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Editorial
Welcome to our 5TH issueof Barnacle Babes magazine! ALL of us. Without it, we Creativity! Something I believe is inherent in and unimaginable. There can do nothing. Without it, the world is boring ation for creativity and is so much beauty in the world! So much inspir , we’ve just scraped issue this the Ocean is certainly our favorite. In amazing people, many so are There the tip of ocean inspired creativity. a better world ing creat and , ining imag women, and children, out there . ocean the for on passi for us all, through their and more, all artist enPaintings, stories, jewelry, film, photography, to action. Indeed, even call deavors to inspire, educate, re-imagine and creative feminine conthe and this magazine is inspired by the ocean sciousness that we all embody. read it, to find their own My wish for this issue is to truly inspire all who communicate their love, passions, and their own creativity, as a way to messages and desires for this world. about the articles you’ve As always, I love to hear from you, our readers, would also love to hear we and d ntere read, the people you’ve encou de in our next upcominclu we’ll T, GREA them your stories and if we find bes.com ing issues. Send all emails to Jodi@barnacleba Making waves,
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SEDNA EPIC
EXPEDITION
IF YOU'RE A WOMAN OCEAN EXPLORER, SCIENTIST, ADVENTURER, ARTIST, MOVIE-MAKER, PHOTOGRAPHER, JOURNALIST, POLICY MAKER, EDUCATOR, SCUBA DIVER OR SNORKELER, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU!
In August 4-17, 2018, The 2014-2018 Sedna Epic Expedition's sea women will investigate disappearing sea ice in the Arctic, snorkeling and scuba diving in Nunavut and Greenland. And, we'll work alongside our Inuit advisors and team members, delivering ocean education outreach in Inuit communities. This is Sedna's third arctic dive and snorkel expedition since 2014. Scuba diving logistics will be provided by Ocean Quest Adventure Resort of Newfoundland, an expedition partner since 2014.
The Sedna Epic will bring the ocean to eye level for Inuit youth via underwater robot-building workshops and touch aquariums temporarily populated with sea critters. Sedna's sea women will lead Inuit girls and young women on snorkel safaris, introducing them to what lies beneath the waves in their back yards. Our aim is to empower Inuit girls and young women, the future leaders of the Arctic. In 2020, the Sedna Epic plans to snorkel the Northwest Passage for climate change, delivering its ocean educational outreach to Inuit communities en route. Participants in the summer 2018 expedition must be self-funded.
For more information, go to:http://bit.ly/2n3LwkW For expedition updates, please 'like' and follow the Sedna Epic Expedition's FB page.
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Ethose Myth Design
Michaella Domo
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Hydrography & Cartography Anna Hendi
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The Journey of an Entrepreneur Harriet Collins
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Friendship of The Sea
Kelly Martinsen
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Breathe
Ashleigh Magill
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Mermaid Visions Jodi Mossop
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The Art Of Trash Morgan Knowels
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Introducing Corinne Ruff
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Fragments of Unfinished Sentences Kelli Sroka
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Samantha Chilvers Jessica Winkler
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Hello Ocean
Brooklyn Eyford
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Music, Creativity and Coaching Karen Rae Wilson
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Grom – It
Jessica Winkler
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The World Will Be Saved by Creatives
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Eco Fashion Warrior Jalila Singerff
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Adventures in Sculpting Cindi Carter
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The Creativity of Conservation Jillian Morris Brake
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The Sea Will Set You Free
Sarah Specker Saar
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Creative Consumption Kelli Sroka
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Inner Fire
Jalila Singerff
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Beckoned by the Sea Sylvia Taylor
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The Ocean Sylvia Taylor
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Salty Warriors
Saoirse Wang
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Vancoucer, BC, Canada JODI MOSSOP Publisher | Editor | Content Curator jodi@barnaclebabes.com IVETA LEKESOVA Graphic/Layout Designer design@barnaclebabes.com JALILA SINGERFF Managing Fashion Editor jalila@barnaclebabes.com
CONTRIBUTORS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS SARAH SPECKER, MD MEDICAL DOCTOR, CONSERVATIONIST & WORLD TRAVELLING SURFER MORGAN C KNOWLES, M.S. MARINE BIOLOGIST, EDUCATOR, SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETER @MAWRGUN ON INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER SAOIRSE WANG AWAKENING AND INTEGRATION COACH WORKING WITH CREATIVES, INTUITIVES AND HEALERS WWW.FINDINGHENOSIS.COM KELLI SROKA TRUTH SEEKER, EARTH HEALER ASHLEIGH MAGILL BARNACLE BABE SEA-STAR HARRIET COLLINS JESSICA WINKLER PROFESSIONAL KITESURFER/INSTRUCTOR, WARRIOR TRAINER, AUTHOR, WORLD TRAVELER @CONFESSIONSOFAWARRIOR | WWW. BARNACLEBABES.COM/WARRIORTRAINING WWW.JESSICAWINKLER.NE JILLIAN MORRIS BRAKE KELLY MARTINSEN SUZANNE WAGNER CORRINE RUFF
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Contributors FEATURED CONTRIBUTOR
CORINE RUFF Corinne Ruff is not only our featured contributor but our featured Barnacle Babe. Barnacle Babes held a contest with Swell Women Surf Retreats looking for women who best incorporated our 3 C Values of Connection, Conservation and Community. And Corinne Ruff was our winner! For more about her and what she’s about, you’ll find her on page 26.
