Samsara Facts...
Garvey was a student of Walter Rodney and also was instrumental in the beginnings of 2 strong religious beliefs and ways of life. Marcus would be better know as John the Baptist who prepared the way for the coming of H.I.M Emperor Haile Selassie with Rastafarian Faith & Noble Drew Ali at Moorish Science Temple.
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Marcus Moziah Garvey
So if your looking to catch up with us you can find Samsara at the New Studio Royal Flush located Royal Flush Studio
675 metropolitan pkwy suite 2059 A7
Atlanta GA 30310
This August 20 from 12noon-8pm. We will be chilling with a Samsara Endorsed visionary Artists William King Pop Floyd. Let's see if he will finally do the self portrait we've been hinting about. hint hint....
The following week we're planning to head over to Honorary CitizenSecret Sale Location to pic up some limited Hand-Dyed Pima Cotton tees and Youth Selassie Tee. You can catch us there if your lucky enough to get the invite.
Then if your in Chicago for Labor Day weekend Samsara will be doubling up and doing first ever Duo Pop Up Shop both in Chi-town same weekend different sides of town. Visit us at Chicago Jazz Festival in Grant park Downtown, or Chicago African Art Festival located in KUSH ;)
If you was not at EMF this year you missed a whole lot. I could go on and on about the celebs you should have seen or the crazy cars etc. I could even talk about the hot clothing items and maybe even talk about all the free stuff people would stand in lines for hours for but I won't do that. That's for lames, I would rather tell you about the great black artists that you may never see again because of corporate sponsors. Yes there is a fine line that us as artists walk and there is no room for compromising, if you would stand in line for any amount of time to get a free sample of whatever you are exactly the type of consumer corporations love to have at events. But unfortunately your not the quality consumer that artists require and in most circumstances should not share the same space when it comes to business. ;) That being said my artistic side of me had to be expressed Essence was fun and educational in every aspect. These are some of the behind the scenes pics of what Samsara did. Straight off the Racks...
Personally I love shoes I have all kinds of shoes and sneakers and have been known to collect and have a pair for more than a decade or 2. I could waste your time showing you all kind of shoes for the summer fall etc and fashion trends but I won't do that. I will only give you what I think would be the classical buy. Meaning a pair of shoes you can wear next year and your family members may steal years to come. I found these 2 sites at very different times DMI found maybe 2yrs ago and Osborn I found in April thanks to Stephanie Longtchi T writer for Fashionjunkii. Both companies pay attention to details and make the shoes in fair trade environments.
On June 19th, 2011 Father's Day and also the Summer Solstice, Samsara released our first three prints. These limited edition printed tees was available for sale at the SNWMF and are now available online . We sourced the best fitting American Made tee shirt "American Apparel" and worked with 3 printers for the process. The response has been overwhelming and we plan to keep releasing more limited edition tees.
The first three designs to be released was the Samsara "Lion", Samsara X Ras Terms, Samsara X Marcus. Each design carried a significance to our brand as we will describe below.
Samsara Lion
This design was very sentimental to our brand because the Lion carries so many meanings throughout history. According to the 12 Tribes of Israel which carries a symbolic relation to the 12 sons of Yacob "Jacob". The month of July is called Judah and this is the month that both designers of Samsara Boutique are born in. In Judaism the lion symbolises the Lion of Judah. In Christianity the lion's significance is to represent "Yahshua",or "Jesus Christ" , or "Yesus Kristos". The lion also represents royalty, strength, symbol of courage, especially in the pursuit of justice and righteousness. In Egypt the lion symbolises the power of the sun and the power that Ra uses to protect the good and annihilate the wicked. In Buddhism the Buddha sits of a Lion's throne. When the lion comes to us, it is a sign for us to step into our natural birthright of power. Each of us is born powerful and divine. The lion reminds Samsara of this!
Terms has a very unique way of combining the modern and antique look with graffiti ideas and intergalactic symbolism.
This project we worked on together was something that has been in back of the mind for quite some time. It was truly a collaboration and we had a great time putting this together. Terms would call me and say " Bredren I got another idea and we would build and go back and forth with both of us interjecting concepts into this piece. The reasoning that we did just manifested the concept into a reality. I would like to give a special thanks to Ras Terms as this piece embodied a vision and is now a gift we give to you.
Samsara X Marcus
This project is the beginning of many more projects with Marcus and Midnite Band. Being away from the Virgin Islands for so many years this project has begun to bloom into many other projects on island and off island. The beginning process actually happened while I was home in "St. Croix" getting grounded and thus carries strong sentiments . Supplications to HIM is a great album from Midnite, this artwork was inspired during the mystical studio sessions. The word Supplication is such a strong word and action in prayer, it is found 53 times in the Old Testament and 7 times in the New. It refers to bending down and indicates a bowing or kneeling of submission within prayer. This shirt in terms of design and printing process is exactly what we had envisioned for the first release. Nuff respect to Marcus and the Midnite Family.
