Diversity

It seems to be as though in this world as much as we have grown to learn to embrace universality and diversity...we still cling to cliched ''grouping''.
Everyone HAS to fall somewhere, but I belong nowhere. I take bits and pieces of groups I rather gravitate towards and carry on from there. They call this process ''eclectic''.
So what is the end result of individuals such as myself? What happens to me? Where is my stand?
I think I have recently realized that I should HAVE no stand. I don't need another hand.
I reminisced on my life,and why God gave me the plan he did (as lonely as it may feel sometimes). A few months I had created :Transettic.


Transettic : To set regulations, rules, trends, and movements. To trend set.

Transetting would not involve this above. A transettic person would not be there.
A transettic person would sit by themselves, walk strong alone, and feed off of energy.
Many would argue that this is a lonely road. But I beg to differ.
In truth, this is the only way to really find yourself. Finding yourself without the thoughts and opinion of others lingering around your mindframe aids to this. They say that you are who you are with.
Your character defines your friends. This is why transettic people do not have any/many friends.
They choose to keep a few, and keep them conjoined and mysterious. 
This leaves the element of mystery with a hint of privacy.


The next time you enlist me under a label I will merely chuckle because little do you know that my definition of social grouping is soon to change the world. I cannot wait until ''transettic'' hits dictionaries and minds of confused children.
So I accept the consequences/risks that has to come with the idea of being transettic. 
It is a lonely road to reach the top, but I know nothing in my way will make me stop.

Interview - Yuima Nakazato

Yuima Nakazato.

For those of you that aren't familiar of his work, he is known for his ....outland-ish taste.

I caught up with him recently and...

Xtina : Alright sweetheart are you ready? 
What made you interested to follow through with the fashion world?
Yuima: I was expressing myself by fashion what I wearing since when I was in my childhood.
I think it was influence of the street fashion movement in Tokyo when I was a high school student.
So, it was not influence from the designers, it was from the street. 

Xtina : You're making me want to take a trip to Japan mister! So what exactly inspired your new collection? I had seen your work for FALL/WINTER 2010...and though...wow. The big hair, the distorted wings, etc...This is beautiful, but I wonder what the f*** was going on in his head! Its genius! So do guide me to your vision.
Yuima : I imagine that imaginary human, is an animal, human, man and women, machine, these elements are together in one body. It is a superior human. Image of cold & fire. 

Xtina : Wow! That's very intriguing. It now makes sense why you tend to collaborate with strong and confident women in the entertainment industry.What must it have been like to know that you had designed for the Black Eyed Peas (Fergie), Lady Gaga, etc.
Yuima : For the costume design, It was great experience for me. Its great process to create costume for just especially one person.

Xtina :Oh I'm sure. When I had seen your work on the catwalk, I saw other dimensions. Can you explain that? It was very innovative I must say...
Yuima : I have got inspiration from the Leonard Da Vinci's imagination. His starting points are that his imagination went further than our imagination... So I went to the past world, and try to see future...

Xtina : I love that line. Went to the past to see the future. Beautiful. When you work, do you like to surrounded by people, or do you like to work in solitude? (We all know how some people can be you know!)
Yuima : When I started thinking, I need to be solitude. But other work, together with people is more fun!

Xtina : I'm the same way. What is your goal for the future? Where do you want this fashion statement to take you?
Yuima : At this point, my imagination is able to realize only 20%...I wish one day would be possible to realize what I imagine... I need more experience and learn many things...

Xtina : Oh, how you and I are not so different after all! You are very philosophical. You enjoy working with very abstract shapes. Do you think that the geometric shapes can be worn on a daily basis, or are they just a fashion statement really? 
Yuima : In my concept, I believe that geometric and the organic form should be become together... So I always search the form that be living both together... 

And that was the end of that round...
I must say he was the biggest sweetheart though. Very modest.
The fashion world cannot wait to see more of you. That's an understatement. Love ya, babe!

Italo Calvino

Italo, I have been sewing my soul on your pockethole.
I have really been enjoying your presence lately.
Come by more often, please. The classroom is soon to be your second home.

I must say our teacher has taste. A specific taste bud.
The tongue is sweet. Top dollar elegance.
I can appreciate a righteous tongue.

Italo even had films done by him. You know you have to be fabulous to gain such a status.
He also won a Nobel Prize for Literature. I salute you.
 One of his best works : ''If on a winter's night a traveler'' (wrote in 1979).....
The content is playful and intriguing. It is what some would call ''confusing'', but I enjoy a few question marks popping up here and there. Makes me think.
Thank you for such bliss, Calvino. A lot of imagery seeps through your work, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Set me free because I'm not running.

The Discovery of Rilke....

Ever since I started to study Rainer Maria Rilke in school, I couldn't put him down.
I don't know if it's because of his addicting ideologies.
Or because I see a lot of myself in him and his thought processes.
He exposed what he believed was the truth, and spoke just that.
He was honest, in a world where the truth has now become a scandal...
that's all people were really searching for.

I collected my favourite Rilke quotes :

''A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.''
''I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.''
''Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.''
''Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.''
 ''The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.''