WOMEN - The Sacred Vessel
The vision, mission, purpose behind presenting this photo Journal, is to acknowledge and honor my dearly departed Mother, Nora Harvey also known affectionatly to those who knew her as GOLDIE.
As one of my favourite authors profoundly stated ...
“If woman are allowed the freedom to grow to their full potential, there will be many, many women enlightened; many, many women mystics, poets, painters, healers, And they will enhance not only the woman’s part of the world – because the world is one – they will enhance the whole world. They will give man also new dimensions because their ways of seeing things are different. Man looks at things in one way; the woman looks from a different perspective. Life will become richer."
OSHO
Nora Harvey (Goldie) My Mother
My greatest blessing in this life has undoubtably having been born to the most devoted, nurturing, compassionate loving parents a human could possibly wish for. My Mother was a beautiful soul, and hand in hand with my dear Father they created a beautiful home for my younger brother and I to grow up in, from where we would learn how to love by their example. I will forever consider them to be my guardian angels. My Mother was a quiet soft spoken woman, but in truth she was a “Silent Warrior”. The oldest of five siblings my Mother embodied the matriarchal figure of the family. Her nickname to all those that knew her was “Goldie” which her father gave her as a child because of her golden locks, in truth it was a more a description of her loving heart. Everyone who knew my Mother loved and deeply respected her. When my Mother transitioned, I felt a calling to honor her memory. Although I never had a sister, I have always been surrounded by incredible Women throughout my life, many of whom became my soul sisters over the years. This photo Journal, “Women of Wonder”, is a salute to all the amazing women I have crossed paths with and dedicated as a tribute to my Mother “Goldie" ... to whom along with her sisters I give all the credit for teaching me how to respect and value Women.
I love you Mum, may you soar the heavens, your forever grateful, loving son…Stephen
WOW
My Mother was an artist ...
not a painter, not a musician, not a poet, not an actor, not a sculptor, in fact, notwhat people would term an artist in the conventional sense
Nonetheless My Mother was an artist ...
My Mothers Artistry was in another dimension, an arena that has throughout the ages been so overlooked, more often under appreciated, without the adulation, praise and glory typically bestowed upon the exceptionally gifted artists in our midst.
Nevertheless My Mother was an exceptional artist …
My Mothers canvas was our home, My Mothers palette was her creativity, My mothers melodies, her song, were to be found in her cooking, her style, her grace.
My Mother sculptured a beautiful life with her energy, her tenderness, her teachings, the way she cared for her children, the way she loved, and partnered my Father, The way she sprinkled her magic around the house, her presence, her essence, her divinity, her unconditional love.
My Mother taught me the greatest lessons in life. Along with my Father, she taught me how to love, how to be kind, how to be gentle, how to have faith and compassion.
My Mother was a Woman of Wonder.
Upon My Mothers passing I felt a deep calling to create some form of art to honor her memory. As I paused to reflect my life, I realized I had always been surrounded by the most amazing Women ...my romances, the surrogate sisters, and even mother figures in my life, have all played a major part in my evolution. So began a journey to create a photo journal and documentary dedicated to my Mother and all the amazing Women that have touched my life.
From the first interviews I filmed, I felt my heart blown open, and I knew I was in divine alignment with my souls purpose.
It has been a great honor and privilege, and it is with great reverence that I humbly present these stories to honor of all the great archetypal Mothers and unsung Women heroes of the world, and in loving memory and deep gratitude for my own personal Woman of Wonder, Nora Harvey.
Viki King, The Writer
Copy of Noor Sabah Nael Traavik ( Afganistan / Norway )
Sharon Rose
Sharron Rose, M.A. Ed., is a true renaissance woman. A filmmaker, choreographer, composer, author, teacher and performer, she transits the worlds of art and commerce in a unique and compelling way.
In the realm of filmmaking, Sharron is producer of the visionary feature film, The Last Avatar, writer/director/host of the documentary films, 2012 The Odyssey and Timewave 2013, executive producer of the documentary, Infinity: The Ultimate Trip, and producer of the films in the Sacred Mysteries DVD Collection. Since 2000, she has been president of the film distribution company, Sacred Mysteries Distribution and VP of Sacred Mysteries Productions.
Trained from childhood in the classical western arts of ballet, opera and theatre, after receiving a diploma from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Maryland and an M.A. in Education from George Washington University, she became a member of New York City’s vital dance/theatre/performance art scene.
