Check out the link below of New York Urban League Young Professional's latest edition of their digital magazine!
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The Griot Fall Winter 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
In It
She dreams in this vast world
The dreams that she breathed life into every day of her youth
She felt the essence of Him, the omniscient lullaby
Every night, even times when she couldn’t help but cry herself to sleep, he moved in her and sang her that sweet silent, reassuring lullaby.
It still is soul moving, constant and committed
For that, she was grateful.
That lullaby was equal and opposite to her song cry of generational angst and longing
Too often she suppressed that release and it dug a deep void in the pit of her being
Too often she attempted to fill it
Fell short of embracing it, experiencing it and pushing through the disappointment
There was never a suitable fix
So a material manifestation of happiness accompanied her in a man that understood all her fears
He was amazing and she was elated that she could finally embrace this new and unmanageable bliss
You’ve said, “I AM”
So, I am here and I send up this wish to you
Please let happiness be real
Please let it visit me in this life and remain soul moving, constant and committed
For that I will be grateful but even more able to freely live my life for you
The pursuit of happiness…
Ain’t it every man’s dream?
Didn’t you put that dream along with my song cry in this being for this reason?
Let me claim it and share it and create through such a manifestation
Naming me possible to procreate in a time of hate, ambivalence and casted eyes
To assure a genetic make able to transition in tune with these new times
Carrying a guise of inherited generational merit to pursue and claim the same hope and happiness I commit to at this very moment
Your lullaby is equal and opposite of my song cry
It is soul moving, constant and committed
But so is my yearning and longing
So is my practice to breathe life into those dreams that drift
Yes, they are drifting…. Away from me and entering my next lifetime because sometimes, just sometimes, I am afraid that I believe and, at least, want to ask you for another shot at this phase of this time of this here life of mine.
By Sherice Brammer
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Griot Spring/Summer Issue 2011
I contributed to the New York Urban League Young Professional's latest issue by designing:
In a New York "Stay-cation" State of Mind, 2011 (pages 14 and 15)
Game Changers (pages 20 and 21)
Informational Interviews to Improve Your Job Search (pages 22 and 23)
Rebirth! photo story (page 26)
Emotions, Family and Business (pages 30 and 31)
Spring has Sprung: Get Out and Get Fit! (pages 32 and 33)
http://issuu.com/thegriot/docs/griot_spring_11
Check them out at http://www.nyul.org/nyulyp
In a New York "Stay-cation" State of Mind, 2011 (pages 14 and 15)
Game Changers (pages 20 and 21)
Informational Interviews to Improve Your Job Search (pages 22 and 23)
Rebirth! photo story (page 26)
Emotions, Family and Business (pages 30 and 31)
Spring has Sprung: Get Out and Get Fit! (pages 32 and 33)
http://issuu.com/thegriot/docs/griot_spring_11
Check them out at http://www.nyul.org/nyulyp
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Indique Hair Extensions
As featured in ELLE, Honey, Hype Hair, Upscale magazines and on heads of the ladies of "Love & Hip Hop." etc, etc, etc.
Fab Virgin Hair; Website here.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Universally Themed Notables by Liz
"I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and then I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been the victim of my own optimism."
"And love is always complicated. But still humans must try to love each other, darling. We must get our hearts broken sometimes. This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something." (Brazilian Felipe)
According to Liz's Guru, "people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough. But that's not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. YOU HAVE TO PARTICIPATE RELENTLESSLY IN THE MANIFESTATIONS OF YOUR OWN BLESSINGS. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it... It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but CONTINUING TO PRAY EVEN WHEN YOUR CRISIS HAS PASSED IS LIKE A SEALING PROCESS, HELPING YOUR SOUL HOLD TIGHT TO ITS GOOD ATTAINMENTS."
Excerpts from "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert
"And love is always complicated. But still humans must try to love each other, darling. We must get our hearts broken sometimes. This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something." (Brazilian Felipe)
According to Liz's Guru, "people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough. But that's not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. YOU HAVE TO PARTICIPATE RELENTLESSLY IN THE MANIFESTATIONS OF YOUR OWN BLESSINGS. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it... It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but CONTINUING TO PRAY EVEN WHEN YOUR CRISIS HAS PASSED IS LIKE A SEALING PROCESS, HELPING YOUR SOUL HOLD TIGHT TO ITS GOOD ATTAINMENTS."
Excerpts from "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert
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