ASHLEIGH MAGILL Ashleigh is an artist, graphic designer, tattoo artist, writer, and marketing consultant. Her 12-year career, along with a strong passion for natural health and spiritual growth, has allowed her to work with many companies in the health industry, as well as, spearhead and market events with Dr. Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra. She was the co-founder of a health and wellness tradeshow. She also helped to co-found Barnacle Babes and was the Graphic/ Layout Designer for the first 2 issues of Barnacle Babes Magazine.
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HARRIET COLLINS An ocean lover with a passion for business, Harriet is still figuring out her path in life. She became a Divemaster when she turned 18, and was running her own company at 19 in between uni courses. For now, she calls London home, but is already planning her next ocean adventure as the sea can only call for so long before she must return.
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KELLY MARTINSEN Kelly Martinsen defines her roles as: mom, wife, laid off pharmaceutical manager, friend, sister, PTA drop out (don't worry she's back in!), SUP surfer, daughter, green smoothie drink maker, closet sugar addict and fierce ocean warrior. She is publisher of Natural Awakenings Magazine Long Island, a monthly health and wellness magazine and has just published her first book, A Year of Inspired Living (HCI Books), which is available on Amazon.
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The Journey of an Entrepreneur By Harriet Collins aka ScubaGirl
Being a girl in business is badass. But it definitely doesn’t come easily. Especially when you start your company when you’re only 19. I started ScubaGirl while I was in University and it was such a passion project for me as it continues to be. Aimlessly staring at my laptop trying to work on Uni projects one day, the brainwave came! I wanted to create a community of girls that scuba dive. The idea started off small - I wanted to sell ScubaGirl bumper stickers - but it quickly expanded to something much bigger. The behind the scenes work at the beginning was relatively easy. I designed and produced the website, business cards, product designs and set up the social media accounts. Pretty standard stuff that didn’t have any major hurdles. The struggles began to occur when I started dealing with suppliers. At the beginning, walking into meetings with suppliers was daunting, but I was prepared, knew what I wanted and what I should be able to get and was ready to negotiate, but as soon as I walked in the door, I could see the supplier shut down. They did not want to deal with a “preppy blonde haired, blue-eyed little girl.” Let’s just say that the meeting didn’t go very far. I wish I could turn around and say, “Don’t worry, I found another supplier who didn’t care how old I was and it all went perfectly!”
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I can’t. Instead, I called in back-up - my dad. I took my dad to the next meeting as someone more senior. This way the supplier could relate experience wise and saw that there was financial backing. Finally, I got somewhere with the supplier, just because I brought someone along. (Thanks dad!) The subsequent meetings with the supplier, I was able to kick ass by myself. All this being said, not every supplier was hesitant to work with me. In fact, I have a few suppliers who I had a great relationship with from the beginning and continue to do so to this day. I worked hard to source t-shirts, jewelry, water-bottles and hats, with other ideas swirling as well. ScubaGirl took over everything. I sat in University courses thinking, “Alright, so how can I apply this to ScubaGirl??!” I continually changed and modified the website, and was trying all sorts on social media to gain followers. When I had all of my product consuming every corner of my student apartment, it was time to start selling. The idea was to sell in bulk to dive shops. Another hurdle for sure. I tried to schedule meetings, but was passed over a lot, or simply ignored. I then started doing something I was terrified to do, I was cold-calling. I was never in Girl Scouts or Brownies and never had to sell Girl Scout cookies, but I definitely think they have the cute factor working for them. No one wants
to say no to a 7-year-old.