From 1983-1988, with the assistance of a Professional Development Grant from the American Institute of Indian Studies, and a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, she began extensive research into the art, culture and spiritual traditions of North India. During this time she became the first American disciple of early Bollywood film star, renowned classical Indian dancer and Tantrika, Sitara Devi and was initiated into a sacred tradition of the ancient feminine yogic arts
"Dancer, artist, philosopher, and spiritual adept, Sharron Rose is of the lineage of those bold and luminous women who take the journey to the Goddess wherever and to whomever it may lead. Her research is impeccable, her ability to translate the ancient themes into expressive forms is unmatched, and her many years of extensive work in ancient traditions of dance, ritual, drama and song is unique in our time."
Yohana Yembise
Yohana Susana Yembise (born 1 October 1958) is an Indonesian academician and politician who currently serves as Indonesia's Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in Joko Widodo's Working Cabinet.
Yembise was born in the city of Manokwari, then part of Netherlands New Guinea, on 1 October 1958.[1] The second child of eleven siblings, Yembise's father was a civil servant for Nabire Regency. Yembise was first educated in Jayapura and later studied in public high schools in Nabire, and was involved in a student exchange to Canada as a senior high schooler.
After completing high school, Yembise went to Cenderawasih University and studied English education, earning her bachelors in 1985. She later went to Singapore and earned a diploma from the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization - Regional English Language Center (SEAMEO RELC). Further on, she studied at Canada's Simon Fraser University for her education masters, graduating in 1994 and later a PhD from Australia's University of Newcastle in 2007.
She became a lecturer at Cenderawasih University's faculty of education. She was awarded a doctoral professorship in syllabus design and material development as the first female Papuan to become a professor in Indonesia on November 2012.
In 2011, she was selected as a member of a committee awarding the Australian Development Scholarship for Indonesia. Yembise noted that her team at Cenderawasih was "mapping out the number of highly educated women in Papua and designing positions for them".
Politics and ministry
Yembise ran as the regent of Biak Numfor Regency in 2013 as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. In an interview, Yembise remarked that many voters liked her but had already committed to candidates who provided funds for construction of houses of worship and others, and added that she was "failed by money".
On 26 October 2014, newly elected president Joko Widodo appointed and swore in Yembise as the Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, replacing Linda Amalia Sari. Yembise became the first female minister originating from Papua in the Indonesian government.
Yembise dubbed her program "Three Ends" - which included ending domestic violence and human trafficking in addition to ending inequality of economic access to women.
Mariel Hemingway
Mariel Hadley Hemingway (born November 22, 1961) is an American actress. She began acting at age 14 with a Golden Globe–nominated breakout role in Lipstick (1976), and received Academy and BAFTA Award nominations for her performance in Woody Allen's Manhattan (1979).
She is also known for her leading roles in Personal Best (1982) and Star 80 (1983), as well as in the TV series Civil Wars, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Amid mental health struggles, Hemingway's career dwindled in the 1990s. She has starred in and co-produced videos about yoga and holistic living. She published a yoga memoir, Finding My Balance, in 2002, and another more general one, Out Came the Sun, in 2015.
Hemingway's first role was with her real-life sister Margaux (also in her debut role) in the film Lipstick (1976), in which they played sisters. She received notice for her acting and was nominated as "Best Newcomer" for the Golden Globe Award that year. Her highest-profile role came with her role in Woody Allen's Manhattan(1979), a romantic comedy in which she plays Tracy, a high school student and Allen's lover. Just 16 during filming (in the film she is said to be 17), she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In her memoir, Out Came The Sun (2015), Hemingway alleged that Allen attempted to begin a sexual relationship with her shortly after filming was completed, when she had turned 18. Hemingway declined his advances.
In Personal Best (1982), she played a bisexual track-and-field athlete in a film noted for its lesbian love scenes. In connection with Personal Best, she appeared in a nude pictorial in the April 1982 issue of Playboy and was on the cover.
She starred as Dorothy Stratten in Star 80 (1983), a film about the Playboy model's life and murder. Reports circulated for years that Hemingway had had her breasts enlarged to play the role of Stratten, but during a 2007 appearance on the late-night talk and variety show, Fashionably Late with Stacy London, she said she had had the surgery before Star 80. Her breast implants were removed years later after they had ruptured.
