Hi there everyone-Rebecca here! Now that I've graduated and I have my cosmetology license, I am free to do things like wander the apartment looking for food, and writing a blog. Being that I'm still mentally and emotionally exhausted from the state board frenzy, I will be pulling my inspiration today from my favorite author, John O'Donohue. Because it clearly describes both the fleeting nature of youth and glamour, and the ancient depth of true beauty, his book Beauty, the Invisible Embrace, has been my lighthouse in the dark of cosmetology school. Don't get me wrong--I adore glamour. I love hair and makeup and dressing up and jewels and sparkles and everything pretty. I also love youth, and as a 30 year old mother of three in the beauty business, I feel compelled to somehow stay young at heart and embrace the wrinkles as they come. After all, as my mom Cate said recently, "Plastic surgery doesn't make you look younger. It only makes you look like an old person who had plastic surgery."
Here is one of my favorite quotes from O'Donohue's book:
"There is something in the nature of beauty that goes beyond personality, good looks, image and fashion. When we affirm another's beauty, we affirm something that cannot be owned or drawn into the grid of small mindedness or emotional need. There is profound nobility in beauty that can elevate a life, bring it into harmony with the artistry of its eternal source and destination. Perhaps Beauty does not linger because she wishes to whet our appetite and refine our longing so that we enter more fully into the limitless harvest of our inner inheritance."
"The limitless harvest of our inner inheritance..." While I wouldn't give up my Vintage Vogues, my pearls, or my patent leather stilettos for anything, the true inspiration for me comes from connecting with beautiful people. The more kind and open I myself become, the more my life opens to opportunity, friends, and limitless connections. According to John O'Donohue, "Each of us is responsible for how we see, and how we see determines what we see." It is my intention both in my life and in the beauty industry to be a person of class and integrity, and to continue a forward march toward incredible glamour and deepening connections.
On another note, I'm getting married in three weeks! My fiance Bill is an incredible human who has been a huge part of my growth. He loves me whether I'm up or down. He has taught me what it means to love your partner, and to face "forever" with one person. This is the third (and LAST ) marriage for both of us, and believe me--if it wasn't right, we wouldn't be here. So here we are, three weeks away, and I haven't even tried on the dress with the shrug with the hat with the shoes. I have barely started working on flowers and decorations. I will be relying heavily on the kindness of my mom and my friend Kaska, who are both incredible artists, to help make me, the apartment, the children, and the wedding beautiful. What would we ever do without our loved ones? They flit around us, working, obsessing, laughing, crying, hugging, kissing, and suddenly without expecting it...beauty is there.
*This photo is one of my entries for NAHA 2011. The photo was taken by Aaron Cota and the graphic art was done by Misha Birmele.
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