The Value of Authenticity and Repetition

17_2_pina_bausch_krueger 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… [...]

2020-06-08T15:21:37-07:00

Angels Among Us

In chapter three of Shopping for the Real You I offer four methods to help you determine your individual style, based on seven basic archetypes. The amount of each archetype that is expressed in someone’s personality, facial features, and body type creates an overall picture of their unique style. One of the more interesting and unusual of these archetypes is the ethereal Click to read more >

2024-05-05T13:05:41-07:00

(She’s Got) Good Jeans

multiple jeans 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! [...]

2020-06-08T15:22:05-07:00

Your Uniform

People Representing Diverse ProfessionsMy 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.

Now, you’d think that he just throws on what he was wearing the day before, but no. This is an extremely well thought-out uniform. He directs the same perfectionist’s critical eye to his attire that he does to each hair […]

2020-06-08T15:22:20-07:00
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