She was featured in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) as Lacy Warfield. Subsequently, released additional footage showed an expansion of her role. She also co-starred in the 1991–93 ABC series Civil Wars. She was cast as the female lead in Darren Star's CBS drama Central Park West for the 1995–96 season; however, the show fared poorly with both critics and viewers, and after 13 episodes Hemingway was told that the show wanted her to accept a huge pay cut and demotion to recurring character status. She quit the series, which only lasted eight more episodes before being canceled. In 1996, she had a leading role in the British TV movie September, playing the wife of Michael York.
She has played a lesbian or bisexual woman in several films and television shows, including Personal Best, The Sex Monster, In Her Line of Fire, and episodes of the TV series Roseanne ("Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and "December Bride") and Crossing Jordan. Hemingway, however, is not gay. She has said she formed a "big connection with the gay and lesbian community" after Personal Best and enjoys taking roles in "cutting-edge" productions.
She is currently the host of Spiritual Cinema,[citation needed] a monthly television show dedicated to spiritual films. She has begun hosting a series of yoga practice videos Yoga Now, with guru Rodney Yee.
Hemingway worked on the documentary film Running from Crazy, directed by Barbara Kopple and produced by the Oprah Winfrey Network chronicling the Hemingway family's history of suicide, substance abuse and mental illness, shown at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013. In October 2013, Hemingway received a humanitarian award from the San Diego Film Festival for her role in the documentary.
Ariane Sommer
Ariane was born in Bonn, Germany and is a self-proclaimed “child of the world.” She moved to Sierra Leone, Africa at the age of 8-weeks, beginning the first of her many global adventures. Her immediate introduction to the international community was the result of her father’s position as a German Ambassador. Stations in her life included Freetown in Sierra Leone, New Delhi, Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Antananarivo in Madagaskar, Miami, New York, Berlin and London. Currently she resides in Los Angeles and Berlin.
An important benefit of her worldly childhood was the fact Ariane learned to appreciate and respect the differences these varying cultures offered as well as an innate awareness of what it means to be a citizen of the world. In addition, Ariane learned to fluently speak five languages — English, German, Spanish, French and Italian, currently she is studying Mandarin.
Ariane’s philanthropic, activist and business initiatives combine in related efforts focusing on aid for people in need, animal welfare and green/earth-friendly endeavors.
A loving Mother in Singapore
Kaliyani's Women's circle in her SACRED GARDEN
Kaliyani
Kaliyani is a spiritually inspired visionary, modern Mystic, community builder and a passionate ‘midwife' to the rebirth of the Sacred Feminine. Her purpose is reflected in her work as artist, writer, producer, soul coach, and facilitator of women’s sacred embodiment circles for healing.
Kaliyani’s Conscious Media Company, Stargate Alliance has among other projects, since 2009 collaborated in the co-execution of a peace platform Peacelink and it’s world music concert PeacelinkLive,; a documentary, Secrets of Love and a feature film, A Winter Rose.
Between 2014 and 2018 she has release two singles, Nammu’s Invocation and Tears For Inanna, which music videos together have garnered 4.1 million views, with the first one reaching #2 on the billboard hot singles chart in 2017.
Kaliyani’s latest dream project is a non-profit organization called GAEA Foundation, which acronym means Global Alliance for Equality Awareness. GAEA has a dual commitment to assist in the protection, healing and education of women and their children victims of domestic violence and to the funding of conscious media that brings awareness to women’s issues and gender equality.
For more on Kaliyani’s Media and Music you can now visit stargatealliance.net and kaliyanimusic.com
Kaliyani's Women's circle in her SACRED GARDEN
Erica Ford
CEO AND FOUNDER OF LIFE, CAMP INC.
“THIS IS NOT A JOB, THIS IS MY LIFE; MY UNDYING LOVE KEEPS ME COMMITTED TO MY PEOPLE UNTIL MY GLORY DAY TAKES ME AWAY.” ERICA FORD
ERICA FORD GREW UP IN JAMAICA, QUEENS IN THE 1980S, WHERE CRACK USE AND GUN VIOLENCE WAS AN EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE.
WITH A BURNING DESIRE TO HELP EFFECT POSITIVE CHANGES IN HER COMMUNITY, ERICA ATTENDED A RALLY FOR THE DECEMBER 12TH MOVEMENT, AN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS’ GROUP. JOINING THE DECEMBER 12TH MOVEMENT EMPOWERED ERICA, THEN 18, AND SOLIDIFIED HER LIFE’S AMBITION TO BECOME A CHANGE MAKER.
