the CRAVE is a POWERFUL thing: the amazing spider-man 2

i'm so excited and thankful for the projects that have been coming my way this year in the commercial world. my other job is in the publishing/media world in the role of freelance marketing and events, so i'm used to working with brands, but this was a welcomed opportunity to work on the talent side of the business.

this is my 3rd television commercial ever (2nd national) so when i showed up on set, i was super elated to be there - UBER ELATED - actually. it's funny because i've noticed that while i take in every little thing on set and soak it up like a sponge, the pros who are working around me and who do this everyday for a living get a little kick out of my exuberance. for them it's just another day at the office. for me, it's the biggest, most amazing thing that's happened to me...EVER! it's mind-boggling to audition, audition, audition and then to actually book something and then...GO TO WORK...ON SET...WITH A CREW...AND OTHER CAST MEMBERS. i love it. every minute of it. i PRAY & CRAVE for more.

the talented actress i'm working with in this commercial is kate costello. she was awesome to work with. you can check out some of her other work here:
www.katecostello.net

what is it that you crave?
let me know in the comments section.
happy labor day wknd!

the gift named lupita nyong'o

accepting her oscar for best supporting actress

accepting her breakthrough performance award at the essence black women in hollywood event

the gift of beyonce

by now everyone knows who beyonce is. her star has shown brightly all over the world a million times over. she is so huge in fact that her pregnancy announcement had as much impact in the same week as the 5.8 earthquake we experienced here on the east coast AND hurricane irene. 

i love beyonce. all of her...her music, her drive, her spirit, her dedication to her family and the way she’s been able to balance being the biggest singer of this generation along with maintaining a personal life and relationship with the equally biggest rapper/businessman of our generation. but what’s most interesting to me about beyonce is her dream actualization.

i am obsessed with shakti gawain’s book “creative visualization.” i reference it when i feel i need a refresher in the art of conscious dreaming. while the majority of us look at celebs and compare our “mundane” lives to theirs and live vicariously through them, i think the real gift of stardom is that it shows the rest of us what’s possible. okay no, there is absolutely no way i’m coming for beyonce in any way shape or form, but the way she lives her life is a testimony for creative visualization. this is where beyonce really shines and exhibits her true power. she could (and should) write a book on the subject. 

so many spiritual leaders will tell you plain and simple that everything begins with what’s going on inside of us. for beyonce to live the life we’ve witnessed for the past 10+ years, a larger-than-life existence that started with music and has grown into a fashion and lifestyle empire, just imagine what thoughts, dreams, affirmations, intentions she has swirling around in that gorgeous head of hers on a day-to-day basis. she is operating on a high vibrational frequency where pretty much anything she touches turns to gold and any dream she imagines for herself is actualized for all of us to see and be inspired by. 

mastin kipp of “the daily love” website writes ”we can literally create (from the inside out) any type of experience we wish to choose. it is when our desires, our thoughts and our actions are in alignment that this kind of life begins to emerge.” 

in theory, we understand this concept but in reality, how do we get past those unaffirmative and self-effacing thoughts that are so ingrained in us from childhood, family conditioning, and less-than-ideal life experiences. i think it starts with re-programming our minds one day at a time...creative visualization.

bigga

congrats to beyonce and jay-z on their pregnancy!

and...happy 30th birthday bey!