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Connection Between Kimonos and Aloha Shirts

admin — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:02:35 +0000

We sorted through hundreds of photos prior to writing Kula San Maui’s Healing Place. Many of the photos were of the staff and patients from the 1920-1940s. The women patients were dressed in kimonos rather than the expected hospital garb—an interesting reminder of days long gone. According to an article found on the internet titled: History of the Hawaiian Shirt, often Japanese men and boys on the islands wore a similar style shirt made from leftover kimono cloth— the kimono-cloth shirt. These early precursors to the modern Hawaiian aloha shirt were every day staples in the wardrobes of plantation workers. Kimonos were worn in everyday life up until the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The kimono-cloth shirt however, evolved into a popular everyday and evening “must have” men’s wear.

Contribution to Inspiration and Creativity.

admin — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:45:28 +0000

DJ is a daily inspiration and creativity source. He often uses photography to explore and portray expressions of beauty, love, and honor. The power of nature is a source of his inspiration —from the smallest piece of nature in his daily surroundings to the setting sun and the lightning strikes at night. It’s the shared stories which accompany his creations that inspire others to look and listen for the unexpected.

Time to Inhale and Exhale Slowly and Deeply.

admin — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:06:29 +0000

I collect books like tailors and dressmakers collect fabrics. They see possibilities and finished products, I don’t want to miss out on a “good read”. So we collect for the future. The future is here and my collection is overflowing its assigned space. Now is a great time to inhale and exhale slowly and deeply a few of these collected books my next project. Written stories: wells of replenishment.

Eat Love Pray, 2006, by Elizabeth Gilbert. This is a book I picked up a few years ago, stashed midway in a pile of “to be read”. I like her story. We have a few ideas in common…differences? Yes. A good page turner.

The Tattoo, and The Queen of Tears by Chris McKinney. Recently recommended. Also page turners. Ancestral agendas and influences are imagined to be in play.