Morning light on my face is an ongoing ritual of sorts...walks in presence, feeling my body fully. Also creating time to sit in silence, to simply be, and to observe the mind, the heart, and connect back to the Infinite...

When I started I was personally going through a moment of changes and I felt the need to explore other sides of me that weren’t awake before...

We brought together our Titas, our community of women we love and admire, for a shared meal in Los Angeles, California over the past summer. It was a gathering of the minds, hearts and souls...

My mom, Milla, grew up in the South Bay of California in the 50s and 60s as that area was turning from rural farmland into Silicon Valley. She was always a little different and her somewhat bohemian parents allowed her to be that...

I feel so grateful that even though cooking has become my work, it still remains my deepest source for ‘calm’. When I am cooking, I am only thinking about cooking...

My early memories with nature are so omnipresent, I‘m having a hard time picking one time and place out of my memory. Some have been mirrored back to me through family...

I grew up in nature, so I always craved the opposite - a high energy bustling city life. Through my 20s and most of my 30s I spent time in cities, and I loved it. When our family grew and we had a kid, that’s the first time I started yearning for nature again...

I grew up in Chicago, the midwest. Doc’s farm was bought and built 6 years ago after my brothers and I all got involved. We all wanted a farm and projects we could work on as a family...

It wasn’t until later (already into my ceramics career) that I realized how much the city of São Paulo and the Korean art culture influenced my work. I was always drawn to modern architecture, while at the same time being enamored with colonial Portuguese structures...

Your father is from Ghana, and your mother’s maternal side was from Jamaica. As Marissa (Anaak founder) is a 2nd generation immigrant American, she is curious if you felt like an immigrant, and possibly ‘different’ from the other African American families...

We moved a lot, between countries, between cultures. We were not religious, so the Jewish upbringing is mostly cultural. I do love to make Jewish food with loved ones. There were not many Jewish people in Japan growing up;...

I grew up on Long Island then moved to Brooklyn when I was 18- years-old. My childhood was your standard suburban middle-class, mostly-white experience. I was in my own little world most of the time. I loved nature, animals and creating...