Sunday Inspiration: Volume 2.26

Sentiment of the week: “His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy’s white face came up to his own. He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed like a flower and the incarnation was complete.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Here’s what is currently inspiring us: Finding a passion so great that it consumes your mind, thoughts, and spirit, living within cultural luxury, protecting the arts and the literature and the zeitgeist, returning home to this lip balm, wedding weekends, neutral nails, investing in quality over quantity in all areas of your life, believing that there is something greater out there for you, embracing your femininity as it pertains to your wild creativity, reading biographies of the greats, choosing discipline over inspiration, knowing what works for your body and honoring that religiously, removing the voices of external validation to hear the whispers of your authenticity, the thrill of summer travel, coffee in bed, a trip to the art museum, dreaming of a Tuscany villa, making your life just ten percent more aesthetically inspiring.

What we are consuming this week:

Podcast: Bryony Basse (Deery), Dior Global Wellness Expert & Founder of Pilates By Bryony, On Going From Broke and Heartbroken To Building A Million-Dollar Pilates Empire on Hot Smart Rich

Book: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

Song: A Sunday Kind of Love by Etta James

Moodboard of the week:

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

• Anna Wintour steps down as the Editor-in-Chief of Vogue - WWD

• Saks gets $600 million lifeline as creditors face steep losses - BoF

• Inside Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos wedding - Vogue

• The Bear is back for its fourth season - NYTimes

• Jonathan Anderson’s debut at Dior is here - ELLE

Topics to make you a more interesting woman:

• Why is Salvador Dalí’s Persistence of Memory so important? - ARTNews

• 6 podcasts to book your productivity and focus - NYTimes

• Everything you need to know about the summer solstice - ELLE

• Diane Von Furstenberg’s Venice travel guide - Harper’s Bazaar

Ritual to implement: Allowing your feelings to rise to the surface when they are begging to come through. Honoring their voice, their call, their plea. Knowing that when you allow the emotion to release, your body goes back to equilibrium. 

Place to daydream about: Tucked into the rolling hills of Tuscany, Castello di Casole, A Belmond Hotel is a 10th-century estate where time slows and indulgence deepens. It is a place for women who seek the poetry of stillness, the elegance of history, and the romance of the Italian countryside. A stay is not simply a getaway; it is an invitation to inhabit beauty. To book a stay, click here.

Personal insight of the week: “When I’m aligned with my presence, I’m breathing easily, words come to me without overthinking, I feel genuinely confident, and people resonate with my energy. I feel safe, calm, and in the flow with whatever is happening around me. When I’m out of alignment with the power of my presence, I feel stuck, weak, tired, anxious, and annoyed. No one wants to be around me, and I feel disconnected from everyone. It’s invaluable for me to clearly know the difference between what it feels like to be connected to my presence versus what it feels like when I’m not. This awareness helps me witness when I’m out of alignment so I can choose to realign in an instant.” ― Gabrielle Bernstein, The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith 

What’s on our wishlist: Petra Shell Pendant by JUJU VERA

Reordering this week: The Texturizing Air Dry Mousse by Crown Affair

Home of the week: A collaborative vision between designer Axel Vervoordt left and architect Tatsuro Miki, this Belgian countryside poetic dwelling exudes the identity of slow living. Photography by Frederik Vercruysse. Featured in Architectural Digest here.

Nostalgic for: Late nights and late mornings when the world didn’t call on you within the constraints of business hours.

Questions to ask at the dinner table:

• What is one project or idea you've always dreamed of pursuing?

• How do you define “inner peace” and when was the last time you felt it?

• What does freedom feel like to you and how do you create it in your life?

Question to ask yourself this week: How can you restore and ground this week?

Have a beautiful week. Until next Sunday.

Sincerely,

The REVUE Team

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