Millinery: Anael Rose "The Philosophy"

The Philosophy

Women have been hiding out for a long time, even dressing to hide as if to say, don't notice me, let me blend. We have developed the ability of blending into our surroundings and being unnoticed. This was a powerful gift at one time. This ability has allowed us to observe and gain the ability to know what would happen next. It has also allowed us to feel safe. Blending also has taught us the art of oneness. Women understand camouflage.

But new times require new strategies, it is time to drop our camouflage and take our power as women. Anais Nin said "There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom".

When you wear a hat it is medicine for the soul. The hat is the expression of who we are as women in every moment! The hat is your dreams of who you can be. It facilitates the different parts of who you are. With the wave of a hat, voila, you are mysterious, no you are sexy, now proper, now playful.

You can not hide in a hat. You will be noticed-especially by men. To men you become a lady when you don a hat. One which they rush to open doors for. To women you become an inspiration, reminding them that they have a closet full of hats that they have not had the courage to wear.
When you wear a hat you now become the dream that started when the hat was conceived. The original energy that was put into the hat doesn't die, it only changes forms and owners. The dream doesn't die, it is passed on, sometimes from generation to generation. And when you see women in a hat in the next car on the freeway the dream grows and we as women acknowledge each others growth. It is the symbol of the feminine which is so needed for us and our earth to heal. So let's share this gift with as many as we wish to share such a vision.
For I tell you, this is how you will "GO AHEAD AND BLOOM".
A. rOSE

(this was copied from a site in 2002, http://www.gobloom.com/philosophy.htm
It is no longer posted, but the th Anael rOSE collection is part of Hats by Leko at http://www.hatsupply.com

I order supplies from her to make hats.)