Roberto Cavalli S/S 2009

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The Invitation

By Oriah Mountain Dreamer 

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. 

I want to know what you ache for 

and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. 

It doesn't interest me how old you are. 

I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool 

for love 

for your dream 

for the adventure of being alive. 

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon... 

I want to know if you have touched the centre of your own sorrow 

if you have been opened by life's betrayals 

or have become shrivelled and closed 

from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with the pain 

mine or your own 

without moving to hide it 

or fade it 

or fix it. 

I want to know if you can be with joy 

mine or your own 

if you can dance with wildness 

and let ecstasy fill  you to the tips of your fingers and toes 

without cautioning us 

to be realistic 

to remember the limitations of being human. 

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. 

I want to know if you can disappoint another 

to be true to yourself. 

If you can bear the accusation of betrayal 

and not betray your own soul. 

If you can be faithless 

and therefore trustworthy. 

I want to know if you can see Beauty 

even when it is not pretty

every day. 

And if you can source your own life 

from its presence. 

I want to know if you can live with failure 

yours and mine 

and still stand at the edge of the lake 

and shout to the silver moon, 

"Yes." 

It doesn't interest me 

to know where you live or how much money you have. 

I want to know if you can get up 

after the night of grief and despair

weary and bruised to the bone 

and do what needs to be done 

to feed the children. 

It doesn't interest me who you know 

or how you came to be here. 

I want to know if you will stand 

in the centre of the fire 

with me 

and not shrink back. 

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom 

you have studied. 

I want to know what sustains you 

from the inside

when all else falls away. 

I want to know if you can be alone 

with yourself 

and if you truly like the company  you keep 

in the empty moments. 

Dario Fo

Dario Fo (dar-eo foh) 

-person

1. Italian satirist, playwright, theatre director, actor, composer 

2. Nobel peace prize winner 

3. Ranked one of the 100 greatest living geniuses 

"Learn how to live the time that is given to you" 

Carnival

Carnivale di Venezia 

1. Dating back to 1268, it was created with the aim of stopping the moral decline of Venetians

2. a festival of the old, new and strange

3. festival goers typically wear masks

Madonna: the epitome of cool.

modern dictionary

modern (mod-ern)

-adj. 

1. characteristic or expressive of recent times 

2. avant-garde; experimental 

3. one who lives in modern times

dictionary (dik-shuh-ner-ee) 

- noun, plural -ar -ies 

1. a book containing a selection of words of a language, usually arranged alphabetically, giving information about their meanings

2. a list of codes, terms, keys etc.