Category: Social Culture

Festival Coverage

Sexual Harassment at Concerts and Festivals: It Ends NOW, and Here’s How YOU Can Be the Change

Thank You MixMag, for your most recent article entitled, “We Need to Talk About Sexual Harassment in Nightclubs”, which has shed a much-needed spotlight on a serious ongoing issue afflicting our music/dance community.  I saw a lot of male artists particularly sharing the piece on social media almost immediately, which was surprisingly refreshing (i.e. Flufftronix, […]

Apr 17, 2015 Read →

Electronic

Suspect, The Best Kept Secret After-Party In Dallas, TX | April 18th, 2015

  Dallas, Texas is gearing up for something exciting, something riveting, and something enthralling, to take place this Saturday, April 18th, at the Cotton Bowl. While many of us are gearing up to party our faces off and fist pump for hours to top EDM headliners, you should consider saving some of that precious plur […]

Apr 16, 2015 Read →

Art

[Photo Series] Paris Street Artist Invader

An artist with a clear affinity for video games, Invader is an artist who definitely wins when it comes to the playful aspect of graffiti. His famous use of mosaics can be found hidden all over the world, and not just because he makes his way around. One of the reasons behind his solid fan base lie […]

Apr 11, 2015 Read →

Festival Coverage

Lightning in a Bottle Festival 2015 | Refining The Lucent Temple of Consciousness

In 2015, Lightning in a Bottle returns for their tenth year, Memorial Day Weekend (May 21-25, 2015) to the San Antonio Recreation Area in Bradley, CA.  The music and arts festival forges ahead with incredible updates to the Lucent Temple of Consciousness, an area for festivalgoers seeking transformative experiences through workshops, holistic lectures, yoga and movement. […]

Mar 27, 2015 Read →

Social Culture

Woman Crush Wednesday | Heather Hanson of Super Groovy Cosmic Bus

At Compose Yourself Mag, we thrive on showcasing talented and unique individuals, those motivational people you can’t help but become inspired by. That’s where Heather Hanson comes in, a wildly passionate and creative soul living in Portland, Oregon, who is the brainchild behind The Super Groovy Cosmic Bus. Determined to see the world and make […]

Mar 25, 2015 Read →

Interviews

Woman Crush Wednesday | Alyssa Hunter of Pretty Funk Clothing

  This week’s #WomanCrushWednesday goes out to Alyssa Hunter, producing the sickest threads out of Chicago under the name of Pretty Funk. The reasons we love Pretty Funk over here at Compose Yourself Magazine are nearly endless. Hunter is the badass grassroots type designer Compose Yourself Magazine cannot get enough of! Her creative drive matches […]

Mar 18, 2015 Read →

Festival Coverage

A Taste of Nola: Our Favorite Eats in New Orleans

Over here at Compose Yourself Mag headquarters, we’re snowed in and dreaming of the warmer weather in Louisiana. We are itching to get down there and get a real taste of the south during this year’s BUKU Music & Art Festival. When we think of New Orleans, our minds go straight to beignets, crawfish étouffe, and po […]

Mar 2, 2015 Read →

Social Culture

[Photo Series] Traveling Bug: Dubai

As one of the most populated cities in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai is home to one of the most technologically advanced cities in the world. It even boasts the largest shopping mall on the planet, bursting with more than 1,200 different stores! Mesmerizing us with its beauty in architecture and futuristic appeal, we can’t wait […]

Mar 1, 2015 Read →

Art

[Photo Series] Revisiting Basquiat

The artist known as Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City back in 1960. Gaining success for his art work through a local graffiti group known as SAMO, Basquiat produced creations that inspired, motivated, devastated, and most importantly, caused an impact on those peering into the art world at the […]

Feb 27, 2015 Read →

Social Culture

[WELLNESS DIY] Juicing for Bone Protection: Apple Crisp

[Cross published from JuiceRecipes. Full credit to this awesome site for always supplying updated and consistent health information for us to indulge and share with you all! Juicing is the F U T U R E! Ingredients Apples – 5 medium (3″ dia) 910g Celery – 2 stalk, large (11″-12″ long) 128g Oranges (peeled) – 2 […]

Feb 17, 2015 Read →