WHILE AT YORK COLLEGE (THE CITY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), SHE CO-FOUNDED THE CODE CLUB,WITH HER FRIEND, THE LATE TUPAC SHAKUR, AND OTHERS. THE GROUP’S MISSION WAS TO KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE OUT OF JAIL AND TO DECREASE “BLACK ON BLACK” CRIME. IN 1998 AND 1999.
IN 2002, THE TRAGIC MURDERS OF TWO CHILDREN IN HER COMMUNITY INSPIRED ERICA, ALONG WITH JEF- FERY “JA RULE” ATKINS AND OTHERS, TO CREATE THE MONUMENTAL LIFE CAMP (LOVE IGNITES FREEDOM THROUGH EDUCATION). LIFE CAMP PROVIDES AT-RISK INNER-CITY YOUTH, AGES 13-24 YEARS, THE VALUABLE TOOLS THEY NEED TO STAY IN SCHOOL AND OUT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. ANOTHER OFFSHOOT OF LIFE CAMP IS ERICA’S PEACE IS A LIFESTYLE PRO- GRAM, FEATURING HOLISTIC GURU DEEPAK CHOPRA. CHOPRA, AN OUTSPOKEN SUPPORTER OF ERICA’S WORK, MAKES MONTHLY VISITS TO LIFE CAMP WHERE HE TALKS TO AND MEDITATES WITH THE GROUP PARTICIPANTS.
THROUGH THE YEARS, ERICA’S DEDICATION TO REDUCING VIOLENCE AMONG YOUNG NEW YORKERS HAS GARNERED, COUNTLESS AWARDS, ACCOLADES, PRAISE AND RECOGNITION BY NOTABLE PUBLIC FIGURES SUCH AS FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, REVEREND AL SHARPTON, AND HIP HOP MOGUL RUSSELL SIMMONS. HER RECOGNIZED LEADERSHIP HAS BROUGHT EXTENSIVE TRAVEL AND SPEAKING GIGS IN PRISONS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, HIGH SCHOOLS, COLLEGE CAMPUSES, AND CONFER- ENCES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
ERICA’S MADE NUMEROUS APPEARANCES IN PRINT, TELEVISION, RADIO AND INTERNET OUTLETS AND HAS PARTNERED WITH NUMEROUS ENTERTAINERS, AND ATHLETES, SUCH AS QUEEN LATIFAH, LL COOL J, SALT & PEPA, NBA ALLSTARS KENNY SMITH, STEPHON MARBURY AND JOHN STARKS, NFL SUPERBOWL CHAMP MICHAEL STRAHAN AND TI, TO NAME A FEW, ENCOURAGING THEM TO GIVE BACK AND PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN TRANSFORMING LIVES AND COMMUNITIES:
AFTER PRACTICALLY 30 YEARS OF DEDICATING HERSELF TO CHAMPIONING FOR TODAY’S YOUTH, ERICA FORD SHOWS NO SIGNS OF STOPPING. HER CURRENT ‘BURY DA BEEF’ CAMPAIGN HAS PUT TOGETHER A CITYWIDE COALITION/CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE. ANOTHER RECENT BRAINCHILD, HER NY PEACE WEEK, OCCURS EACH JANUARY AND HONORS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S LEGACY OF NON- VIOLENCE. ORGANIZED BY LIFE CAMP, INC., THE COLLECTIVE GOAL IS TO CREATE A CULTURE OF PEACE THROUGHOUT NYC FOR SEVEN DAYS BY HOSTING AN EVENT, PERFORMING AN ACTIVITY OR SIMPLY TAKING ONE PERSONAL ACTION TOWARD CREATING INNER PEACE AND SETTING A POSITIVE EXAMPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
TOGETHER, WITH DEEPAK CHOPRA AND EDDIE STERN, ERICA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN CREATING THE URBAN YOGIS PROGRAM. SHE SERVES AS A MENTOR FOR THE YOGIS AND A KEY PUBLIC ADVOCATE FOR THE PROGRAM.
SYNOPSIS
Women come to love, nurture, nourish and inspire mankind to live to it’s highest potential.
