Ayurveda is really a path of self-discovery. It’s all about tapping into your innate knowledge, that wisdom that lives inside you, that lives inside all of us. But, are we able to tap into it? – To tap into it we need to have clarity, and clarity can only happen when we are free of blockages in the mind and body.
If you look up ‘wanderlust’ in the dictionary, you just might find the name Shanya Greene. For many years the designer has been an avid traveller. In the past two years alone she embarked on a nomadic journey spanning New York, Europe, Trinidad, and Bali. Her clothing brand, by SHANYA, formerly known as BagLady Basics, serves as a testament to her escapades. “When I travel I walk a lot. I want something that feels comfortable.” Even as we spoke, Shanya was somewhere else. While I looked out at the night sky, Shanya perched in her Sydney apartment where the day was still new.
Brittney Williams, affectionately known as Stikxz is a creative through and through. The internationally celebrated young chef from Jamaica is making waves across the globe with her eclectic culinary artistry.
Over geranium tea in Barataria, Trinidad, I met with Baidawi Assing, the creator of the popular Trinidadian YouTube food channel, with 115,000 followers and growing, ‘EatAhfood’.
Symoné Currie, is the founder and creative genius at the helm of ‘Metal x Wire’ -a brand that embraces fluidity and individual expression with a penchant for melding the delicate with the daring in a way that challenges tradition.
Jeffrey Wight, known in the artistic world as Will the Wolf, creates music that exudes an undeniable magnetism. With each release, he invites us on an epic journey, unfolding tales through music and video that range from whimsical to intensely heartfelt. You can’t help but be swept along.
“There is a measure of sustenance when you get to stand and observe something completed as your future self, I love that feeling. When you see what you were able to do – and I do remind myself often by imagining how it would feel to experience hanging up a finished piece or putting it out there to be bashed and /or loved. I typically imagine all this before even starting anything and then we get here – a finished product.” – Kriston Banfield
July 21, 2020 If you live on an island you know one thing is true: an arsenal of well cut swimsuits is essential. Whether it’s a family beach run (phase 4, please come soon), JAVA boat ride (yes, that term is here to stay), or, more recently, at home trying to survive the heat, there […]
March 02, 2020 I first attended New Wave JA about 2 years ago in 2017, and the theme of the night was “Arts + Architecture”. At the time, I was an architecture student so I was pretty intrigued to find out what the event had in store. The venue was filled with like-minded contemporaries, both […]
November 20, 2019 What is success? What does it look like? What does it feel like for designers and creatives living and working on an island in the sun? For Janice Derrick, it’s defined by a lifelong career dedicated to transforming metal into jewellery that you’ll want to wear forever. As a Caribbean designer of […]