At 19 you’re either seen as an adult or a child depending on how the person wants to see you in that moment. I was not seen as that 7-year-old trying to sell cookies. It’s not all doom and gloom and I did make sales eventually, but it definitely takes time, persistence and is hard. Lucky for me, ScubaGirl is my passion so carrying on wasn’t as hard as it could have been. ScubaGirl continued to expand after the first summer of selling. I then decided to be ambitious and develop a social network. The first one was solely computer based and didn’t work very well, so I went even further and developed an app. Yep, I’m slightly crazy. The first sale that I had was such a high, but I think seeing the ScubaGirl app on the App Store and Google Play Store surpassed that. The website went through another design and content edit when the app launched and I started involving more ScubaGirls in the content writing on the site. The social media
accounts seemed to start booming and ScubaGirl was becoming everything that I had wanted it to be from that beginning inspired thought in Starbucks. Today, I continue to develop ScubaGirl into everything that I want it to be, constantly revising strategies and plans, as things don’t always go the way you think they will. ScubaGirl is still my passion and will continue to be. I will continually try everything that I can to make it a success, even if it’s just my belief in it that keeps it alive. This is just the very brief overview version of the start of my entrepreneurial journey. I’ve let you in on some of the obstacles I faced, but trust me when I say there were many, many more. And just because there is one success does not mean that the whole thing is successful. Being in business is hard for anyone. It’s a true roller coaster ride and a lot of the time you’re the only one on it. You have to be a true warrior to stick with it through the good, the bad, and the ugly. But, if this Warrior Woman of the Sea can leave you all that stuck reading this with one piece of advice: Never give up, keep moving forward and always believe in yourself, because even though it’s hard, it’s always worth it.
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Breathe By Ashleigh Magill
CONNECT WITH THE OCEAN AND YOUR TRUE SELF; THE PERSON YOU WERE INTENDED TO BE. I come to you, Bare feet pressed into the sand. With a deep inhale, I close my eyes. I hear your breath; your life force surrounds and fills me. The connection is made. We are one. I feel you and I know you feel me. With another breath, I sent my intention for our meeting. I bow to you in gratitude, and I smile. A deep knowing fills my heart, That all I am here to ask for is already heard and answered.
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We sit together and breathe, every exhale brings me deeper. Through you, I find my deepest self. My true self. Goddess. Warrior. Woman. I bathe in your salty air. Each exhale cleanses a layer of dirt, another veil that masks my truth. Clarity comes. Your life force recharges and refreshes me. Bringing me back to life, back to spirit. Back to my Self.
I thank the ocean for her energy and love, her ability to reach deep into my physical body and pull out that incredibly spiritual and wise woman within. I bow to her beauty, her strength and her grace. I do not feel worthy of her forgiveness for what we humans do to hurt her, but she sees the light within me and she is healed with each visit of love that I bring her.
I know this because she tells me. Visiting the ocean can calm and connect us all, increasing insight and creativity. It can even heal what is broken within us. The steady stream of ‘blue noise’ we hear by her side can guide us into a grounded and powerful meditative state. A place where we can hear and feel our deepest and wisest truths. Please take time to show your respect when you visit, to clean up the beach or to send her loving gratitude. Take it a step further and look for local programs where you can volunteer to offer even more layers of healing! It’s time for us all to come together and heal our oceans, our earth, and ourselves. Love & Light, Ashleigh Magill | @miss_a_shines
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INTRODUCING...
