{If you’re reading this via email, click the title to watch the video.} When you feel the fear and push on tasting the lust that lingers pushing through – from where you used to stand – you need to hold the course keep moving, thrusting forward – from where you used to stand – reaching [...]
Author Archives: Erica Swanson
Design and the “You Hired What?!” Syndrome
August 6, 2010 – 1:00 am
Yeah, I know. We’re a scary bunch. Bossy, opinionated, a little too loose with the purse strings. And really, everything’s just fine. Just fiiiiiiiine, thankyouverymuch. A designer?! Bahhhh! Who the hell needs one of those?! “I’m not Momma Moneybags.” “My wife takes care of that stuff. I just make sure I pick up my socks.” [...]
Midnight Affair
July 27, 2010 – 1:00 am
So I came across this: And it seduced me into doing this: What seduces you?
So. What’s Your Art?
July 19, 2010 – 1:00 am
{If you’re reading this via email, click the title to watch the video.} Here’s what I know: What you do, every day, becomes part of who you are. Scraping pennies or rolling naked in your dough, you’re trading your brain power, your creativity and your most valuable asset – your time – for your daily [...]
Just Break
July 14, 2010 – 1:00 am
Your insides are twisted coming outside fraying at the seams. And pushing ahead pulls you under. Hungry, and needing to be filled, you give yourself over – listen for the voice that does not come yet you remain a stranger – suspended but sometimes we break. And you resist hold while what you need recedes. [...]
I See Music – Angel
July 2, 2010 – 1:00 am
Fear calls; pushes, pulls, sets me adrift and leaves me… I cannot anchor. The shore fades. There is nothing now but riding the waves. No way in, no way out. I just need to ride the waves. Sink deep. Let fear overcome. Be consumed. Tasted. Swallowed. And in the moments of my darkest fear; when [...]
2010 SocialLuxe Awards
June 29, 2010 – 1:00 am
SocialLuxe Lounge. Sounds sexy, doesn’t it? So does a party held here. Held immediately proceeding the NYC BlogHer 2010 conference, SocialLuxe is holding a party at Arena to celebrate women bloggers in a variety of categories. I’ve just had the distinct honour of being nominated for a BlogLuxe award in the category of “Most Provacative” [...]
I See Music – The Whys & Wherefores
June 24, 2010 – 1:00 am
Because in our own way, we’re all looking for the same thing. Resonance Validation To love and be loved. TO BE HEARD. And Music, well, Music is the soundtrack to the life we live One breath at a time. Music. My seductress. My nemesis. The answer. The question. The breath. She stays with me, by [...]
I See Music – Flow
June 15, 2010 – 1:00 am
When the time is right you will feel the waves rush over you flowing like the river to the sea. And when that time comes Come to me I won’t let you go.
Gravedigger
June 8, 2010 – 1:00 am
You have got to be you. And when you are scared shitless and the world is caving in telling you you are not enough You have got to be you. There is no one else. And this is something only you Not your mother Or your father Or your best friend Or anyone else Can [...]
How Do You Want To Feel?
June 2, 2010 – 1:00 am
I ache. I’m getting pushed and pulled and jostled in this space I’ve claimed as my own. This space – where you’re reading – right now. It’s the tension between where I could be going and where I need to go. For me. For my work. For my creative pulse. I will not ignore my [...]
I See Music – Sugarfoot
May 28, 2010 – 1:00 am
It’s the space between the notes that make all the difference. That’s where you find the rhythm, the groove; that’s where the sound lives. Design and music? They’re the same, really. Photograph in frame at top: ‘Manhattan Mall’ by David Beckerman Photograph in frame at bottom: ‘Radio City Music’ Hall by David Beckerman
How to Hire a Designer: Fangs Optional
May 26, 2010 – 1:00 am
That post. Swirling in my mind like a god damned shark around prey. The opening line: “Now that I got the gig with the son’s room, it’s time to execute – and plot my moves to score more rooms in that great big under-decorated house.” The story goes on. The husband gets pissed at the [...]
I See Music – Green Eyed Love
May 21, 2010 – 1:00 am
The legend. ‘The Green Muse’ by Albert Maignan 1895 Courtesy Musee de Picardie, Amiens. The nouveau connoisseur. The gentlemen’s club.
