate and pray for the reestablishment of your direct connection to Spirit. Become quiet and still. Imagine yourself floating timelessly in the center of the star-glyph White Mirror, receiving divine wisdom. Cut away with clear discrimination. Forgive and release yourself and others. Enter into the timeless truth of the spiritual warrior.
Understand that judgement and acceptance are two sides of the same mirror - the transparent mirror of ascension.
Blue Monkey is your Compliment - something that comes naturally to you.
Blue Monkey represents the Divine Child, the child that is ever in a state of open-hearted wisdom, innocence, trust, simplicity and joyful wonder. What would it feel like to actually BE a magical child in this culture and time? The secret that very few know - because they may feel more comfortable trying to protect themselves - is that the divine child offers the strongest of all protections, the invulnerability of openhearted Love. Through innocence, a kind of immunity is created that allows the divine child to be transparent so that the apparent 'slings and arrows' of the world can pass right through without being personalized into wounds, reactions or hurt feelings. This is the path of innocence regained. Transparency is the path of the new consciousness.
Your Tone is Tone 8 - Galactic
Empowerment, galactic grid, path of the one heart.
Eight is the ray of harmonic resonance, the foundation of self combined with the current of the trinity. It is love made visible. Create the flow of harmony in your life. Enter the spiral frequencies of the greater galactic grid. You are being offered empowerment through your innate resonance with this grid. Be aware of where you are drawn, for there you will find unique opportunities. Discover the harmony of being in this natural resonance with others. Be receptive. You are the diviner of harmony, the meeting ground of physical reality and the infinite.
Bring a deeper harmony to the practical circumstances in which you find yourself. Free the ego from its self-centeredness. Embrace the potent energies that are raising the harmonic frequencies of the planet. Breathe easily; you are the song being sun by the new golden octave. Sound the resonant tone of the one heart!
These excerpts were taken from the book, "The Mayan Oracle - Return Path to the Stars" by Ariel Spilsbury & Michael Bryner
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365 Powerful Words To Elevate Your LIFE
Check out the A-Z list of ALL the positive words in the English language. Get inspired, motivated and happy each day by sprinkling some positivity in your vocabulary.
