December is cold and unruly, i have almost survived the fashion shopping pre holiday surge... i have returned from LA with pockets full of money and without my undocumented last collection which was sold off in pieces over the weekend..i have no photos, not good ones at least... i am in the throngs of passion and inspiration again, feeling the magnetism toward creation. a bigger and better collection will be made as i constantly move forward..
I wont have another fashion show until may, and in the mean time i will paint my muse manifesto; a mixed media project i have been developing over the last month. i am paying homage to "the muse" in my own special way...
here are two of my (unfortunately both dead) favorite muses of all time....enjoy
helmut newton:








And the illustrious mr. edward CUrtis











In 1906 J.P. Morgan offered Curtis $75,000 to produce a series on the North American Indian. It was to be in 20 volumes with 1,500 photographs. Morgan was to receive 25 sets and 500 original prints as his method of repayment. Curtis' goal was not just to photograph, but to document, as much American Indian (Native American) traditional life as possible before that way of life disappeared. He wrote in the introduction to his first volume in 1907: "The information that is to be gathered ... respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost." Curtis made over 10,000 wax cylinder recordings of Indian language and music. He took over 40,000 photographic images from over 80 tribes. He recorded tribal lore and history, and he described traditional foods, housing, garments, recreation, ceremonies, and funeral customs. He wrote biographical sketches of tribal leaders, and his material, in most cases, is the only recorded history.

i would like to give thanks to people who dont just make art but dedicate their life to making beauty and spreading light.

here are a few more!!