Sunday Inspiration: 2.10

Sentiment of the week: This is how to start telling the difference between thoughts that are informed by your intuition and thoughts that are informed by fear: Intuitive thoughts are calm. Intruding thoughts are hectic and fear-inducing. Intuitive thoughts are rational; they make a degree of sense. Intruding thoughts are irrational and often stem from aggrandizing a situation or jumping to the worst conclusion possible. Intuitive thoughts help you in the present. They give you information that you need to make a better-informed decision. Intruding thoughts are often random and have nothing to do with what’s going on in the moment. Intuitive thoughts are “quiet”; intruding thoughts are “loud,” which makes one harder to hear than the other. Intuitive thoughts usually come to you once, maybe twice, and they induce a feeling of understanding. Intruding thoughts tend to be persistent and induce a feeling of panic. Intuitive thoughts often sound loving, while invasive thoughts sound scared. Intuitive thoughts usually come out of nowhere; invasive thoughts are usually triggered by external stimuli. Intuitive thoughts don’t need to be grappled with—you have them and then you let them go. Invasive thoughts begin a whole spiral of ideas and fears, making it feel impossible to stop thinking about them. Even when an intuitive thought doesn’t tell you something you like, it never makes you feel panicked. Even if you experience sadness or disappointment, you don’t feel overwhelmingly anxious. Panic is the emotion you experience when you don’t know what to do with a feeling. It is what happens when you have an invasive thought. Intuitive thoughts open your mind to other possibilities; invasive thoughts close your heart and make you feel stuck or condemned. Intuitive thoughts come from the perspective of your best self; invasive thoughts come from the perspective of your most fearful, small self. Intuitive thoughts solve problems; invasive thoughts create them. Intuitive thoughts help you help others; invasive thoughts tend to create a “me vs. them” mentality. Intuitive thoughts help you understand what you’re thinking and feeling; invasive thoughts assume what other people are thinking and feeling. Intuitive thoughts are rational; invasive thoughts are irrational. Intuitive thoughts come from a deeper place within you and give you a resounding feeling deep in your gut; invasive thoughts keep you stuck in your head and give you a panicked feeling. Intuitive thoughts show you how to respond; invasive thoughts demand that you react. - Brianna Wiest, The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery

Here’s what is currently inspiring us: Opening up the blinds first thing in the morning to bask in sunlight, alchemizing painful emotions into new found strength, rebranding your identity through clothing, the power of a deep breathe, body lotion that wraps your skin in a hug, lemon trees, this moodboard, studying contemporary architecture, leaning into the uncomfortable abyss of the unknown, pulling oracle cards, holding a high standard for your life, a good body scrub, becoming a more interesting woman every day, feeling the pull of your calling getting stronger and stronger, walks on the beach, dinner with girlfriends, the only neutral nail polish color you’ll ever need, large mirrors with ornate golden frames, this quote.

What we are consuming this week:

Podcast: Gab Waller: Who The Celebs Call, Now She's Building Fashion's Next Big AI App on Hot Smart Rich

Book: Wildflower by Aurora James

Article: The Audacity To Be Yourself: Courage, Ambition, and Creativity with Ryan Saghian by Gabrielle Scout

TV: The White Lotus Season 3 on HBO Max

Brand of the week: For the sculpturally inclined who have a romance with exaggerated proportions and architectural references, Magda Butrym is the luxury brand that will give you that romantic power. The unexpected in the form of creative innovation is at the forefront of each collection. Use one piece as your statement staple or combine it all to consistently turn heads. Ideal for the women who love wearing black and neutrals but also detest minimalism. Who said wearing head to toe black is boring? With Magda Butrym, it is not only possible, it is your own personal style revolution. On our wishlist: this sculptural dress, this travel bag, these sunglasses.

Interesting Individual of the week: The Audacity To Be Yourself - Courage, Ambition, and Creativity with Ryan Saghian

I walked into Ryan Saghian’s showroom - a vast space in West Hollywood with furniture on furniture on furniture to feast your eyes upon; boucle chairs, side tables, stunning lamps  -  thinking we were going to have a conversation about interior design: about backsplashes, about sconces and wood beams, about marble, about the creative process, about flipping homes, about clients and projects and accolades, about inspiration, about aesthetics. 

Instead we talked about ambition, impatience within dreams, and work ethic. 

As we sat in his office, a glass encased space at the back of his showroom, I discovered a man  who found his true calling at the age of eight within the pages of Architectural Digest. I discovered a creative individual who is unapologetic about who he is: a gay Iranian Jewish man. I discovered a man whose great ambitions built the space we were currently sitting in together along with a slew of elevated, chic, and bold spaces that his clients now call home. 