If you were to think about all the positive words you know, you might find that you have a limited vocabulary here. But if you were asked to do the same with negative words, you will be able to say a lot more.
This is why this list is important. Simply by learning more positive vocabulary you will find that your days are a lot better because these words will be at the front of your consciousness.
Your brain will start relating positive words to your daily activities which in turn will get you thinking about things in a more positive way.
5 Reasons Why Being Positive is a MUST:
Positive people always have many friends in their lives who love to be in their company.
Positivity leads to happiness and happiness leads to a longer life.
Positive people are go-getters.
Positive people share their ideas
Positive people look to help and solve problems
Let’s Begin!
Positive Words starting with letter A
ABLE, ACCEPT – ACCEPTANCE – ACCEPTABLE – ACCEPTED – ACCEPTING, ACTION, ACTIVATE, ACTIVE, ADD, ADDITION, ADORABLE, ADVANTAGE, AFFIRM, AGELESS, AGREE, AGREEABLE, AID, AIM, ABUNDANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOMPLISHMENT – ACCOMPLISH, ACCURACY, ACHIEVEMENT – ACHIEVE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, ADAPTABILITY, ADVENTURE – ADVENTUROUS, AGILITY, ALERTNESS, AMBITION, ANTICIPATION, APPRECIATE – APPRECIATION – APPRECIATIVE – APPRECIATIVENESS, ASSERTIVENESS – ASSERTIVE, ATTENTIVENESS, AUDACITY, AWARE – AWARENESS, AUTHENTIC – AUTHENTICITY, ABRACADABRA, ATTRACTION, ALLOW – ALLOWING, AFFECTION – AFFECTIONATE, ABSORBED, ALERT, AMAZED, AWE – AWED, ANIMATE – ANIMATED – ANIMATING – ANIMATION – ANIMATENESS, ARDENT, AMAZING, AWESOME – AWESOMENESS, AROUSED, ASTONISHED – ASTONISHING, AMUSED, AIR – AIRNESS, ALOHA, ADORE, ADMIRE, ADMIRABLE, ALLURE, ANGEL – ANGELIC, ALTRUISM – ALTRUISTIC, ABOUND – ABOUNDING – ABOUNDS- ABUNDANT, ABSOLUTE – ABSOLUTELY, ACCESSIBLE, ACCLAIMED, ACCOMMODATE – ACCOMMODATED – ACCOMMODATION – ACCOMMODATING, AMPLE, APPRECIATIVE JOY, AMIN, ACCENTUACTIVITY, ACTABILITY, AFFABLE, ALACRITY, ALTRUCAUSE, AMIABLE, ASTOUNDING, ATTRACTIVE, ALIVE – ALIVENESS, ACCLAIM, ABUNDANT GRATIFICATION, ACCLAMATION, ACCOMPLISHED, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ACCURATE, ACCURATELY, ACHIEVABLE, ACHIEVEMENTS, ACTION FOR HAPPINESS, ACTIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE STEPS, ACTS OF KINDNESS, ADAPTABLE, ADAPTIVE, ADEQUATE, ADMIRABLY, ADMIRATION, ADMIRED, ADORED, ADORING, ADORINGLY, ADVANCED, ADVANTAGEOUS, ADVANTAGEOUSLY, ADVANTAGES, AFFABILITY, AFFABLY, AFFINITY, AFFIRMATION, AFFIRMATIVE, AFFLUENCE, AFFLUENT, AFFORD, AFFORDABLE, AFFORDABLY, AGILE, AGILELY, AGREEABLENESS, AGREEABLY, ALIGNED, ALL IS