Creative Artist Ashima Suri – Idols, Re-Birth and Celebration
Dear Readers, Toronto-based Creative Artist Ashima Suri’s words are inspiring and shed light on embracing iconic figures in popular culture and in everyday life: “The moment you put someone on a pedestal and idolize them is the moment you begin to move from appreciation to expectation. From unity to separateness. Creating an us vs them model that will never please you…It will just keep you from having a real connection with someone. Leaving you frustrated and alone. Friends – we are all one. We’ve taken different paths, lived different lives, dreamt different dreams but … We are one and...
Read MoreReflections on Heroic Qualities in Personal Branding
Dear Celebrity Culture Readers, My first post in November is inspired by Oscar Del Santo, a lecturer, consultant, key speaker, and blogger of online reputation in Spain. Santo offers a case study of Canadian pop and country singer k.d. lang to describe how unconventional qualities are key to personal branding and recognition of talent. He examines vegan, homosexual, and spiritual representations of k.d. lang. In examining these representations, Santo illustrates how k.d. lang proudly refutes stereotypical images in popular culture and shines as a star. His post reflects on carving out a...
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