PHOEBE'S HOT TAKE 03

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PHOEBE'S HOT TAKE 03

Words by

PHOEBE HED

Published

July 23, 2024

PHOEBE’S HOT TAKES: A series of short manifestos about the fashion industry, sustainability, and reflections on navigating this field as a young designer.

As creatives we can get lost in our own critical thinking and forget to actually say something, which is why writing it down might help us learn to make bolder statements. All you need is an A4 paper, a marker and an opinion (which you might disagree with next week, but then it’s time to write a new Hot Take!)

To love what is, as it is, is sustainability.

We aught to embody the same tender love and care we so willingly give to humans, animals, and plants, in our relationships with unliving things as well.

The same goes for the practice of creation itself.

“In the same way we can lovingly relate, attend, and care for our Lover, we can also do the same in our practices…

by having a loving relationship to our craft… we will produce better, more beautiful [and sustainable] outcomes.”

- Brückelmann, Love and Creativity

In this context, love isn’t about the value of something, or “how good” it is. Neither is the quality of an object

proportional to the love we hold towards it. Loving our things is accepting their state, their qualities, both during the process of creation as well.

If we love what we create while creating it, we allow it to become more itself… some call this “trusting the process"

To love what is, as it is, is sustainability.

We aught to embody the same tender love and care we so willingly give to humans, animals, and plants, in our relationships with unliving things as well. The same goes for the practice of creation itself.

“In the same way we can lovingly relate, attend, and care for our Lover, we can also do the same in our practices… by having a loving relationship to our craft… we will produce better, more beautiful [and sustainable] outcomes.” - Brückelmann, Love and Creativity

In this context, love isn’t about the value of something, or “how good” it is. Neither is the quality of an object proportional to the love we hold towards it. Loving our things is accepting their state, their qualities, both during the process of creation and after creation as well. If we love what we create while creating it, we allow it to become more itself… some call this “trusting the process.”

When we revisit our creations, after the act of making it, we must look at them with love instead of judgement. With fresh eyes, we might spot more flaws or points to fix. If we approach “fixing” with care and love, with the desire to improve and make our creation more itself - we allow a sustained relationship with creativity and creations.

Approaching the “fixing” through judgemental eyes would be destructive and encourage discarding flawed creations. Flawed meaning imperfect, aged and worn, or simply not aligned with our expectations. This doesn’t mean the creation isn’t deserving to exist as it is, though.

Similar to how an end of a loving relationship with a person is rarely about how deserving someone is of love. it usually comes down to the eyes which are loving a person, not being the right eyes, or that they started approaching the “fixing” with judgement instead of love.

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, thing

s must find the right beholder, for beauty is everywhere. When living and unliving fall into the right connection and tended to with love, rather than judgement, then we can start to embody sustainability.

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