The Failure Paradox: You have to fail more to succeed more. Our greatest moments of growth often stem directly from our greatest failures. Don’t fear failure, just learn to fail smart and fast.

The December 1992 cover of <n>Vogue Italia</n> featuring <n>Sofia Coppola</n>, photographed by <n>Steven Meisel</n>.

<n>Vittoria Ceretti</n> opens the <n>Michael Kors</n> Fall 2023 show.

<n>Sacred Heart Pierce</n> by <n>PAMEO POSE</n>.

Stonework at the restoration atelier of <n>Galerie Chenel</n>, photographed by <n>Adrien Chenel</n>.

Model <n>Anna Selezneva</n> photographed by <n>Peter Lindbergh</n> for <n>Vogue Paris</n>, August 2009.

Cover art for the songs <n>Destiny</n> and <n>PAPI</n> by the musical group <n>ИКСЫ</n>.

The <n>Chiba Urban Monorail Line 1</n> in Chiba, Japan. Photo by <n>Hisagi</n>, 2007.

<n>Cherry</n> (2021) by photographer <n>Carlijn Jacobs</n>.

<n>Cindy Crawford</n> from the <n>Skinsuits</n> series by photographer <n>Herb Ritts</n>, Los Angeles, 1988.

A couple embraces next to a vintage <n>Volkswagen Type 2</n> van.

A detail shot of <n>Polo Ralph Lauren</n> denim.

You don't *have* a soul—You *are* a soul. What you have is a temporary body.

"The philosopher Paul Virilio talks of a ‘rushing standstill’, which seems to describe contemporary culture well. The cult of speed can sometimes feel overwhelming, but in the cracks of the system, a slower, more reflective pace is gaining traction. Whereas Virilio’s phrase appears aimed at a heedless velocity that, despite its speed will forever return you to your starting point, slowness by contrast allows you to advance at a pace that encourages contemplation and observation. To be slow is far from remaining static; instead, slowness is a temporal notion that prioritizes the journey over the destination." — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg⁠

“When you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. Some of them are bent, some of them are straight, some are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree. The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying ‘you’re too this, or i’m too this’. That judging mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.”


—Ram Dass

"The more you pursue feeling better all the time, the less satisfied you become, as pursuing something only reinforces the fact that you lack it in the first place."

— Alan Watts

Paradox: The more we consume, the more we desire.

Model <n>AINHOA LARRETXI</n> for jewelry brand <n>Lili Claspe</n>.

The <n>Pale Blue Dot</n> photograph of <n>Earth</n>, taken by the <n>Voyager 1</n> spacecraft in 1990.

"The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera."

A basic tenet of somatics holds true for better or worse:  we become what we practice and we’re always practicing something.

<n>Mount Fuji</n> rises behind a <n>7-Eleven</n> in <n>Fuji City</n>, Japan. A jacket references the <n>NISMO Festival</n>.

Actor <n>Astrid Bergès-Frisbey</n> as Sofi in <n>Mike Cahill</n>'s 2014 film <n>I Origins</n>.

A still from the 1992 film <n>Det speglar i mitt öga</n> by director <n>Nina Hedenius</n>.

A promotional graphic for <n>Louvini Paris</n>.

Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

<n>Fran Summers</n> for <n>AnOther Magazine</n>'s "The Glimpses of the Moon," wearing <n>Swarovski</n>. Photo by <n>Elizaveta Porodina</n>.