WELL, ALLURING, ALLURINGLY, ALTERNATIVE HEALING, ALTRUISTICALLY, AMAZE, AMAZEMENT, AMAZES, AMAZINGLY, AMIABILITY, AMICABILITY, AMICABLE, AMICABLY, AMUSING, APPEAL, APPEALING, APPLAUD, APPRECIABLE, APPRECIATED, APPRECIATES, APPRECIATION OF BEAUTY, APPRECIATIVELY, APPROPRIATE, APPROVAL, APPROVE, ARDOR, ART OF APPRECIATION, ART OF STILLNESS, ART OF WELL-BEING, ASSURANCE, A REASON FOR BEING, ACARONAR, ACCOMMODATIVE, ALTITUDINARIAN, AMAZING WORDS, AMIABILY
Positive Words starting with letter B
BEATIFY, BEATITUDE, BENEFICIAL, BENEFIT, BENEVOLENT, BELOVED, BEST, BETTER, BLESS – BLESSING – BLESSED, BLISS – BLISSFULNESS – BLISSFUL, BLOOM, BLOSSOM, BALANCE – BALANCED, BEAUTY – BEAUTIFUL – BEAUTIFULLY, BELONG – BELONGING, BOLDNESS, BRAVERY, BRILLIANCE – BRILLIANT, BLISS ON TAP, BEYOND FABULOUS, BIOPHILIA, BRIGHT, BRIGHTNESS, BALISTIC, BLASTING, BLAZING, BLINDING, BREATHTAKING, BUBBLING, BUSTING, BLISSCIPLINE, BUYANCY, BULLISHNESS, BRISKNESS, BUOYANCY, BREEZINESS, BRIO, BE EXTRAORDINARY, BE HAPPY, BEAUTIFY, BEING AT REST, BENEFACTOR, BENEFITS, BENEVOLENCE, BENEVOLENTLY, BENEVOLENTLY CHEERFUL STATE OF MIND, BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS, BEYOND, BEAUTY IN ALL THINGS, BEINGNESS, BELIEVABLE, BLOOD-BROTHERS, BOHEMIAN SOUL, BOHO-SOUL
Positive Words starting with letter C
CARE – CARING, CALM, CREATE, CREATIVE – CREATIVITY – CREATIVENESS , CAPABLE – CAPABILITY – CAPABLY, CELEBRATE – CELEBRATION, CERTAIN – CERTAINTY, CHARITABLE – CHARITY, CHARM – CHARMING – CHARMER, CHOICE, CLEAN – CLEANLINESS, COMFORT – COMFORTABLE – COMFORTING, CUDDLE – CUDDLING, CANDOR, CAREFULNESS, CHALLENGE, CHANGE, CHEERFUL – CHEERFULNESS, CLARITY, COLLABORATION, COMMITMENT, COMMUNICATION, COMMUNITY, COMPASSION – COMPASSIONATE, COMPETENT – COMPETENCE – COMPETENCY, CONCENTRATION, CONFIDENT – CONFIDENCE, CONSCIOUSNESS, CONSISTENCY – CONSISTENT, CONTENT – CONTENTMENT, CONTINUITY – CONTINUOUS, CONTRIBUTION, CONVICTION – CONVINCING, COOPERATION, COURAGE, COURTESY – COURTEOUS, CURIOUS – CURIOSITY, CHAKRA, COOL, CLEAR HEADED, CENTERED, CLOSENESS, COMPANIONSHIP, CONSIDERATE – CONSIDERATION, COMMUNION, CONNECT – CONNECTED – CONNECTION – CONNECTEDNESS, CONQUER, CUTE, CHARISMA – CHARISMATIC, COLLECTED, CHEERFUL WILLINGNESS, CHEERS, CONGRUENCE, CORDIAL, CRANK (UP), CAPITAL, CORKING, CLEAR, CARESS, CHEERFUL MOOD, COMPLIMENTARY WORDS, CONTENTED, COZINESS, CUTENESS, CAREFREENESS, CAREFREE
Positive Words starting with letter D
DIRECTION, DELICATE, DECENT, DESIRABLE, DELICIOUS – DELICIOUSNESS, DO, DREAM – DREAMY, DYNAMIC, DARING, DECISIVENESS, DELIGHT – DELIGHTED – DELIGHTFUL, DEPENDABILITY, DESIRE, DETERMINATION, DEVOTION, DIGNITY, DILIGENCE, DISCIPLINE, DISCOVERY, DISCRETION, DIVERSITY, DRIVE, DUTY, DIVINE, DAZZLED, DISNEY, DEVOTED, DANDY, DAIMON, DEBONAIR, DETACHMENT, DEDICATED, DAUWTRAPPEN, DAZZLE, DELIGHTFULLY, DEFENCELESSNESS
