ANNECONVENTIONAL

Beautiful Tilework

I F you inherently long for something, become it first. If you want gardens, become a gardner. If you want love, embody love. If you want mental stimulation, change the conversation. If you want peace, exude calmness. If you want to fill your world with artists, begin to paint. If you want to be valued, respect your own time. If you want to live ecstatically, find the ecstasy within yourself. This is how to draw it in day by day, inch by inch. - V. Erickson 📸 @nestle_snipes412

M E L A N I N When the ladies linked up for my girl @kuipee Bachelorette party!! Nothing but good times. Just waiting for the wedding so I can sing my heart out!! 🤗😁 Currently drinking lemon water because those GEMI's will be heard..📣 #kamweretho #blackwomen #wayad . 📸 @maripiano (at Harlem)

F E D O R A Full skirts Body suits Sunshine Summer is in the air. ☀️ Happy Sunday World. 📸 @emo_thug84 (at Harlem)

U N P L U G Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes... including you. -A.Lammot ------ The brain can be like a computer with multiple tabs open. Take a break now and then. People watch at a cafe. Drink some coffee or tea. Zone out for a little bit. Marvel at life. 📸 @nestle_snipes412

D E V O T E yourself to an idea. GO make it happen. Struggle on it. Overcome your fears. Smile.😄 Do not forget: this is your dream 📸 @nestle_snipes412 #onthemove #nyc

N E W Y O R K You really put a spell on me.... 😍 📸 @febbers #newyorkcitylife #nyc

O U T here studying this subway map as if I am about to sit down for the SATs 😆 I still get lost now and then especially when trains decide to reroute and such! Sigh* But I've also discovered little vintage stores and cafes that way.. It becomes an adventure and sometimes, serendipity happens. 📸 @nestle_snipes412 (at Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets)

L O V E it when two separate piece make one cohesive look. It's like a match made in heaven. A little back action, because details matter. Happy Friyay!😍 📸 @styledbybistro

O H S P R I N G I've been waiting for you at the door!!!!! 🎋🌿 It's amazing how sunny weather just lifts up our spirits. New post up beautiful people. 📸 @styledbybistro

S I T T I N G pretty in lace and graphic print. A detail shoot from a post going up tomorrow. Looking forward to rocking my skirts and dresses this season. 📸 @styledbybistro

N E V E R leave yourself unattended. As you spread your energy into the universe, never forget to invest in yourself." @iambrillyant ---- #sundaymusings Self portrait series 📸 @emo_thug84

L I F E is funny, isn't it? Just when you think you've got it all figured out, just when you finally begin to plan something, get excited about it and feel like you know what direction you're heading in, the paths change, the signs change, the wind blows the other way, North is suddenly South, and East is West and you're . . LOST 📸 @nestle_snipes412

W H E R E V E R your focus is directed that is where your energy goes. Whatever you allow in your space you eventually become. ------ Gentle reminder as we start this new week. 📸 @nestle_snipes412

F O R G E T the rules. If you like it wear it! 📸 @nestle_snipes412 #africanprint #ankara

C U L O T T E S are knee-length pants, cut with very full legs to resemble a skirt. Well, I got tooo happy with the scissors and gave full a whole new meaning 😆 These pair I made make an appearance on the blog today. Talking about a Dj, loud fabrics, and creativity. It's a long post so grab a cuppa 📸 @nestle_snipes412

N O B O D Y tells this to beginners. I really wish somebody had told me this. All of us who do creative work … we get into it because we have good taste. But there’s a gap. For the first couple years that you’re making stuff, isn’t so good. It’s really not that great. It has potential. It has ambition but it’s not quite that good. But your taste — the thing that got you into the game — is still killer. Your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past that phase - they quit. Most people I know who do interesting creative work, went through a phase of years where they had really good taste and they could tell what they were making wasn’t as good as they wanted it to be — they knew it fell short, it didn’t have the special thing that we wanted it to have. Everybody goes through that. If you’re going through it right now, if you’re just getting out of that phase — you gotta know it’s totally normal. The most important thing you can do is do a lot of work — do a huge volume of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week, or every month, you know you’re going to finish one story. Because it’s only by actually going through a volume of work that you are actually going to catch up and close that gap. And the work you’re making will be as good as your ambitions. It takes a while, it’s normal to take a while. You just have to fight your way through. - Ira Glass 📸 @nestle_snipes412 #creativeprocess #dontgiveup