Women are the Creators the Mothers drawing on the wisdom of spiritual teachers, visionaries, leaders and healers from diverse traditions recognising life’s sacredness, knowing all life is community.
Lubov Azria
Lubov Azria was born on November 8, 1967, in Kiev, Ukraine. Growing up as an only child, Azria studied ballet from an early age and eventually trained with the renowned Bolshoi Ballet youth division.
In 1980, her parents relocated to San Antonio, Texas, United States, where Azria further explored her passion for the arts and attended Robert E. Lee High School.[4] In 1986, Azria moved to Los Angeles, California, where she obtained a degree from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising.
Azria joined BCBG Max Azria Group in 1991 after a mutual friend referred her to the company's founder, and her future husband, Max Azria. As chief creative officer, Azria led the company's design team and oversaw marketing and merchandising for the group's more than 20 labels, which included the core brand BCBG Max Azria and the high fashion labels BCBG Max Azria Runway, Hervé Léger and Max Azria. Of her close working relationship with her husband, Azria explains, "We're a great combo. Max is the visionary, and I'm more detail-oriented. It creates the perfect balance."
Azria is often called the muse of BCBG Max Azria Group, being the design inspiration for her late husband and even insisting on fitting the pants on herself. She defines style as "grace, confidence and effortlessness," and describes her personal style as "independent, free and chic."
In 2006 Azria and her husband debuted the collection Max Azria, and BCBG Max Azria, in two shows during New York Fashion Week.[10] In February 2008, the couple added the brand Hervé Léger by Max Azria to their lineup, marking the first time in history that an American designer produced three different fashion shows during one New York Fashion Week.[12] Historically after each show, Azria, typically dressed in one of the collection's looks, would join her husband on the runway to address the audience.
Azria partnered with perfumer Sarah Horowitz-Thran to create BCBG Max Azria's first fragrance, called Within, which launched in stores across the United States in November 2009. Azria was involved with the development of the scent, and Horowitz-Thran calls her the inspiration behind it. Azria's image is on the packaging as well as the bottle she says, "because this is something that I feel strongly about. There is a real person behind the vision."
Azria used social media to connect with customers. "You don't always have to be right," she has said, "but you have to be focused on the customers' needs.” She maintained a blog with behind-the-scenes information and creative inspiration, and she frequently updated the company's Twitterpage. Azria has said that she watches "the TED conference incessantly" and that browsing YouTube is her "favorite part of the day."
In 2010, Azria was recognized for her work as a designer with membership in the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), inducted as part of its Class of 2010.
BCBG Max Azria Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on February 28, 2017; it was reported that in July 2017 the brand and its sister labels would be taken over by Marquee Brands and Global Brands Group, which bought the intellectual property rights and assets of the company.
Nearly three years after leaving her job as creative director of BCBG, Lubov introduced her new label, La Boheme in 2019.
Ibu Robin Lim
Ibu Robin Lim CPM is a Filipino–American midwife, mother and grandmother, and founder of Yayasan Bumi Sehat, a non-profit organization in Indonesia. Lim also serves on the board of Bumi–Wadah Philippines, where she is known as “Lola Robin.” Her Passion is Human Rights in Childbirth. She believes that each individual is an essential “Piece of Peace” therefore by protecting the mothers in childbirth and the newborns (our smallest citizens of Earth) we may build peace, one Baby, one Mother, one Family at a time..Along with devoted team members, Ibu (Mother) Robin has been an early responder to many disasters; Aceh (post 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami), following earthquakes in Yogyakarta (2006) Haiti (2010) Nepal (2015) and in the aftermath of super-typhoon Haiyan in Dulag, Philippines.Ibu Robin’s bedrock of support has been her husband, Wil, her 85 year old mother, Cresencia, eight amazing grown and growing children/gurus (ages 41 to 11) and their partners. Plus four grandchildren, all lotus born gently at home, into her hands. The seed of the BirthKeeper, Lola Robin, was planted by her Filipino grandmother, Vicenta Munar Lim, a Hilot – traditional healer and baby catcher. In 2006 the Alexander Langer Foundation honored Ibu Robin as the Premier Alexander Langer. In 2011 Ibu Robin was chosen CNN Hero of the Year. This gave Midwife–to–Mother care a broader popular platform, worldwide. In 2012 APPPAH, The Association for Pre and Perinatal Psychology and Health, gave Ibu Robin the Jeannine Parvati BirthKeeper award, and in 2016 she became Earth Company’s Impact Hero.
