Righting

I was up late and put a lot of very needed energy into the TAMBONITA working area. Feeling like I know where everything is and that Im inspired to make some new ideas. I realize I start things and then push them to the side bc a new order comes in or something so its a bad habit of letting things sit unfinished and then I have a bunch of projects that Im working on and arent finished so it looks kinda cray cray and I gotta get better at THAT. I need more hands really and together we can make the projects take less time and get finished. Its a real thing but in biz its not good biz! I would like to have this great TEAM in place that w samples we can agree on a collection, on new trending fabrics and color combinations etc. (thats the fun part) then have great eye and helpful ppl that want to see this thrive be the type that moves and shakes it to happen. Someone that has this experience and that can see the value in these unique works of art. I got some time to myself to explore a bit more focused and on my own doing my art, making my mistakes, which is easy to do w this. Its not easy to know what will emerge til u really try it. It is what it is, its not like painting, its a specific way of order structure w its limitations and w its availibilities and it has plenty to work with bc I keep creating new silhouettes and designs like belts, bag straps, spiral notebook covers, home decor, jewelry, bikinis, dresses, keychains, tree ornaments, and whatever else… i realized I missed it when i stopped and that I do want to continue making things w the brand for some more time bc im not yet finished. I feel like its been just explored and now I have become a better expert and would get things really right from now on w it. The mistakes are not needed anymore plus any “mistake” w this can be re-woven and recycled into something else so its a blessing to have something like this to keep working in a time where sustainability is important and ppl r now more mindful and aware about those things. 

Now, I was just looking at the trend reports for f/w 2024 and even spring 2025 and its showing a lot of basic, proper, serious, grownup, non pretentious, not edge or bold or out of the box. Its very respectful. Elegant. Plain, clean, but good materials and a lot of thought going into the outfit to look subdued and professional. This is like the opposite of TAMBONITA but it makes an excellent backdrop for wearing the bag. 

So its a time to go in and do what Im doing which is internal work, moving, re-start, get organized, work on projects online and in the work space too, these custom orders are good but I need to move the stock I have. Next vending event might be Dia De Los Muertos Nov 2 and I was looking on Temu and found things I wanted to buy to see if I can sell more at that event. Its risky but I need sales that are more accessibly priced and just a price you cant turn down bc ppl that go to these events have money and they wana drop some! That is how I am too! So 10,20,30,40$ priced things are a potential sale but a $400 TAMBONITA bag is not as common. I also wana start painting other things, I want to make art that is like a dance to make it. I want to dance and make art and also use words and poetry perhaps. Idk but im a lil scared like thoughts of not sure I know what Im doing or dont want it to look too messy or amateur. I want it to be something ppl really love, simple, but works and money comes in, ppl are happy, i am happy and love making what I make… everyone is happy and it evolves. I have some ideas, nothing major. I made an art piece bc couldnt wait and its ok its not finished but im not like wow i can paint and i love my painting skills lol i actually never really did, i could see the talented ppl who I liked how they painted and I didnt feel like I was good enough. It takes practice and if I did it a lot I could do amazing things for sure. My medium is usually mixed, collage, i like scraps, i like inspo of mistakes, i love a lot of things but realize it doenst all look good together on the same painting lol well, yea, i want the final result to be a vibe that I like. I want the movemnt of the eye to keep u engaged and for it to talk to ppl, id like it to heal, i want to be very intentional but at the same time let what happens lead the game of patience and the mystery of what it evolves to become. Open to the subtleties. The master of color. But i dont want to be over bearing. I want to be inspiring, feminine, graceful and maybe jolt, soft but strong, know when to stop and say its finished (not an easy thing to know) I would like to take things that arent usual to use and incorporate them into my paintings. Like feathers for instance. They are so light weight and spiritual, remind me of angels and birds, and dandelions blowing in the wind! Ballerina ribbon brush strokes, landscapes maybe, interiors, scissors cutting patterns, sun dying, sling shotting, sewing, idk. I would like to take u to a place of texture and wonder and illumination and embellishment, remind us of beauty. 

My Vision Video...

https://animoto.com/play/U0k9SLAzKcKDVfrb3fh5xg

I feel like I can keep working more on this. I forgot to mention I want to see more SUNRISEs and SUNSETS and I want more ppl to be able to see them too. For Society to be healthy we need more places that offer this. More architecture that allows everyone to see the sunset and sunrise if they wanted as a basic human need be met. 
 

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Can I make a suggestion?

 ...Or Can I make an observation? 

This is the way to ask before giving out some advice. When advice isn't welcomed it isn't your place to give it. It isn't usually your advise that will be welcomed or wanted but better if you can guide someone to come up w the answer on their own... so they feel good about themselves and also bc it might not be your ego of thinking you know what is right for them who really knows anyway. We have to get this right... ppl do need each other but to be listeners and not for your opinion so much but ask more questions and listen and learn and really listen tho and let them talk more... keep asking them to tell you more... and then maybe they can hear themselves their own answer. THAT is really valuable "guidance" it doesn't need to have your advise bc its their journey but we need to be there to help assist and facilitate these growths and changes... growing can be painful and we ca feel lost when we don't have a clear answer. 

Make sense?

Not giving my advice is the hardest thing for me to do LOL. It is my love! but if I ask for their permission its like a glide in w a suspense for them to desire a new idea,,, its up to them...maybe... its not for me to dictate and say they MUST, even if they must its their choice, either they will or they won't, they won't die over a wrong choice,,, instead, it just takes us to more experience. its tied in with WILLINGNESS

UNWILLINGNESS can look like procrastination or unmotivatedness

"In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing u can do is nothing" But What's The Next Best Thing!? RIGHT? Diff for each of us. We need to learn to feel, when we know how we FEEL we can find out what we NEED

Uncertainty is good, we grow!

Why am I here? -To Listen. (hear)

The more we stress ppl the more we entrench them in their addiction.

In our true nature we are Enlightened - totally open, peaceful, joyful, compassionate & omniscient.

Roll the Paradise

The Human Realm is filled w struggle & uncertainty. Humans are highly emotional. There is no telling whether, in a fit of passion, we might make some big mistake & regress. 

Have compassion for confusion.

Oh hey sis! = oasis... say hi

Genuine Compassion makes no distinction between self and other.

Anger and Hatred are the materials from which HELL is made.

Words of healing & reconciliation 

Delight don't Despair

One Step, one moment at a time to lessen the mountain of sorrow in the world.

I haven't shared anything about the 50 days I spent in jail at Key West... Monroe County

I read Books on Buddhism and had already signed up to study Life Coaching and get a life coach and I disappeared! Imagine! I learned about Bodhichitta and at the exact moment I was eating Cheddar Jalapeño Cheetos to it was like "tamBO EAting CHEdar chEE-TOS" hahaha and I swear its so weird how things like that happen LOL

Look it up! Bodhichitta <143

I want to add more of my notes here, so I will. <3