Positive Words starting with letter E
EMPATHY – EMPATHIZE – EMPHATIC, EASY – EASILY – EASIER, EDUCATE – EDUCATION – EDUCATED, EFFICIENT, ENABLE – ENABLED, ENERGETIC – ENERGIZE – ENERGY, ENGAGE – ENGAGING – ENGAGED, ENJOY – ENJOYMENT, ENOUGH, EAGER – EAGERNESS, EFFECTIVENESS, EFFICIENCY, ELATION, ELEGANCE, ENCOURAGE – ENCOURAGEMENT – ENCOURAGED, ENDURANCE, EQUALITY, EXCELLENCE – EXCELLENT, EXCITE – EXCITEMENT – EXCITED, EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE, EXPLORATION, EXPRESSIVENESS – EXPRESSING, ENLIGHTENMENT, ETERNAL, EXALTATION, EMULATE, EMPOWER – EMPOWERING – EMPOWERED, EXPANSIVE, EXHILARATING, ENTHUSIASTIC – ENTHUSIASM, ENGROSSED, ENCHANTED, ENTRANCED, ECSTATIC, ELATED, ENTHRALLED, EXUBERANT – EXUBERANCE, EXPECTANT, EQUANIMOUS, ENLIVENED, EFFICACY, EASE, EXEMPLARY, EXTRAORDINARY, EARNEST, ELEVATE – ELEVATED, EQUANIMITY, EASE-OF-MIND, EXCITED ANTICIPATION, EXTRA, EQUITY – EQUITABLY – EQUITABLE, EASY TO TALK TO, EASY TO APPROACH, ECSTATIFY, EUDAEMONISM, EUDAEMONIST, EUDAEMONISTIC, EUDAIMONIA, EUDAMONIA, EVOLVE, EXALTING, EXSTATISFY, EXULTANT, ASTRONOMICAL, CHAMPION, CHAMP’, ELECTRIC, ENORMOUS , EXCEPTIONAL, EXCITING, EXQUISITE, EFFORTLESSNESS, EUNOIA, ECOSOPHY, EBULLIENCE, EMBRACE, EMPOWERING WORDS, ENCOURAGING WORDS, ERLEBNIS, EFFORTLESS EASE, EFFORTLESSLY
Positive Words starting with letter F
FANTASTIC, FEEL GOOD – FEELING GOOD, FLOW – FLOWING, FABULOUS, FAIR, FAITH, FAITHFUL, FAME, FAVORITE, FAIRNESS, FAMILY, FIDELITY, FLEXIBILITY, FOCUS, FLOURISH, FORGIVE – FORGIVING – FORGIVENESS, FORTITUDE, FREE – FREEDOM, FRUGALITY, FUN, FUTURE, FRIEND – FRIENDLY – FRIENDSHIP – FRIENDLINESS, FASCINATE – FASCINATED, FULFILL – FULFILLED, FOOD, FEISTY – FEISTINESS, FEASIBLE, FINE, FEARLESS, FESTIVE – FESTIVENESS, FIT, FANTABULOUS, FREECYCLE, FUNERIFIC, FUNOLOGY, FLAWLESS, FAMOUS, FANCY, FLASHY, FTW, FUNNY JOKES, FLAUNTING, FONDLE, FRIC-TIONLESSLY, FLAWLESSLY
Positive Words starting with letter G
GLOW, GENEROUS – GENEROSITY, GENERATE, GENIAL, GENIUS, GENUINE, GIFT, GIVE – GIVING, GOOD, GOODNESS, GOING THE EXTRA MILE, GRACE, GRATITUDE – GRATEFULNESS, GROW – GROWTH, GUIDE – GUIDING – GUIDANCE, GOD, GROUNDED, GLORY, GODLINESS, GOOD-FEELING, GROOVY, GIDDY, GLAD, GOOD HEALTH, GLAMOR, GIGGLING, GODDESS, GORGEOUS – GORGEOUSNESS, GRANDIOSITY, GENERAVITY, GENTLEMAN, GARGANTUAN, GRAND, GREAT, GINGER, GOOD-HUMORED, GOODWILL, GREATFUL, GEMUTLICHKEIT, GIBIGIANA, GIGIL, GOOD INDWELLING SPIRIT, GOOD WORD, GOOD WORDS, GOOD-HUMORED, GOODWILL, GOOD FORTUNE, GYPSY SOUL