Michelle SInnette
Michelle Sinnette, founder of Soul Legacy International and Legacy Cacao, is a master intuitive, teacher, and heart-centered healer. A former law enforcement officer and licensed clinical social worker, Michelle is a born intuitive who was birthed onto her path through several death experiences, coma, and healing of immense wounding and trauma. She travels around the world to teach, consult, hold space, serve, and be an invitation back to the soul’s truth.
legacycacao.com @legacycacao
Brenda Russell
Brenda Russell (née Gordon; born April 8, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Russell has a diverse musical style which encompasses pop, soul, dance, and jazz. She has received five Grammy nominations.
Brenda Gordon was born to musical parents, with her mother being a singer/songwiter and her father Gus Gordon (1926-2019), a one-time member of the Ink Spots. She spent her early years in Canada after moving to Hamilton, Ontario at the age of 12. As a teenager she began performing in local bands and was recruited to sing in a Toronto-based girl group called The Tiaras along with Jackie Richardson. The group's one single, "Where Does All The Time Go", was released on Barry Records in 1968 but was unsuccessful.
In her late teens, she joined the Toronto production of Hair, during which time she had begun to play the piano. In the early 1970s she married musician Brian Russell. The couple went on to compose Rufus's Please Pardon Me (on their album Rufusized) and contribute backup vocals to Neil Sedaka's Laughter In The Rain. The Russells also featured as backing vocalists for Elton John's concert at Wembley Stadium on 21 June 1975. Billed as Brian & Brenda they released two albums on John's Rocket label being Word Called Love in 1976 and 1977's Supersonic Lover.
The duo also performed on two tracks from Robert Palmer's breakout soul-pop album Double Fun. Their daughter, Lindsay, was born in 1977, but the couple had divorced by the late 1970s, and Russell, now living in Los Angeles, had set out on a solo career.
During 1979 Russell's self-titled debut album was released by A&M Records. The album got to No. 20 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. A song from the LP called So Good So Right also got to No. 8 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart, No. 15 on the billboard hot Soul Songs and No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Russell went on to work with Earth, Wind & Fire as a composer on their 1980 album Faces and 1981 LP Raise!. Russell issued her sophomore album Love Life in 1981 on A&M. She also performed and composed on Patrice Rushen's 1981 LP Straight From The Heart and Donna Summer's 1982 album Donna Summer.
During 1983 she released her third album, Two Eyes on Warner Bros. Records. The album got to No. 16 on the UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Albums chart. Russell eventually relocated to Sweden where she began writing songs for her next album.
Returning to A&M Records, Russell's fourth album, Get Here, was released in 1988. It became her greatest commercial success, spawning her biggest hit "Piano in the Dark" (a US Top 10 hit which featured Joe Esposito) and garnered three Grammy Award nominations.
Russell then issued her follow up album, Kiss Me with the Wind in 1990. The album got to No. 25 on the UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Albums chart.[13][14] She then produced and guested on Phil Perry's 1991 album The Heart of a Man. The album rose to No. 17 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Russell also featured on the 1991 charity single Voices That Care which reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100and number 6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart.
She later appeared on Joni Mitchell's 1991 LP Night Ride Home together with the Yellowjackets 1992 album Live Wires.
She then released the album Soul Talkin' in 1993 on EMI Records. Russell went on to produce Diana Ross on her 1995 LP Take Me Higher. The album got to No. 10 on the UK Pop Albums chart. She also contributed to the score for the film How Stella Got Her Groove Back and appeared in the 1999 film Liberty Heights where she also performed two songs for the film's soundtrack.
Russell resumed her solo career in 2000 with the album Paris Rain, released on Hidden Beach Records. The album (which includes collaborations with Carole King, Dave Koz and Sheila E.) saw Russell move away from the pop market toward a more adult-oriented sound.[21] In 2003, she signed to the new UK label Dome Records and released the compilation album So Good, So Right: The Best of Brenda Russell. Her eighth studio album, Between the Sun and the Moon, was released by Dome in 2004.
2005 saw a Broadway musical version of Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Produced by Oprah Winfrey, the show's score was written by Russell and lyricists-composers Allee Willis and Stephen Bray. Russell and her co-writers were nominated for a Tony Award (for Best Score) and a Grammy Award (in the Best Musical Show Album category).
