Bringing a new wind to the fashion world!
Did you know your tongue has the power of life and death? We often think our words go unheard and no one cares about them. I assure you that your words have impact and carry a big responsibility of seeding despair or hope, life or death, hate or love. I’ve been touched by so many of you as you commented on the Red Crown Crane jewelry collection pictures and posts. Each of your words were so life giving, encouraging, pushing me even further to enjoy this dream but also to be bolder and explore even more, deeper, further…
Atsuko from Japan wrote to Alex something that made me think a lot about my own responsibility to flee any comfort zone and to always search to expose my true heart and real identity.
“Fashion world is so gorgeous at a glance but I felt empty deep inside. And also I don’t like mass fashion….everyone wears same kind of clothes….mode….fashion. Bring a new wind to fashion world!”
A new wind, something that would lift up those who don’t want to be stuck in what they already know…something that would also disturb stillness and status quo. It’s so true that fashion, just like music, can be so empty, seeding nothing but its own pride, giving nothing but sucking endless attention into a black hole… but once the spotlights are off and the catwalk is deserted, what’s left? I believe that we can create a new wind in any area we evolve and in any environment, whether it’s in fashion, music, business, or our families if what we create starts on the inside, in our hearts and in our mind.
Mary: “When we all put our hearts into it and simply believe that we do have an impact, no-matter if we are in the shadows or in the spotlight.”
Heather: “It serves as a reminder for me, to keep believing in the dream, though it is a long and hard journey at times, it is worth it!”
Can you see how important your words are as they touch my heart and transform it so I can believe more, feel more confident, receiving power from your encouragements? As I let you feed life inside of me, then I can create something with my humble hands. Of course I feel nothing is impossible when I read this:
Miriam: “Keep daring…keep risking…keep going forward…everything is to build, discover and craft…with your light…purely perfect just the way it is…”
Marjo “Let’s have fun…as we spread our wings and learn to fly!!”
Aurélie: “I have to admit it is an honor and fabulous to be by your side, to be able to give you wings and travel with you guys.”
Michael:”You touched my heart again”
Yes I desire to bring a new wind into the fashion world, bring a whole new spirit that will be life giving and inspiring. If we’re supportive of each other, if we realize that the only solid thing we can build on is the love we freely give and receive, if we’re all together, I can accomplish this…
Sean: “Isn’t it amazing that we are far apart, but our wings still touch?”
Sandra: “Our greatest accomplishment is to be together. I am myself surrounded by companions reminding me every day that I have wings.”
Pac: “To be together is really marvellous when there is respect.”
Julie: “Sometimes, we need others to know who we truly are and blossom!”
Ale: “It’s amazing that you have people like that in your life”
Juliette: “This tale touched me a lot, to see a being take off surrounded by people taking off as well, committed in that same way.”
Mune asked me if we had filmed the speech I gave at our Red Crown Crane launching gala. It was such an intimate moment that I don’t even remember if there were cameras…the only thing that mattered for me were the people present that I wanted to honor. Elizabeth describes it well when she says that “time truly is of the essence and cannot be returned to us, once a moment has passed”, and I would add that it makes it all even more precious and unique! Let’s never forget to be thankful for every little thing we live together… each of these treasure seeding mysteries…mysteries that can bloom into incredible dreams… dreams that will give us wings to fly. The wind is here… can you feel it?
-Miss Isabel
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Elizabeth
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Hi dearest Isabel!!
Yes, the wind is here – I agree!! i love reading the words of the others you have shared here, weaving your own responses into our thoughts and creating something more powerful than the words that flow from a single heart ever could be. The tongue does indeed hold the power of life and death, as you remind us here, and that is a truth that we must continually hold in our minds. It’s so easy to allow our own pain and sorrow to blast (or seep) into the hears of others when we thoughtlessly unleash it against them to ease our own pain. That will happen at times of course – we are all human and tragically/wonderfully imperfect – that’s why grace and forgiveness are so desperately needed! But the more we gain control of our words and intentionally sow life, the more beautiful the world about us becomes. Life seeds come in so many amazing forms, and I always find them in YFE’s blogs and messages and music and now in this Red Crown Collection that is so unexpected and unique and so full of the passion you and those who have joined with you to create it hold within (which as you say, in a way, is all of us..) I showed my parents the “Feather and Red Dawn” collection last night and they gazed in awe and wonder at its beauty – straight from the hearts that created it – savoring every word of your essay “I believe life is like a book” and the inscriptions – the love and dedication so clear in every aspect of the “package”, that well-worn book that you had brilliantly given new purpose, and the intricate fragile wonder of the jewelry itself. They could feel the spirit of what you hoped to impart with this creation, as can i of course, and I’m sure everyone else who will experience it. I was so deeply touched by the way you ended this blog: “Let’s never forget to be thankful for every little thing we live together… each of these treasure seeding mysteries…mysteries that can bloom into incredible dreams… dreams that will give us wings to fly.” I believe in those words…now and forever..
Love you always!!!! praying!!! eliz
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britt
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always love reading your blogs isabel! <3 amazon!
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Mune
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Miss Isabel that is why i had asked because it was such an
intimate moment not all of us are lucky enough to be there to witness first hand what you all craft from your very loving hearts and i know there is always cameras or video cameras around i was just hoping someone had picked up the video camera so we all could experience that intimate moment yes Elizabeth described it perfectly i am explaining to my own mother about the Red Crane Jewelry Collection and what it signifies to me besides what you all have already explained how it came about and what it signifies but i also see it as a reflection of Family and how could you not support your family? She was not with me when i came to CMW and did not experience that amazing weekend or get a chance to meet Naoko Nakamura (Lilsie) who i still talk to on facebook or to meet Tomoaki Katae and so many others who were there that special weekend and to know that the whole family had something to do with this amazing project not just you and Alex but the crew Stephine, Miriam and Momoka Tobari who i do believe i have also had the pleasure of meeting as well and so many others who i don’t know were involved because they were behind the scenes but still very important to this project i was talking with Alex the other day and i told him how you all freed me from my past and i am so grateful that you all are still teaching me to see things in a new prospective to love myself to live for the moment how can i ever repay you all? love always Mune
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Chris
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I really love reading each of your blogs Miss Isabel but this one touches me specially…
It does because I can see how you value your friend’s words and opinion…
To my eyes, this is a perfect example of what communion and family are all about. I’ll be proud to wear my Red Crown Crane pieces, not only since they’re stunning, but mainly cause I know how the heart behind them is all about being one, compassionate for each other and truthful in a desire to connect…
I love to see you standing for these values!! It is a new wind, you are right!!
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