Corinne Ruff
Toward the end of 2017, Barnacle Babes had partnered up with the amazing SwellWomen, Surf and Yoga Retreats, looking for women to submit an article about themselves. Articles that encompassed the values of Barnacle Babes 3-C Pillars: Connection, Conservation & Community, as well as, SwellWomen’s motto of “Follow Your Bliss”. We were very amazed and impressed with the submissions we received and we look forward to publishing some of the runner up entries in our next issue. We are happy to announce the winning submission from Corrine G. Ruff! We believe Corrine is true example of what a Warrior Woman of the Sea encompasses. Corrine eloquently and beautifully shared her passion, love and commitment to the ocean in a way that moved and inspired us. Her books, events, and films and her fearlessness to pursue her passion, are just a small glimpse; I am sure, into all that she does. Let us introduce to you Corrine Ruff, the Author: “The Sea” with Artist Julie Goldstein and “Island Child” Films: Landfall, The Eyes of Sandy and The Oyster Farmers Events: The Shellfish Soiree, The Surf City Farmers Market, The Bridge Walk, She Shucks Oyster Event, and LBI Mermaid Week and if you feel so inspired, send her some love! Check out her films and attend one of her events in NJ area.
Corinne G. Ruff
I hope to one day to be as true to the sea: to crash upon the shore without apology, to roll gently in without explanation time after time, to wield my strength without permission or allow anything to diminish the real me as I embrace the boundless beauty found in the gift of fluidity. The sea inspires me to live each day with clarity and authenticity. Its very presence is our planet’s greatest example of connectivity; as we are all connected by water. I find my bliss in two lessons from the sea – fearlessly surrender to life’s flow and embrace the art of letting go. One of my favorite conservation quotes –
"In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand; and we will understand only what we are taught."(Baba Dioum, 1968.)
I’ve been fortunate to have lived my dream, since the age of 12, of becoming an airline pilot. I’ve traveled around the planet for the last 25 years and have flown over turquoise icebergs of Greenland, watched the sunrise up out of the majestic Atlantic over Africa, floated in the Dead Sea, rode camels in the desert in Cairo, explored nearly ev-
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ery state in the U.S. and having seen the world, something a small percentage of the population has seen, I can say I truly appreciate the connectivity of cultures, people, land and customs. There is a universal language spoken with a hug, smile and handshake. The gift of travel has taught me so much about the world and myself. I am raising my children to see the world by looking at this big picture. My conservation efforts have materialized through documentary films, books and events I’ve created. It is only with love, overcoming any fear of failure, that anything was accomplished. The Oyster Farmers is a film concept that was born out of a desire to protect and conserve the Barnegat Bay. The resurgence of the oyster to the Bay, in the hands of the Oyster Farmers, was the backbone of the story. Interlacing that spine are the film’s messages of promoting seafood sustainability, bay stewardship and conservation of our estuaries. With the passion of my shell sister producer, Angela Andersen, Oak Leaf Media and The Jetty Rock Foundation a legacy film was brought to life. The oyster shell recycling program and reef initiative of the “Tuckerton Reef” is the call-to-action conservation portion of the documentary. I live on an island in NJ. It’s a tight-nit group of families, artists, surfers, watermen and women, writers, entrepreneurs, maker’s, and several non-profits such as the Alliance for a Living Ocean, who realize great things can be accomplished by supporting each other. Our Island was
hit by Superstorm Sandy 5 years ago. When everything fell apart, community members stepped up to put the pieces back together. Having been broken, we found our greatest strength to recovery in community unity. I created a documentary and called it a “Film for Relief.” Landfall, The Eyes of Sandy was brought to life through Jetty, a NJ surf and skate lifestyle brand. The film documents the Unite and Rebuild efforts that brought our community together. Having never made a film in my life before, fears and doubt were kicked to the curb as I forged ahead. The film went on to win awards at Festivals, become a film featured on Delta Airline’s Force for Global Good, and each film screening raised money for the rebuild efforts. The Jetty Rock Foundation was established during the creation of the film and continues to champion efforts promoting a vibrant community and environment. The Bridge Walk, which I dreamed up in 2009 and run with my dear friend Melanie Magaziner is now part of the JRF, raising funds for 5 area schools. I believe we are all on a journey to discover our authentic gifts, given to us to serve the greater good through connections, conservation and community. Creating anything for me, starts with quiet mind. Once the concept is envisioned, the battle begins. Fears, doubts, excuses and roadblocks are just part of the process. Forging ahead is where bliss is found. It’s over the wall of fear. The sacred alignment of your heart, mind and soul flips the “Bliss Switch” on and shines your light out into the world.
