Little by little

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“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together”- Vincent Van Gough

Since the inception of the original idea to have a fashion show I don’t think any of us really thought that it would be what it’s slowly becoming.

3 months ago it was just going to be a fashion show using old clothes.  Now it’s a full blown cause with a collective purpose.  A collaboration of different organizations and aspiring artists who want to be the change in the community.  It seems like every week we get news of someone who’s jumping on the NOVO ship to lend a hand in this project.  Whether it be a local/international organization, designers or artists, NOVO has become a vehicle for change and impact in our local community.

And in some random way today, this whole process reminded me of legos.   Before legos got all cool with themes like Star Wars, X-Men and Harry Potter, you just had a red bucket full of blocks.  No instructions were there to tell you what to make, nor were there any pictures on the outside you could use as a guide.  You just had your imagination.

Now, I’ll admit that I had a limited imagination and all I really could come up with and build were “flying-fighting-spaceships” (creative, no?).  In any case, I would always build a basic ship: Base + 2 wings + 2 lasers + 1 cockpit. But it was just too simple and plain.

And that’s where the fun part came in.  Digging through the red bucket and adding pieces little by little, not knowing exactly what I wanted it to look like, but I knew it was going to be better than what it was.  And just like that, it went from “flying-fighting-spaceship” to Star Destroyer.

What’s the point?

I think you get what I’m trying to say here.  Yes, we could just have a fashion show and I’m sure it would be loads of fun and we would still be able to impact our community. But with those extra pieces added (organizations, designers, artists) we become even a greater force of cause in our community.

Don’t ever be afraid to reach in the red bucket to find those missing pieces. Your idea is a good, but like the adage says “2 is always greater than 1”

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The show is 17 more days and I hope to see you there.  Thanks for reading and look forward to our clothing line previews starting Monday.

-jwc