Top Creatives + Leaders Changing the World
What Inspires You?
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D P ro s p e r A&R + Marketing, Wave Theory/ Sony Music Brooklyn, New York
A talented poet, artist, and visionary who has a profound passion for the arts, creating transmedia projects which integrate education, technology, and culture.
DP Bridget Hilton Founder, LSTN Sound Co. Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
Founder of LSTN, a high-end headphone company that uses profits to donate to Starkey Hearing Foundation. Changing lives through the power of music inspires me. At LSTN, when we get to play music for people for the very first time, it’s an incredible feeling. Music has been the biggest part of my life and I love sharing it with others. I couldn’t imagine a world without sound.
BH LSTNheadphones.com Photo: Gregory Brouillette
Inspired by word, sound, and power. I am passionate about music and art that can boost your spirit and be a key conduit to uplift people to higher vibrations. My creativity comes from my heart chakra. I find when I love something, I will always focus, roll up my sleeves, and spend endless hours working on a project or perfecting the creation at hand, till it feels just right at 532 Hz! elephantri.de monsanity.com
E l iana Álvar e z M art ín e z Documentary Filmmaker/ Cinematographer New York, New York
An award-winning documentary filmmaker, focused on conservation and ocean themes, currently directing Spirit of Discovery. My inspiration comes from traveling the world capturing stories. There is something about being behind the camera that makes you deeply connect to your subjects even when you don’t speak the same language. You can understand and feel their happiness or struggles as if they were your own. It’s all about seeing life through a different lens. elianaalvarez.com spiritofdiscovery.co Photo: Brian Dilg
S a ndy A l e xa ndre Associate Professor of Literature, MIT Cambridge, Massachusetts
Being Brooklyn-born-and-raised has shaped who I am today: worldly-wise. And it still informs how I carry myself: with verve. Whether it’s conveyed in the words of a written text, the colors in a painting, the textures in a fabric, the presentation of a good meal, or the repertoire of our human gestures, eloquence in communication, along with the conditions that enable it, inspires me. I’m motivated and feel most soulful when I find myself tickled by how the language of people and inanimate things transmits itself specifically to me. lit.mit.edu/people/salexandre
Raan Parto n
Owner/Creative Director, Apolis Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
What inspires me is people. It’s people that are the thinkers, creators, and proponents of change. I have the unique opportunity to visit cultures all around the world and to see people’s capacity for creativity, and it is truly inspiring. I think there is a misconception that the world is full of differences, but in my experience there are way more similarities globally than we often choose to accept.
“It’s people that are the thinkers, creators, and proponents of change.”
apolisglobal.com Photo: Augusto Piccoio IV
—Raan Parton
Oversees all branding and creative strategy for Apolis.
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