Loving Me More...THE EVENT!

So one of my dear clients is coordinating this event and I am contributing candles as my small part. I really wanted to get the word out because I was once a young girl in desperate need of someone, anyone to say I could do and be anything. Please if you are in the Atlanta area spread the word. Below is the link to the website for more info:

Loving Me More

Visual and Written Inspiration Feb 28 2011

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"True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring."
-- The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

now playing: Jay-Z/Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind"

It helps me remember what I am building right now.

3 Piece interviews: You Look Hungry owner Pam Spivey

You Look Hungry
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you can always contact Pam here: pamspivey@gmailcom care of George Clooney


So in the interest of full disclosure I would like to state that I love the creator of the You Look Hungry line Pam Spivey. She is one of the wittiest (sp) people I have ever met in my life. I will also state categorically that we have decided should we ever jump the crazy shark we will without further notice be known as Big Edie and Little Edie. Soooo with that declaration out of the way I am so very much in love with Pam's latest offerings of hand embroidered Tea Towels. I posted a collage of a few above however there are so many more to choose from. Below are Pam's answers to my interview questions unedited:


Why did you name your business You Look Hungry?


I considered how I would answer the phone. "You look hungry" made me giggle.



What do you enjoy about your creative process?


The idea that I am only limited by my imagination.


What is your favorite time of day and why?


About 4 in the afternoon...there's still time for just about anything.

If you could land anywhere in the world right now, where would you go and why?


Ideally, heaven. Tomorrow will be the one year anniversary of the death of my baby brother and I miss him without relief. Daddy too.
Realistically, either any rain forest to see vibrant greens, multi-colored birds and orchids growing wild in trees. Or Paris because I am missing romance.
I wasn't allowed three places, was I??!!



If you could have anyone over for dinner (famous or non-famous) who would you invite and what would you serve?


Craig Ferguson. He makes me laugh just by being in front of me. I would make a meal from local low country ingredients. Hampton Plantation Shrimp Pilau with fresh shrimp and Carolina Gold rice, roasted brussels sprouts, butter beans, tomato pie, carrot salad... with Hagen Das rum raisin ice cream for dessert.

A bagel bar with Bloody Marys for breakfast! (wink wink)

If you leave my house hungry, it's your own damn fault.


Where do you find inspiration?


The English language. I love everything about words. Writing them, reading them, making them up, associating them, manipulating them...
If I have some money, I buy a book. If there is any left over, I buy food.

Visual and Written Inspiration Feb. 1, 2011

my favorite painting that hangs in my bedroom it is by Cecil Jones signed 1937




Sunrise by Luna B

I arise from my second eyes closing

To be played with by her, beauty.

She bounces into my eye lids and pops them open.

She radiates, and hits me with

Red, purple, blue, orange, yellow, and the brightness.

She bounces all around me hitting me all at once with the different arrays of brightness.



She awakens me while the drive puts me back to sleep.

This utterly dull drive otherwise to the dreaded

School.

We take a road under a bridge and through a tunnel yet she finds a way to bounce her way through.

She bounces all around me lifting me up in warmth and utter

Peace.

The warmth is so overwhelming, I finally arise from my long on and off nap in the car.

She has risen again and so have I.

now playing: Bettye LaVette "Love Reign Me"

I first heard about Bettye LaVette while watching Tavis Smiley late one night. I fell in love, hard. After purchasing everything she has subsequently released this happens to be one of my favorites.