I ask him: “Where do you think this part of you comes from? Do you think that you're born with your calling or do you think you got lucky and found your passion in interior design early?”

He proclaims that he has thought about this so many times; That he does believe he was born with it - an intuitive eye for design; About his mother fostering his creativity by putting him into art classes. 

But it is one thing to know what your true calling is and it is another to actually build a world around it. Because while Ryan’s mother was fostering his creativity, his father was not. 

“My mom noticed that I loved setting up the house,” he recalls. “She let me do the table for Shabbat every week and I loved doing it..but then I got yelled at from the other side. My dad would say, ‘Why are you doing that? The girls should do it.’ I still don't know what it was that made me just ignore him.”

Despite a fear of doing anything “girlish,” as he describes it, and growing up and struggling in high school as a gay man, Ryan’s inner compass came down to one thing: 

“A lot of things didn't feel good,” he explains. “This [interior design] felt really good. And I didn't want to let go of something that made me feel really good.” 

News, updates, & happenings in the industry and in culture:

• Sarah Burton’s Givenchy debut has arrived - Vogue

• Meghan Markle’s new show, With Love, has been picked up for a second season - People

• Magda Butrym is H&M’s latest designer collaborator - Vogue

• Independent film Anora wins Best Picture at the Oscar’s - Variety

• Jacquemus confirms Sarah Benady as new CEO - WWD

Topics to make you a more interesting woman:

• Can AI make people happier at work? - BoF

• A guide to Japan's off-the-beaten-path cultural hubs - Harper’s Bazaar

• The 23 best financial literacy books for women - Clever Girl Finance

• Productivity tips based on your zodiac sign - The Everygirl

• How to do an at-home scalp detox for healthier hair - Goop

• Michelangelo’s earliest sketch for Sistine Chapel makes world debut - Forbes

• Before it was a cult film, Rocky Horror Show was a Broadway flop - NYTimes

Artist of the week: Monica Ord’s pieces speak for themselves. From a scale, creativity, and depth perspective, each piece brings a whimsical yet grounding abstract world that evokes layers and layers of emotions. However, when pairing her pieces alongside architecture and interior design, a different dimension to her work comes out. It as if they come more alive, more seen, more emotive. Her work begs the convergence of these three worlds: art, design, and architecture. Within the intersection of those worlds, Monica Ord has worked with the top interior designers in the world and has had her pieces photographed in top publications like Architectural Digest. To visit Monica Ord’s work, click here.

Ritual to implement: Journaling first thing in the morning. Releasing the judgmental mind and allow the subconscious to take over as your brain awakens. Move into stream of consciousness as a moment of inner check-in. Releasing energy, creating energy, being within your energy. First thing, every single morning.

App of the month: Activations: an audio app to activate your future self. Listen while you are walking, driving, folding laundry. Tap into the energetic frequency of your highest, most elevated self.

Place to daydream about: MOLLIE Aspen is a 68-room boutique hotel that pulls upon Japanese and Scandinavian design references. A minimalistic yet luxurious stay amongst the Aspen mountains that makes you feel both connected to the surrounding nature and the thought-provoking design and architecture of the hotel. To book a stay at MOLLIE Aspen, click here.

Spiritual insight of the week: "When you align with the energy of the universe, you become a super attractor, effortlessly manifesting your desires with ease and joy. This alignment isn’t about working harder or forcing outcomes; it’s about feeling good and trusting that what you desire is already on its way to you. Your power lies in your ability to shift your energy from fear to love, from control to surrender, and from doubt to faith. The more you focus on joy and appreciation, the more you magnetize experiences that reflect these high-vibration states.” Super Attractor by Gabrielle Bernstein

What’s on our wishlist: Paneled snake-effect leather sneakers by Dries Van Noten

Reordering this week: Undaria Cleansing Body Polish by Osea

Home of the week: The Palm Springs sanctuary of Guns N’ Roses Drummer Matt Sorum. Designed by Ryan Saghian. Photographed by Lance Gerber. Featured in Architectural Digest.

Nostalgic for: The glory days of Tumblr.

Questions to ask at the dinner table:

• If you could collaborate with any artist or visionary, living or dead, who would it be?

• What do you think your soul is here to learn or teach?

• What’s one way you’ve surprised yourself this year?

Question to ask yourself this week: Are there any repetitive thoughts or limiting beliefs that are slipping through your mind that deserve a positive reframe?

The Founder’s Edit: Products, goods, and everyday luxuries we are adoring.

Have a beautiful week. Until next Sunday.

Sincerely,

The REVUE Team

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