Positive Words starting with letter H
HOPE – HOPEFULNESS, HAPPINESS – HAPPY – HAPPILY, HARMONIOUS – HARMONIZE – HARMONY, HEALTH – HEALTHY, HEART, HELLO, HELP – HELPFUL – HELPING, HOT – HONEST – HONESTY, HUMAN, HUMOR, HELPFULNESS, HERO – HEROISM, HOLY – HOLINESS, HONOR, HOSPITALITY, HUMBLE, HEAVEN – HEAVENLY, HALO, HEARTFELT, HEARTWARMING, ONE-POINTEDNESS, HAPPY HEARTED, HEEDFUL, HANDSOME, HUGE, HIGH-SPIRITEDNESS, HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED, HAPPY WORDS, HEART-OPENING, HOSPITABLE, HUMAN FLOURISHING, HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED, HARNESS
Positive Words starting with letter I
IMAGINATION, INSPIRE – INSPIRATION – INSPIRED – INSPIRATIONAL, IN-LOVE, IDEA, INCREDIBLE, INNOVATE – INNOVATION, INTERESTING – INTEREST – INTERESTED, IMPROVEMENT, INDEPENDENCE, INFLUENCE, INGENUITY, INNER PEACE, INSIGHT – INSIGHTFULNESS – INSIGHTFUL, INTEGRITY, INTELLIGENCE – INTELLIGENT, INTENSITY, INTIMACY, INTUITIVENESS, INVENTIVENESS, INVESTING, INTENTION, INVIGORATE – INVIGORATED, INTRIGUED, INVOLVE – INVOLVED, INCLUSION, INNOCENT, INEFFABLE, INTREPID, IDEALISM, ILLUMINATION – ILLUMINATED, INCOMPARABLE, INVINCIBLE, INQUISITIVE, INFINITE, INFINITY, ILLUSTRIOUS, INNER, ICHARIBA CHODE, IKIGAI, INCREDIBLE CUTENESS, INDWELLING, INSPIRATIONAL WORDS, INSPIRING WORD, INSPIRING WORDS, IRIDESCENT, ILLUSTRIOUS, INNER
Positive Words starting with letter J
JOY – JOYFUL – JOYOUS, JOKE, JOLLY, JOVIAL, JUST, JUSTICE, JUBILANT, JUVENESCENT, JUMPY, JAMMIN’, JUBILINGO
Positive Words starting with letter K
KINDNESS – KIND – KIND-HEART – KINDLY, KEEP-UP, KISS, KNOWLEDGE, KITTENS, KEEN, KAAJHUAB, KALON, KILIG, KIND WORDS, KOIBITO KIBUN
Positive Words starting with letter L
LIKE, LAUGH – LAUGHING, LEARN – LEARNING, LIFE, LIVE – LIVING, LUXURY, LONGEVITY, LOYALTY – LOYAL, LOVE – LOVABLE – LOVING, LIBERTY, LOGIC, LEADER – LEADERSHIP, LUCK – LUCKY, LIGHT, LOVING-KINDNESS, LIVELY, LIFE OF THE PARTY, LOVELY, LOVING ACCEPTANCE, LOVING FEELINGS, LIGHTWORKER, LEADING, LIGHT FOG, LIVES THROUGH, LOVE WORDS, LOVER OF BEAUTY, LUSTROUS, LUSTROUS COLORS, LIGHT-HEARTED
Positive Words starting with letter M
MEANING – MEANINGFUL, MORE, MAGNIFICENT, MAJESTY, MANY, MARVELOUS, MERIT, MOTIVATE, MIRACLE, MAGIC, MAKING A DIFFERENCE, MASTERY, MATURITY, MINDFUL – MINDFULNESS, MODESTY, MOTIVATION – MOTIVATIONAL, MERCY, MEDITATION, MIND-BLOWING, MELLOW, MOVED, MOVEMENT, MUTUALITY, MOURNING, MELIORISM, MENCH, MINDSIGHT, MINDSIGHT, MAJOR, MILD, MEANINGFUL WORDS, MEMORABLE, MORPHING, MOTIVATED WORDS, MOTIVATING WORDS, MOTIVATIONAL WORDS, MOVING
Positive Words starting with letter N