Photo Credit: Mark Ruff
Left: Corinne Ruff, her husband Mark and their two children Ava (15) and Jackson (13) live on Long Beach Island, NJ. Right: out in the Bay filming with Bridgitte Bliss - Oyster Farmer, Maxwell Shellfish (Photo Credit: Filmmaker Brendan Walsh)
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An Interview with Pop/Surf Artist
SAMANTHA
CHILVERS By Jessica Winkler
I first met Samantha during a kiteboarding competition in Cayman Islands a few years ago, and as a fellow Canadian, we got along immediately. She was this fierce ball of competitive energy which is common in female extreme sports athletes but what I was surprised to discover was Samatha is an accomplished artist. She has a contemporary style of mixed media collages that express her obvious love of creating art and her tropical surroundings. She told me her brother calls her art “real life photos� ...as they often have this pop art graphic feel about them. Since Samantha is living in Cabarete, Dominica Republic, many of her pieces are of waves, palm trees and surfing which she says sell the best, as she has a high demand for them. Recently, Samantha opened up her own studio which is a huge accomplishment for such a young artist. In this interview I pick her brain and see how she did it.
J: When did you open your studio? S: My current gallery space in Millennium opened in June 2016. Although, a few years before moving to Dominican I was super lucky to have a studio in this local gallery called, The Arts Project. There was 11 resident artists and I was the youngest and least established by years, but being there really inspired me and taught me how to put myself on a professional career path. It was the hardest thing to give up when I moved away to DR (Dominican Republic). J: Where did you learn to paint? S: My dad was a painter. He made his career as a graphic designer/ professor but he was always a painter at heart. He was into high realistic portraits, often in an old masters style. He loved painting famous rock stars. He taught me a lot about how to paint with oils and how I mix colors. Which is one of my strongest skills.
**Neat little fact, I almost never use actually black paint in any of my paintings. It is always a mix of dark blues, browns and reds. For many years I only painted with the colour pallets he taught me, but recently I have been experimenting and exploring a lot more.
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J: When did you discover you had real talent? S: This is hard to say, because I actually don’t believe in “real talent”. If you have ever read the book, Outliers, or many other life inspiring self-help books, they often speak of what I will call “the 10,000 hour rule”, where it deems success is merely a product of practice and our environment and that it is estimated it takes someone approximately 10,000 hours of practice to master something. I have been painting full-time for almost 10 years now and probably sold close to 500 paintings in that time…I’ve actually lost track, in addition to the time I spent in school as well as the time I spent practicing just for fun as a youth. Somewhere about 2 years ago, I hit the “10,000” hour mark. I noticed a huge shift in my career right around that time. In addition, I grew up in the perfect environment at a time when social media was about to explode, which is one of my biggest assets in being able to be successful at such a young age... anyways, I really got into art when I was about 16-17, I had a friend in school who all the guys thought was cute cuz she could draw graffiti. So, I started doing it too... Lol... J: How many pieces of art do you do per month more or less? S: Again, hard to answer, this depends which month it is, how much I travel, what's going on…how good the wind is! But anywhere from 3-10. And I would say, on average, I sell a piece a week.
J: What is your biggest inspiration for your art? S: The beauty and magic of life itself. The fact I need money to eat and if I don’t paint I don’t know what I’d do. J: How do you choose your colors? S: I mostly work from photographs. I also follow basic colour theory, like rules of complimentary colours. Sometimes I am trying to accommodate a specific space in which our clients’ request. J:How do you feel you are growing as an artist? It’s only going up from here. I know at this point, as long as I just keep doing what I am doing, it will always grow. J: Talk about your Sharpie sponsor. S: Sharpie right now is more of a soft sponsor for me, as there just providing me with markers in exchanged for Instagram posts. But I am happy to have my foot in the door and am hoping to grow it into a more "official" partnership soon! Really, my largest sponsor is still Liquid Force. Even though they are kite boarding, kite boarding is actually a HUGE part of my market strategy/branding and why I have been fairly commercially successful at such a young age. I would easily say 1 out of 4 clients/followers have came across me first because of kite boarding, but they also love and support my art.
