THE AGE OF INDIVIDUALITY ❤
… TODAY WAS A WEIRD DAY …
I GOT UP AROUND 7AM TO START MY YOGA & PREPARE MY BODY & MIND FOR THE FULL DAY AHEAD OF ME. I STARTED TO DO SOME ARTWORK FOR A LITTLE BIT WHICH IS ONE OF MY PASSIONATE HOBBIES …
I FELT A GREATER SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT TODAY THAN NORMAL …
LATER THAT DAY I WAS OUT ENJOYING LUNCH WITH A FRIEND & WAS GREETED BY AN OLD LADY AROUND 70 WHO SEEMED REALLY SWEET AT FIRST …
THE RESTAURANT WAS SILENT AS A MOUSE & PACKED FULL OF PEOPLE AS SHE MAKES POLITE ON THE SURFACE CONVERSATION TO WHICH IT’S THROWN OFF ON A TANGENT BY THE BOISTEROUS TONE IN HER VOICE ECHOED THE QUESTION …
“WHY DID YOU NAME YOUR BRAND PINK HOLLY?” (I HAD MY WORKBOOK PULLED OUT IN WHICH MY LOGO IS ON) …
I REPLIED “BECAUSE PINK IS THE COLOR OF UNIVERSAL LOVE & UNITY & ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE COLORS. IT’S PART OF WHO I AM” …
SHE PROCEEDED TO ARGUE WITH ME THAT WHAT I WAS DOING WAS NOT NORMAL & THAT I SHOULD THINK ABOUT RENAMING MY BRAND & TO ALSO WEAR MORE SENSIBLE CLOTHING …
CROP HOODIE WITH UGGS WAS MY OOTD …
I GUESS IT’S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR AN OLDER LADY RAISED FROM TRADITION BUT IT IS “WEIRD” WHEN I BECAME DEFENSIVE OF MY CAREER & APPEARANCE …
IT ALMOST SEEMS NOWADAYS BEING UNIQUE, SPECIAL OR AN INDIVIDUAL IS LABELLED WITH THE CONNOTATIONS OF BEING WEIRD, STRANGE & UNAPPROACHABLE …
WE NOW LIVE IN THE AGE OF INDIVIDUALITY WHERE UNIQUE STYLES & LOOKS ARE PRAISED & INSPIRING THE WORLD …
… TAKE THE FASHION INDUSTRY …
IF WE ALL STUCK WITH SENSIBLE, NORMAL & ACCEPTABLE CLOTHING DESIGNERS INCLUDING MYSELF WOULD BE TEARING THEIR HAIR FROM THEIR ROOT …
FASHION & OUR APPEARANCES ARE AN EXPRESSION OF OUR PERSONALITIES, OUR TASTES & OF OUR OWN IDENTITY …
I UNDERSTAND THIS LADY WITHIN HER GENERATION DIDN’T QUITE HAVE THE REBELLION & DIVERSITY THAT THIS WORLD DOES TODAY BUT I THINK OF IT AS QUITE RUDE TO INTERRUPT SOMEONE FROM THEIR LUNCH TO INSULT THEM …
THIS ALL FALLS INTO THE SAME CATEGORY AS PEOPLE WHO ARE PREJUDICE & STEREOTYPE PEOPLE WITH BRIGHTLY COLORED HAIR, TATTOOS & PIERCINGS AS BEING UNEMPLOYABLE OR SOMETHING …
★ CREATIVITY SHOULD BE PRAISED ★
I AM PRAISED FOR MY CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFITS MANY HUNDREDS THAT READ MY BLOGS EVERY DAY …
IT WORRIES ME THAT WE STILL LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE THINK IT’S UNACCEPTABLE TO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY …
JUST BECAUSE YOU LOOK VERY DIFFERENT TO ANOTHER DUE TO …
AGE
STYLE
HEIGHT
WEIGHT
ETHNICITY
DOESN’T MEAN YOU ARE WRONG OR INAPPROPRIATE FOR LOOKING THAT WAY …
YOU ARE YOUR OWN CHARACTER & AS LONG AS YOU CAN IDENTIFY WITH YOURSELF AS BEING HAPPY WITH THAT NOTHING SHOULD MATTER …
I DIDN’T LET THOSE COMMENTS SINK IN BECAUSE I AM VERY HAPPY WITH WHO I AM & HOW I EXPRESS MYSELF …
… THIS WORLD IS MADE FOR US CREATIVE SOULS …
XOXO 🖤