During 2015 Russell, after making her home in Los Angeles for thirty years, took up residence in Austin, Texas.
During 2016 Russell received a Grammy nomination for The Color Purple in the category of Best Musical Theater Album.
On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Brenda Russell among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.
Chloe Trujillo
Chloe Trujillo is an LA-based visual artist, designer, and musician who creates works infused with an uncanny spirituality and joy. Her refreshing and sincere body of work presents a unique combination of eclectic motif from ancient Aztec designs, skulls, eyes to flowers, birds, and pop culture icons like Uncle Sam. The artist has embellished various canvases and everyday objects with her complex colorful motifs and we can see Chloe Trujillo's intense, vigorous artworks on canvases, accessories, skateboards, and guitars.
Chloe Trujillo grew up in Paris surrounded by art. Her parents were fashion designers and her grandparents classical musicians, so the artist enjoyed a childhood full of music, art, and design. But interestingly when it came to education art wasn't the first choice for the talented artist. She was attracted to science and studied matter structure and quantum mechanics but was eventually drawn back to art. Her colorful spiritual artworks are inspired by an array of human experiences colors, vibrations, and life. The artist creates her works by tapping into the very essence of creativity and by letting the words, images, and text flow trough her before their spill over the canvases. Her body of work has been exhibited worldwide in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Paris, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
Ms Marsha . Jamaica (Copy)
Ms Marsha . Jamaica (Copy)
Raline Shah
Raline Rahmat Shah began her career as one of the contestants of Puteri Indonesia 2008 where she represented North Sumatra and chosen in Top 5.[9] Her acting career began when she starred in the film 5 cm (2012) with Herjunot Ali, where she played Riani. Raline starred along with Laudya Chintya Bella and Fedi Nuril in Surga Yang Tak Dirindukan (2015),[10] which enable her to won Best Supprting Female Role at the 2015 Bandung Film Festival and receive nomination at the 2015 Indonesian Film Festival, as well as nomination for the Best Supporting Female Role at the 2016 Indonesia Box Office Movie Awards.
She also contribute a soundtrack for the film, entitled "Kekasih di Surga". In July 2017, she released a new song, "Jadi Milikku" a collaboration with Marcell. In 2018, she appears as a main cast with Shaheizy Sam and Zizan Razak in the Malaysian action film, Polis Evo 2. Released on November 22, 2018 in Malaysia, and on April 18, 2019 in Indonesia, the film became commercial success and receive mixed reviews. She played her role as Rian, an Indonesian Police officer.
Raline is widely known for her versatility as an artist and public figure. Her unique pan-asian features and fluency in both English and Bahasa have enabled her to take on such diverse acting roles as a Turkish immigrant, a Caucasian-Chinese, as well as characters closer to her traditional Indonesian roots. Outside of film, she has also performed in theatre, notably with a lead role in the folklore musical Timun Mas: The Musical. This epic drama was directed by Rama Soeprapto, a leading Indonesian stage director who worked under American experimental theatre director Robert Wilson.
Additionally, Raline is recognized as a top model & fashion icon in Indonesia, having worked extensively as a commercial and runway model since 2008 both within Indonesia and internationally. She represented Indonesia in New York in 2012 and 2013 during the United Nation F4D program, promoting tenun (Indonesian traditional woven fabrics) and also being one of the global brand ambassadors personally chosen by Diane von Furstenberg. She has been the face of Pantene for P&G in Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia since 2012-present and is the brand ambassador for Pantene, Wardah Cosmetics, Mandiri Bank, Hemaviton-C and OPPO for 2018.
Raline Shah is known for her love of nature and hiking hiking since her first movie (5cm) that features her hiking up Mount Semeru, the biggest volcano and one of the most challenging climbs in Indonesia. She is an avid traveller and believes in “ a world without strangers”.
Loving Mother . Marbella, Spain (Copy)
Kyla Christie ( Jakarta, Indonesia )
Kyla maybe one of our youngest "Women of Wonder" By her early teens Kyla was already doing TED talks and involved in a host of charity projects, including her own ... A recording Artist /Singer, Poet, Philanthropist, Actress, Songwriter, Activist. Kyla is the prime example of a new school of Women who are here on earth to shape humanity and make a better future for all humankind.
Lishan Lim ( Singapore ) (Copy)
High Priestess (Bali) (Copy)