Category: Los Angeles 2017

To gauge an encounter with a prospective mate, we can now swipe right and left through thousands of profiles. We no longer depend on all of our senses to tell us if we are attracted to someone, or compatible with someone.

When words aren’t delivered in person, we lose the nuances between breaths. We can’t watch how our words land, and to clarify what we mean if misunderstood. We withhold from speaking certain words out of fear, sensitivity, and insecurity. What don’t we say for fear of being too eager?  Too interested? Too easy?  or simply rejected?

Which relationships suffer when we sacrifice the physical to the digital? What possible relationships fail before they even begin?

What if instead, we were to find ourselves once more face-to-face?

Co-created by Miyoko Rifkin & Eric Blood

@askmiyoko & @eric.blood

Can you have an enlightened breakup?

This piece features two lovers meeting at the very end of their story in one sleepless night. The two lovers see-saw back and forth over finding each other and needing to part. The anguish of battle represents the cyclical nature of a relationship at it’s end – only with the participants still entangled with each other.

Over the course of the story, we find that these two lovers may long for one another but only find cold comfort. Only in their ability to let go will they find that paradise is a path that awaits them alone.

Co-created by Kelly Thayer & Bryan Belleza
@acroant & @ivithebatmanivi

You have to re-commit.

After every fight, after every accomplishment.

Acrobats tend to be fierce, and independent. Champions who knock out one goal after the other— used to solo success.

But the transition to partner success— well, that’s a whole new skill set. It’s communication and trust. You can’t just fix it with another pull up.

When two strong, independent partners come together….well, sometimes it doesn’t flow right away.

It’s frustrating as fuck.

When you’re in the middle of a difficult pose, befuddled by miscommunication, and going out of your mind—- You tell the other person how much they mean to you. You remind them that you’re in to win it.

Learning to be positive and committed is a journey that starts with yourself. You commit to what you want, what you want to create, and you put in the work.

Co-created by Nathan Brouwer & Dena Anne Weiner

@bignatebrouwer & @2dancewithme