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By Brooklyn Eyford, aged 7
Whoosh went the wave on the rock Splash went the great big sea I found a crab in the sand I took a deep, deep breath And then I took a deep, deep dunk Over in the dark, dark sea Whoaaaa! The water put me under The sea was salty I could hear the ocean splashing at me The whales were singing in the sea I can’t see the whales but I can hear them I saw a sea star and a pearl I went to get that beautiful pearl The deep blue was staring at me I can feel the warmness in my bones And the sand in my feet I saw a clownfish in the water, it was stripy I saw a scuba diver Glub, glub, glub I can’t wait to go back to the ocean again www.barnaclebabes.com | 35
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THE WORLD WILL BE SAVED BY
! S E V I T CREA by Saoirse Wang
The following is a message that I have been receiving from source for years, and the reason why I am a creative and want to save the mother flipping world! What has caused damage around our creative muscle? Why do we have such a hard time engaging, owning and loving it? We have so many stories to tell around not being creative and I have heard them all. I can’t draw, I can’t colour in the lines, I am not an artist, I am not that good, I don’t have a creative bone in me, artists starve, I can’t sing, I am tone deaf, art is for other people, it is a waste of time, I just don’t get it, I, this or that; a crazy collection of statements that all stem from “I am scared and someone told me I was not very good at it”. The truth is we are all good at it but the “they” in the collective fear creatives.
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Inner Fire Apparel Brand Jalila Singerff
At Barnacle Babes, we aspire to highlight game changing brands who understand what it means to protect and implement safe practices to our environment, specifically towards the ocean! We caught up with Leah Emmott, Founder and CEO of Inner Fire Apparel on the importance of implementing a sustainable element into the company’s profile and the future of this rapidly growing Vancouver brand. What has inspired you to pursue a sustainable driven brand? Sometimes the universe sends you a big message that sets your life on a new path.
For me, that message came in the form of a grapefruit-sized ovarian cyst. Up until the surgery, my life was a go-go-go circus with no clear direction. When I was forced to stop and recover, I was gifted with the most amazing thing: space. Have you ever tried to light a fire in a vacuum? It doesn’t work. The spark needs oxygen to become a flame. That’s exactly what the space gave me: an opportunity to spark my creativity and create something I was truly passionate about. I wanted to create a brand that reflected my values of caring for our planet, as well as our local and global communities.
I saw the apparel industry getting overrun by the throwaway culture of
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fast fashion and unfair labour practices. I knew there had to be another way. Armed with a squeegee and a sewing machine, I started printing and sewing my own pieces, selling them at local markets and online. From these humble beginnings, I began to realize that I wasn’t the only one who craved yoga lifestyle clothing that was locally, ethically and sustainably made. What started out as a hobby quickly grew into a global brand. What hasn’t changed is our commitment to creating products that make a positive impact on our planet. And let’s be honest: it ain’t the easy road, but it’s the only way, in our opinion. Tell us about Inner Fire and how the brand was conceived?
Back in 2011, I was working as a yoga teacher when I suddenly had to be rushed to the hospital for the removal of a giant ovarian cyst (unbeknownst to me), which left me in recovery for 6 weeks. I had a lot of friends who
were yoga teachers so I decided to make some gifts for them while I was off during the holiday season. The first items I made were yoga props and meditation cushions. After giving some out as gifts, I had some people from my yoga studio ask if I could sell them some there. I just followed the demand and started to make and sell yoga props, bit by bit. After selling a fair amount I decided it was time to call the company something. I decided to call it Inner Fire because the area of my belly where I had the cyst was the same area where the 3rd chakra resides. It is an area with fiery qualities that is responsible for passion, creativity and drive. I really felt like this fire got lit during those 6 weeks off. When I was back teaching, I started to brainstorm some cool yoga shirt design ideas that had been mulling around in my brain for a while. I took a local screen printing workshop and then started to print my own shirts at home. I would wear them out and to class and had even more people ask me if I could make some for them.
I'M JUST HERE FOR THE SAVASANA TANK
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First time slalom skiing in Green Lake, BC
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