Disclaimer: I do NOT know Kate Spade. This is not a secret tell-all for gossip. These are late-night thoughts reflecting on her recent death. This is written with the most respect for her life, legacy, friends, family, colleagues, and admires. Also disclaimer: mention...
Watching Harvey impact Texas is truly heartbreaking and it’s easy to feel helpless. What do you do when you’re watching highways turn into lakes and people climbing on roofs to be rescued? Whether or not you’re in Texas, you can still lend a hand. I know some are...
I’ve started this a million times. I don’t know what to say, honestly, after Saturday’s terrorist attack. It’s a weird feeling going from being the only Black (and honestly this is the norm for me), being accepted and welcomed by my friend’s family and friends without...
I’ve struggled with FIVE12 STUDIO for a while. Should I pull the plug, rename it, or walk away from all of this completely? In developing myself, I lost who I was. I took in so much information on how and why I should do a, b, and c, I neglected to figure out if...
Experts say there are 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. 1. This couldn’t be happening again. Please, God, tell me not another hashtag (denial). 2. Yep, it happened yet again. Why? And I have to leave my house, pretend...
Over the past year, I’ve had a struggle with FIVE12 Studio. I knew where I wanted it to be but I didn’t know how I wanted to get there. When I first started I thought, “I’ll design and take photos.” I didn’t have a clear path and thought I’d figure it out along the...
