OPEN HEART SURGERY
This collection is a right of passage…
from punk to queen...
from identity groping...
to empowered embodiment...
:::::::::::::::::::::This collection is an offering
to each woman
who walks with grace in the face of challenges that rise up on her path...::::::::::::::::::::
::::Often, this refinement process isn’t glamourous::::
It can be sandpaper going over raw wood::::::::
Until gradually the rough edges are smoothed
leaving nothing but what is utterly essential
and true to the core>>>::::::::::::::::::::::::
This process requires us to dive deep:::::
::::To stand strong::::::::::
::::To reflect with crystalline precision
Shedding infinite layers of conditioning, insecurity and fear of our own power.:::::::
:::This collection is evidence of this passage
Designed for a woman who is willing to grow thru her journey,
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and recognize…
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What it takes to remain punk enough to march to the beat of her own drum,:::::::::::
::::::While growing refined enough for that beat to be aligned with rhythms larger than any single human drum.:::::::::::::::::::::
:::::>>>>>>>And to be both powerful and graceful enough to recognize when your marching becomes a dance.<<<<<<<<:::::::::::::::::
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::::::>>>>>This collection is dedicated to the women who find the courage to open her heart, in the face of challenge, and the great mystery, emerging more beautiful then when she began<<<<<<::::::::
:::>>>More beautiful than she ever imagined<<<::::::
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:::>>>>>Here’s to this deep beauty
Shining from the inside out<<<<<<:::
::::>>>:::Here's to the courage it takes to let this beauty shine...:::::::>>>.....
Music
::Lykke Li, ::Antony and the Johnsons,:: Devendra Banhart,::Beck, ::Sigur Ros,::Cocoa Rosie,::Cat Power,::Cocteau Twins,::Hot Chip,::The Knife,::Ratatat,::Bjork::Jose Gonzalez ::MGMT,::Thunderheist,::Santogold,::Cibo Matto, ::Beirut,::Balkin Beat Box,::Llasa, ::Iron & Wine,::Dead Can Dance, ::Rachel's, ::Nina Simone, ::Scream, ::Mala Rodriguez, ::Amy Winehouse, ::Piece, ::PJ Harvey, ::Joni Mitchell, ::Cohen's 'Owl Said', ::Barry Adamson, ::Damion Marley, Johny Cash, ::Seeed,::Modselektor, ::Distance, ::Mos-Def, ::MIA, ::One Self, ::K-OS, ::Goddess Alchemy Project, ::Heavy Weight Dub Champion, Finnah fi Allah, ::This Mortal Coil, ::Regina Spektor,::The Cure, ::Siouzie and the Banshees, ::Stina Nordenstem, ::Alias,::Christina and Aya
Movies
Renegade,City of Lost Children,Amelie,Spirited Away,I (heart)Huckabee's,Baraka,Wings of Desire,Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,Everything is Illuminated,Return of the Jedi
Television
This is How I Make Bread
Books
American Gods,Shantaram, Martin Prechtel,Rumi, Tom Robbins, Jennette Winterson, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabelle Alande, Carlos Castenanda, Anais Nin, Stephan Hawkings, Perfume, The Prophet
Heroes
Heidi,Floria Sigismondi,Noam Chomsky, Linbaba, Bjork, Tim Burton, Rumi,Banksy,Madonna,Frida Khalo,Anais Nin, my Mama
Piece of Mind
Raven is a representative of creative force opening the limitless
possibilities of imagination with her dynamic channel. Starting this
path with a fine gift for stitches and unique design, she began
merging her skills with many talents of her tribe.
She fuses clothing and costume design (WE-ar'able Art) with music,
dance, visual art and ritual theatre to co-produce multi-media events
that weave cultural myth of past, present and future.
Her most recent work include
'Bitchin Pixen'-2006, and 'MoJo/Sloquik'-2007 and Open Heart Surgery- 2008
Raven has co-Produced international Performance created
in Bali and performed at Shamabhala (Canada),Senergenesis (San Fransisco), Soulclypse (Turkey),Symbiosis, (California), Emergnsee (Oregon), Burning Man (Black Rock City)
Recorded a fun audio interview with Freeland frontman, Adam Freeland's Live Band, Kurt Baumann. We talk about the current Freeland tour and the inside scoop on smelly vans, suits with arm bands as well as the rockin stage show itself
rrrrrrrraven!!!!! im in eastvan with sweet lover....its been good yummy times cherie!!! i miss you! wish i was closer so i can rub you good lady.... we are going to spend few months in mexico! cariba! im excited! where are you! bali soon for you? sending you lots of lovingsssss xxx keep warm, keep the fire burning xxx
hi beautiful... eeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkk I have a massive deadline for a massive project could we connect after the 30th? will you be around then? let me know;) loves :)