NOBLE, NURTURING – NURTURE, NON-RESISTANCE – NON-RESISTANT, NEW, NICE, NIRVANA, NEAT, NATURE-MADE, NOURISH – NOURISHED – NOURISHING – NOURISHMENT, NAMASTE, NEOTENY, NICE WORDS, NOVATURIENT
Positive Words starting with letter O
OPTIMIST – OPTIMISTIC, OUTSTANDING, OK, ON, ONWARDS, OPEN – OPENLY – OPENING, OPEN-MINDED, OPPORTUNITY, ORIGINAL, OPENNESS, OPTIMISM, ORDER, ORGANIZATION, ORIGINALITY, OUTCOME, ORIENTATION, OBEDIENT, OPEN HEARTED, OMG, OVERCOME, OM MANI PADME HUM, OUTGOING, ONENESS, OUTERNATIONALIST, OVERLY OPTIMISTIC, ORENDA
Positive Words starting with letter P
PERFECT – PERFECTION, POSITIVE ENERGY, POSITIVE THOUGHTS, POSITIVE EVENTS, POSITIVE CIRCUMSTANCES, POSITIVE BELIEFS, PEACE – PACIFY, PARADISE – PARADISIAC, PASSION – PASSIONATE, PLEASE, PURE, PERCEPTIVENESS, PERSEVERANCE, PERSISTENCE, PERSONAL GROWTH, PLEASURE, POSITIVE ATTITUDE, POSITIVE WORDS, POWER – POWERFUL, PRACTICALITY, PRECISION, PREPAREDNESS, PRESENCE, PRESERVATION, PRIVACY, PROACTIVITY – PROACTIVE, PROGRESS, PROSPERITY PROSPEROUS, PUNCTUALITY – PUNCTUAL, PATIENCE, PROUD, PLEASED, PLAY – PLAYFUL – PLAYFULNESS, PARTICIPATION, PURPOSE, PICK-ME-UP, PRONIA, PIOUS, PUPPIES, POLITE, POSITIVE MIND, POSITIVE THINKING, PRETTY, PRECIOUS, PARDON, PERKINESS, PIQUANCY, POSICHOICE, POSIDRIVING, POSIFIT, POSILENZ, POSIMASS, POSIMINDER, POSIRATIO, POSIRIPPLE, POSIRIPPLER, POSIRIPPLES, POSISINGER, POSISITE, POSISTRENGTH, POSITIBILITARIAN, POSITRACTION, POSITUDE, POSIVALUES, POSIWORD, POSSIBILITARIAN, PROMPTNESS, PROTO, PRICELESS, PEP – PEPPINESS, PERMALICIOUS, PLUCKY, POLLYANNAISM, PRIDE, POSITIVE FEELINGS, PEACE OF MIND, PEACEFUL WORDS, PETRICHOR, PHILOCALIST, POSITIVE EMOTIONS, POSITIVE FEELINGS, POSITIVE VOCABULARY, POWER WORDS, POWERFUL POSITIVE WORDS, POWERFUL WORDS, POWER-ON, POWER-UP, PROTECT
Positive Words starting with letter Q
QUALITY, QUIET – QUIETNESS, QUAINT, QUIESCENT, QUEENLY, QUICKENING, QUIDDITY, QUIESCENT MIND, QUALITY WORDS
Positive Words starting with letter R
RESPECT, RADIANT, READY – READINESS, REAL – REALITY, REASON, RECOMMEND, REFRESH – REFRESHED, RELAX – RELAXED, RELIEF, RELIEVE – RELIEVED, REMARKABLE, RATIONALITY, RECOGNITION, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIABLE – RELIABILITY, RELIGION, RESOURCEFULNESS, RESPONSIBILITY, RIGHTEOUSNESS, RISK-TAKING, ROMANCE, REVELATION, REVIVED, RESTORE – RESTORED, REST – RESTED, RENEW – RENEWED, REJUVENATE – REJUVENATED, RAPTURE – RAPTUROUS, RESILIENT – RESILIENCE, REVERENCE, RIPE, REBORN, RELATEDNESS, RASASVADA, REPOSE, ROSINESS, RELENT, RENOWNED, RESPECTED, RAINBOW, ROMANTIC, RELENT, RENOWNED
Positive Words starting with letter S
