Sabrina Y Smith: Intentor / Curator / Creative Director/ Writer / Chill AF

@[email protected] kenshostudio.coThe scene:We are sitting in Sabrina’s very jungly living room having tea and rolling cigarettes. She’s so god damn intentional about how she lives that she spends about 5 minutes rolling each ciggy, starting with a very careful spiral roll of the tip filter. I watch in awe and reverence. And then we talk about sex, meditation, fashion - anything and everything. Join us in the jungle of our minds as we discuss the passion not of doing, but of BEING.Highlights:+ Aiming to do all life tasks with intention and presence+ OG New Yorker who grew up in France+ Lived in LA now for 9 years+ Algerian mother raised in France as a Muslim+ Jewish New Yorker father+ United Colors of Benetton family+ Close siblings that aren’t blood-related+ Art: symbolic language, sensory experience, pushing the bounds, living it+ Storytelling theme - how to connect people and tell their stories+ Gallery space isn’t made to welcome all kinds of people+ Art is something that is for everyone, so is nature+ Being exposed to things early on in life opens doors+ Art is how language can be nonverbal+ Used Proust as an interview template+ Whatever comes out is what gets delivered+ Becoming a features editor for print+ Being in a position to give others an opportunity+ Learning whether you’re big picture or the doer+ Giving up control and delegating to others+ Book: The Artist’s Way - a 12 week program+ The shadow artist operates on the outskirts without vulnerability+ Getting a sense of self-worth by being of service to others+ Financial codependence of representing artists+ Returning to the artistic practices of childhood+ Creating art for the simple sake of joy+ Not being able to hide when you write+ Writing first thing in the morning+ Monetizing passions+ Prioritizing a spiritual life - Vipassana meditation practice+ Intentionally working with purpose-driven companies+ “We were together, I forget the rest”+ The ways we show love are our truest passion+ What do I make when no one is watching?+ How else do we share outside of social media?+ Falling out of love with New York, seeking space and light+ Meeting your life partner in your new city+ Positive qualities taken to extreme become a hindrance+ Empathy can show up as codependency or a lack of discernment+ Reliability and perseverance can also blind you to other opportunities+ Many obstacles and resistance are good signs to change course+ Missed opportunities by being too controlling of your path+ Sabrina’s description of our recent Joshua Tree meditation retreat+ Learning that our self-reliance can be complimented by community support+ Younger self: trust yourself and don’t try to please everyone+ Don’t fuck with it, the web of your life needs everything as it is+ Finding Alan WattsA taste:“How can I keep that sensitivity and yet still self-protect and not lose myself in the pain of another? Because yes I can be there and feel for you and send love to you but I don’t have to get lost in you…self-sacrifice and lose track of my own mission and plan of whatever it is. Getting lost in it doesn’t always necessarily drive to the most clarity action.”Favorite saying:“Humans - we suffer because we take too seriously what the gods have made for fun.” - Alan WattsSupport the showThank you for listening!  Please subscribe to support this project.Love, Sagewolf xoxo