BreauxGod

Sterling silver pendant and 18” box chain with clasp.

This silver bread tab pendant and chain is a small addition of 15 chains total created as a collaboration between my brand The Invisible Space and Secret of Manna. The significance of the item is a reminder that sometimes the simplest thing holds everything together and though physically small they have a huge impact.

Sometimes those small things are easily lost or forgotten and we find ourselves doing a lot more work to compensate for their absence without even realizing they’re gone.

So never forget the small things they often hold it all together.

If I were to be most honest with you I would tell you that I’m not sure I can completely express my gratitude for the love and support I received in Tokyo this past August. It was a real moment for me and it all happened so fast. I had been planning to do some type of exhibition in Tokyo since last November. I had these big ideas and thoughts of how it should be, all super expensive concepts for my first activation in a place where I have been inspired by for a long time. I felt I owed something great like that to Tokyo. Our end solution didn’t end up being any thing like my first ideas but it was perfect. Because of time we decided to focus on the Mental Health Is Real brand. It’s the first time I’ve done something dedicated to the brand and honestly it was long over due. Here is a short statement I wrote for the pop up shop that explains the concept…

The concept of the pop up shop is to create an environment that encourages conversation around mental illness. De-stigmatizing mental illness is really important, annually over 20,000 people loose their lives to mental disorders yet there is little conversation about mental illness or mental health. I think when we can speak honestly about what’s going on in our lives we really build stronger connections and an even stronger community. The pop up shop acts as a medical office waiting room and an effort to be comfortable normalizing honest conversation and self expression in popular cultural destinations like Harajuku where the installation takes place.

I didn’t know what to expect. When I first got to the space I was buzzing and picking apart what Nomura and Masa had done already. I pulled out the 4 paintings of the Chance covers I did starting to feel like I needed to buy more things for the pop up. In my excitement I was running around Tokyo working. Trying to get everything I thought I needed to sell the concept. At some point I stopped myself and had to be completely honest with myself. The reality was that the pop up was happening in a day and there was no time to overthink things or be busy trying to sell myself to an audience when just being present was enough. After that I chilled. Of course my goal was to sell as much as we could and it went well due to the work Dum Dum TV did. We had a few write ups and tweets and apparently that’s all we needed. We completely sold out of all but 4 shirts by the beginning of the final day and by the end of that day everything was gone. Totes, tees, hats, free post cards, all gone.

 I was out in Tokyo at the same time as so many people from Chicago Chance, Peter, Stix, Joe, Reese, Nico, Kirsten, Krystal, Sam, Dillon, Rob, 40, Knox, Liam, Lane, Julio, Tyjuan, Vince etc. etc. etc. it was like 20 people I knew from Chicago all in Tokyo. Despite that only 4 people from made time and came through to see the pop up. So thank you Joe, Tyjuan, Vince and Peter for coming through. This was a big moment for me so that meant a lot, for real.

 That’s all I have for now. Singapore trip coming up later this month will definitely post about that as soon as I have some content.

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Since this event my world has gone into hyper drive it has been such a blessing to my life and my spirit. I was invited to speak at the second Black In Design conference and the prestigious and intimidating Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. But the reality is it wasn't intimidating at all. Went in there and I stayed true to who I was and people were authentically appreciative of it, I had an amazing trip. I feel like I haven't said enough but I want to get this out there so I'll come back and writer more if it feels right.