The Art of Adventure

C.S. Lewis

Hesitate by Steve Moakler

Good afternoon, Athens. I <3 you. 

http://www.antimusic.com/news/11/march/02Singled_Out-_Drew_Holcomb_And_The_Neighbors.shtml

Today Drew Holcomb from Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors tells us about “Fire & Dynamite” from their brand new album “Chasing Someday”. Here is the story:

The woman you love can drive you crazy. They are unpredictable, stop in you in tracks, make you wish you knew more about them. The best love songs revolve around a lyric that puts flesh on this idea.

I had the lyric, “You are a novel in a sea of magazines” floating around in my head for weeks. Magazines you flip through, you have briefly, then you throw them away. A novel you savor, you relish, you stay up at night thinking about. You might even re-read it and every time you find more complexities and nuances and character details that make you fall more in love with the story. A novel takes time, requires commitment. You don’t just read a novel in a day. It surprises you, makes you lose your mind trying to know where the narrative is headed. A romantic love worth holding on to is like a novel, not a magazine. It’s Steinbeck’s East of Eden versus People magazine October 1989. Who remembers People Magazine October 1989? No one except the celebrity who made the cover. Who remembers East of Eden? Everyone who ever read it!

This feeling doesn’t just apply to romance, it applies to every meaningful human interaction. We are all novels, in the process of being authored, by ourselves, by fate, by God, by community, by suffering, by happiness, and all the other experiences that drive our history. I wanted to write a song that has this mysterious joy to it. I wanted big drums, loud guitars, unadulterated shouting, and an ernest heart, that says, “yes, we all matter,” especially that girl or boy you keeping thinking about every 15 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCiX_ARKEQg

Check it out!!! :)

xx

Ralph Waldo Emerson

In Style UK feature article on Milly’s Spring/Summer 2011 line!

The In Style reps had me make a copy of all of my personal backstage pictures from the show, and they used a majority of them in the feature :) Here is a preview of the article. So excited about how great it looks; can’t wait to get an actual copy! 

Milly Style Spotlight in RueLaLa!

These are a few of my most precious pictures of my late grandmother. When we were creating a slideshow for her funeral, my family and I stumbled across these vintage photos and I absolutely adore every one of them. 

Sailor Knot Dress in Ecru @ Saks!

http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/ProductDetail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524446396743&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=282574492708015&bmUID=iSUc7VB&ev19=1:20

This is the sailor knot that I worked on while working for Milly this summer. Bergdorf bought it in the cerulean blue!

My precious baby nephew, Brady. Too cute :)