The Value of Authenticity and Repetition
Many years ago, as a young dance student at UCLA, one of my instructors demonstrated a movement performed by one of the notable postmodern dancer/choreographers. (I don’t remember who the dancer was but I’m guessing it was the incomparable Pina Bausch.)
She began the movement with her back toward the audience, and then very slowly and deliberately turned to face them full on, at which point she threw her arms outward and lifted her face toward the sky as if to say, “Here I am world!” And then she turned around, reversing the movement until her back was to the audience. And then she repeated the sequence again. And again. And again. And again… [...]
Mom jeans, skinny jeans, boyfriend jeans: everybody wears them (well almost everyone —there likely are few people – somewhere - who wouldn’t be caught dead in them.)
Fortunately for us jeans lovers, this season jeans are hot! [...]
Does this scenario sound familiar? You wake up one morning full of enthusiasm and a sense that "today is a great day for a shopping trip." You head off to the mall full of hope and expectation, only to spend fruitless hours of disillusionment and self-loathing... and end up at the ice cream shop instead.
Don't beat yourself up. We've all been there. Almost everyone has a hard time finding just the right item that is flattering in color and style.[...]
My hairdresser, a very handsome young man, wears the same attire every day: a black Hanes t-shirt, black jeans that are cut off just above the knee, black socks and black leather high top boots. Any skin surface that does show is covered with some colorful and pretty magnificent tattoos.