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![The Experience of Being Human – Art Outside 2013 [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/DSC04703-e1383087760538.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Apache Pass has played venue host to a few select festivals in the past, providing a memorable and beautiful setting that is simply unrivaled. The goosebumps that crept along my spine upon arrival brought me to a conclusion right away – that this land is absolutely sacred. Throughout the weekend, more attendees than I can […]
![[Photo Gallery] Breakaway Music Festival in Dallas, TX | September 23+24, 2014](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/BREAKAWAYfest-2311-e1381364262695.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
In its first year of conception and only touring through Columbus and Dallas, Breakaway Festival aims to create a special festival environment unlike any other. Using soccer stadiums in these individual cities as their backdrop, they bring world-renowned talent to that field’s audience. Your field, your fest. Seeing artists like… Ra Ra Riot, Matt & Kim, […]
East Coast
Anabell Diaz is what I would call a total babe. Not only is she beautiful, fashionable and business saavy, but she’s self-motivated. She decided to up and move her entire life to NYC in order to pursue her dreams of fashion designing, and has been making moves ever since. Her personal manifesto? “Live fast, and […]
![[Photo Series] Feel Good Today](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/amthyst1.jpg?resize=572%2C375&ssl=1)
Social Culture
Daily Dose of Inspiration, brought to you by CYM. A quick ‘feel-good’ post for you all to enjoy. Just a sprinkle of positivity into your day. We hope this finds you all enjoying and making the most of your Tuesday! Today finds us in pretty high spirits, as the weather is just too beautiful to […]
![[Artist Interview] Falling In Love with Krista Darling](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/zedarling.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Interviews
///Falling in love with Krista Darling (real name Krista McKenzie) isn’t very hard. Not only is she an artist of several mediums, but she is extremely skilled in every single one of them. She has made custom pieces ranging from ‘wearable art’ dresses, paintings and sculptures. Each work of art is crafted with her signature […]
Social Culture
Composed by Mary Jo Sparks ///I’ve got major love for anything DIY, especially when it comes to my skin. I’ve battled long and hard with my skin issues, and I have several other friends in similar boats. It’s pretty rare for me to find anything on the shelves that can actually avoid irritating my skin […]
East Coast
In 2013 alone, the US saw more than a dozen new dance music festivals spring up all over the country. The sudden popularity of EDM exploded with such vigor that it almost happened overnight. Playlists put forth by radio stations across the nation are dominated by electro-house tracks, making avid listeners out of otherwise oblivious […]
Social Culture
Meet Cierra Tucker: a recent graduate of Colorado State University, proud Austinite and founder of a socially driven jewelry company called Little Pieces of Hope. Not only does Little Pieces of Hope create one-of-a-kind for bohemian spirits, fashion-minded beings and concert goers alike, but Little Pieces of Hope donates most of it’s proceeds to charities. […]
![[Photo Gallery] Rusko at Trees | Dallas April 10, 2010](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/27703_1257661656376_5718715_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Christopher Mercer, better known as Rusko, is a British dubstep DJ who is largely credited with popularizing the genre here in the US, and his chaotic live presence. After releasing ‘Cockney Thug’ in 2007, the electronic dance music scene was flooded with several artists sampling this among Rusko’s other tracks, springing it into the radio […]
Social Culture
This article in no way is condoning the use of cigarettes, rather forming an observation on human tendencies. Is there a subconscious motivation towards the trending partnership between coffee and cigarettes? If you are like myself you may have pondered as to why so many seek out coffee, and quite often cigarettes, when diving into […]