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DESIGN. ITS DEFINITION ENCOMPASSES SO MANY POSSIBILITIES. From your coffee
maker to your living room sofa to the clothes you wear, everything has a design.
Do you love retro, traditional, transitional, coastal chic, modern, contemporary? Do
you keep it simple, safe, or are you a risk taker? Are you black and white or do you
love bold color? The designs and colors in our homes and our clothes represent our
individuality, our personal preference and what makes us feel good. It is a very telling
self expression.
Our Design issue covers lots of different expressions. There’s the interesting history
of modern furniture courtesy of local modern furniture guru Michael Bush of Home
Resource, innovative bath design, interiors, art and home accents. Our community
is chock full of interesting shops run by top professionals and exceptional builders
all eager to work with you to help make your home special. Be sure to check out the
products, people and ideas in this issue, pick up the phone, make an appointment and
color your world.
Also in this issue, read stories about generous locals who give to important causes such
as our thrilling Sarasota Opera, the important land-saving mission of Conservation
Foundation of the Gulf Coast, and the incredible spirit-lifting work of Southeastern
Guide Dogs.
Meet The Ringling’s media curator, Christopher Jones, as he shares insights on the
Museum's latest photo exhibitions, including international conceptual artist Hank
Willis Thomas’s provocative series Unbranded: A Century of White Women. These
digital chromogenic prints consider classic advertisements over the past 100 years, and
force us to consider, good or bad, periods in our history and pointed brand messaging.
Learn about Asolo Rep’s June family programming in our monthly “Education Matters.”
The pre-show fun centers on Asolo Rep’s world premiere of Kipling’s Jungle Book,
which runs from June 6 through June 24.
I want to close by venting about something that has been really bugging me lately. I
don’t know about you, but I am getting tired of the growing number of people who
are discourteous, unprofessional and basically obnoxious. People feel they can say
anything today because they are being true to who they are.
Well, that’s fine if you have something meaningful to say and need to take an
important stand. But I believe most people just want to hear themselves talk to feel
more important, prove their self worth, or just want to feel better because they told
someone off. They choose words without thinking of the stinging consequences they
may carry just so they can “feel better.” We have become such a selfish society. Maybe
we’ve always been this way, but now we’re getting more vocal and uncaring about
who we offend.
Let’s all take a pause. Breathe. Stop and think before you speak. In this tough world we
live in, we shouldn’t have to also put up with insensitive nonsense.
16 SARASOTA SCENE | MARCH 2018
Did You Know?
According to NASA, we’ll have two
full moons in March - one on the
1st called the “worm moon,” and
another on the 31st called the “pink
moon.” The names are from Native
American tradition. In absence of a
calendar, each full moon was named
for the attributes of the time in
which it occurred.
The “worm moon” gets its name
because the ground begins to thaw,
earthworms reappear, soon to be
followed by the return of robins. The
“pink moon” is named after pink
wildflowers, one of the first flowers
of spring.
from the executive editor
julie@scenesarasota.com
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