SCOPE, SMILE – SMILING, SOULMATE, SOUL – SOULFUL, SACRED, SAFE – SAFETY, SECURE – SECURED – SECURITY, SUSTAIN – SUSTAINED, SAVE, SAVINGS, SIMPLE – SIMPLIFY, SELFLESSNESS, SELF-ESTEEM, SERVICE, SIMPLICITY, SINCERITY, SKILL – SKILLED, SPIRIT, SERENE – SERENITY, STABILITY, STRENGTH, STYLE, SYSTEMATIZATION, SELF-LOVE, STRIVE, SALVATION, SELF-RESPECT, SELF-FORGIVENESS, SERVE, SYMPATHETIC, SELF-COMPASSION, SELF-KINDNESS, SPELLBOUND, STIMULATED – STIMULATING – STIMULATION, SATISFIED, STILL, SURPRISED, SLEEP, SEXUAL EXPRESSION, SHELTER, SELF-EXPRESSION, SPACE – SPACIOUS, SPONTANEITY – SPONTANEOUS, SUNSHINE, SPARK – SPARKLE – SPARKLES, SWEET – SWEETNESS, SUPPORT – SUPPORTING – SUPPORTED, SEXY – SEXINESS, SUPREME, SUCCULENT, SWEETHEART, STUDY – STUDIOUS, SAVOUR – SAVOURING, SUFFICIENT, STUPENDOUS, SWAG – SWAGGY, SPLENDID, SMART, SPECTACULAR, SPECIAL, SERENDIPITY, SYNERGY, SHINE – SHINING, START, STEADFASTNESS, SUBLIME, SUNNINESS, SUPERPOWER, SPUNKY, SHAPE-SHIFTING VIRTUOSO, SOUL-STRETCHING, STRONG WORDS
Positive Words starting with letter T
TRUE, TRUST – TRUSTING , TACT, TEACH – TEACHABLE, TEAM, THANKFUL – THANK – THANK-YOU – THANKFULNESS, THERAPY, TIME, TEAMWORK, TIMELINESS, TOLERANCE, TRADITION, TRANQUIL – TRANQUILITY, TRUTH – TRUTHFULNESS, TENDER, THRILLED, TOUCH – TOUCHED, TICKLED, TO MATTER, TO KNOW, TO BE KNOWN, TO BE SEEN, TRANSFORMATIVE – TRANSFORMATION – TRANSFORM, TRIUMPH, THRIVE – THRIVING, TENACITY, TO BE, TRANSPARENT, TEMUL, TENDERLY, TIDSOPTIMIST, TIME OPTIMIST
Positive Words starting with letter U
UNIFICATION, UNIQUE, UPLIFT, ULTIMATE, UNCONDITIONAL, UPGRADE, USEFUL, USER-FRIENDLY, UNITY, UNDERSTAND – UNDERSTANDING – UNDERSTOOD, UNIFICATION OF MIND, UP, UPSKILL, UNBELIEVABLE, UNFLAPPABLE, UNREAL, UTTER AMAZEMENT, UNABASHED, UNABASHED PLEASURE, UNBEARABLY CUTE, UNHURRY, UNBELIEVABLE, UNFLAPPABLE, UNREAL, UTTER AMAZEMENT
Positive Words starting with letter V
VITALITY, VALUE – VALUES – VALUABLE, VIRTUOUS, VALID, VERIFY, VERY, VIABLE, VIRTUE, VICTORY – VICTORIOUS, VARIETY, VULNERABILITY – VULNERABLE, VIBRANT, VOW, VIM, VIGOR, VENERATION, VOCABULEVERAGE, VERSATILITY, UBUNTU
Positive Words starting with letter W
WORTH – WORTHY – WORTHINESS, WEALTH, WARM – WARMTH, WELCOME, WILL- WILLING – WILLINGNESS , WISDOM, WISE, WON, WONDERFUL, WELL-BEING, WHOLEHEARTEDNESS, WOW, WONDER, WATER, WELL, WELLNESS, WELFARE, WHOLE, WONDER-WORKING, WIN – WINNABLE – WINNING, WALWALUN
Positive Words starting with letter X
XO, , XENODOCHIAL, XFACTOR, XENOPHILE, XENIAL
Positive Words starting with letter Y
YES, YOUTH – YOUTHFUL, YOUNG, YOUNG- AT-HEART, YIPPEE, YAY, YEARN, YEA, YEAH, YUMMY, YEN, YESABILITY, YUGEN, YARAANA, YESABLE, YOU ARE LOVED
Positive Words starting with letter Z
ZAPPY, ZANY, ZEALOUS, ZEAL, ZEST – ZESTY – ZESTFUL, ZIPPY, ZING
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