Own Your Craft : Carpe DM

When It comes to the Canadian hip hop scene who is the first artist that really comes to mind? Drake. Well the case is that here in Canada we have a vast amount of talent that is just waiting to be discovered. And one of those artists is Carpe Dm, This 23 year old musician is ready to shock the world with his debut solo career; with a unique sound and the short visual clip.

***Be sure to keep up with Carpe the 15th of every month, he will be dropping a new single on every date.

Check out his new single HERE featuring Jayme G

Download it Here

Peaks & Valley's : The Realization

Peaks

• I will forever admire this man.
• I've been drawing out a new web layout, however nothing ever looks satisfying on paper.
• Meeting readers of my blog will always seem awkward and surreal to me at first, especially I'm if it's in a random scenario such as in a restroom or if I'm in a rush on my way to a meeting. I ran into a reader just the other day at an intersection, really cool dude actually. I always say to myself afterwards " damn like people actually read my stuff, why?"
• I feel the more time an individual spends idolizing another, they lose their sense of self being. What do you think?
• Fashion week here in Montreal had just come to an end, and I managed to check out a few shows. But by being at these shows and by being surrounded by many individuals who indulge themselves in fashion I have come to some sort of realization. I looked around at everyone and said to myself "do we really need all of this and if so why". Clothing has just become so overwhelming and at time ridiculous in some aspects, to the point where a lot of great designs at times get depreciated and over shadowed by trends. I came home on my last night and looked around my room and realized how much I have consumed over the years of clothing. And compared it to what I really have to show for all of the material wealth. I pretty much have absolutely nothing, so me being the spontaneous person that I am. I just grabbed a bunch of garbage bags and pretty much got rid of the majority of my wardrobe. Something about doing it just felt right, but I really just can not put my finger on it. It was just another one of those gut feelings. I really feel I must focus my energy more on to finding ways to contribute to my surroundings, if all I do is go out and consume what will I have left? 
• I think I'm the only male on this planet who does not find any joy in watching sports. 
• Know and understand your value and never comprise it for anyone.

Valleys

• A girl of colour asked me the other day "when you style me, what colour skin do you see?". I replied " I don't see a colour we all bleed the same", what I'm trying to say is if we really want to squash racism or the term "race" as a whole. We have to realize we are setting up barriers without even realizing it. Ignore the colour of my skin and of others and NO I WILL NOT SUPPORT your movement just because it focuses only on ethnic people. The more we stress it the more we allow these issues to breathe. 
• This Montreal weather really needs to make it's mind up.
• Blogging takes a lot of time out of my personal time and space it can be a bit frustrating, but at the same time I love sharing great finds and information with my readers. I just really need to find a way to intertwine them together.

Inspired By // Designspiration

For all the creative heads out there young and old this is something I feel we all can appreciate and feed off of. Not too long ago The Halftime Collective  and I had a bit of a sit down, and really just talked about inspirations, shot out ideas at one another, and just really just took time out to relax and just appreciate all that is creative. And in doing so, he actually introduced me to this website called Designspiration. Designspiration is absolutely amazing it offers so much inspiration for pretty much anything through out the creative process of any project with a design aspect, all the way down to different typography. With it's clean, simple, and minimalist aesthetic it allows its readers to really concentrate and appreciate the content that it holds. I highly suggest you allow yourself to get lost in it. And tell me what you think.