Demme

This is where I think we’re headed: toward an era of intuitive, symbolic, and emotionally intelligent image-making. A visual culture that feels slower. Tactile. Thoughtful. One that doesn’t just show beauty, but holds something sacred in it, something you can’t immediately explain.

For us, what “local optimist” means is if you can control your view on the world and how you're approaching your life, if each person tries to be a local optimist within their community, we can make a huge impact through the ripple effect that that would cause.

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To me, subcultures should connect us. Aesthetics should inspire us. And within all of that, there has to be space for individual interpretation. You don’t have to worship the fig tree metaphor. You don’t have to feel that Lana is the most nostalgic artist of our generation. You don’t need to binge Sofia Coppola films to prove you have taste.

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True whimsy cannot be purchased or curated. It is free! It cannot come from someone else or be manufactured. Real, true, pure whimsy comes from your heart and bubbles out!

If this essay was one sentence, it would be: I befriend people easily because I run around the world believing that we are all more or less the same. Meeting someone new feels like a puzzle of empathy– a game of commonality. I ask myself: if I had their background, their values, their limitations and longings, what would I think? What would I want?... See more

For those who favour Palazzolo, plenty of culinary delights await: for a truly exquisite meal, book a table at Da Andrea , a trattoria which combines old-world Sicilian ingredients with more contemporary modes of preparation and presentation.