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ABSTRACT MINIMALIST ARTIST

JEN& EMMA

MATTHEW ADAM ROSS

FROM SMALL TOWN TO BIG TIME

fashion totally outside the box

BO KHASAMARINA

Michael Brun

HOW TO TASTEFULLY END A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR PARTNER

CONTRI BUTORS Georgia Bryce Ms. Bryce, an eloquent and influential speaker, teacher, motivator, mentor, and life coach, finds energy and passion in inspiring individuals to reconcile their lives with the Master Architect. She helps people, through conformance to His specifications, come into the expected end that was pre-designed for them. Her messages are geared towards empowering individuals, through the process of self-discovery and the pursuit of their tailored purpose. Emphasis is on accurate relationship development; beginning with the individual (self) and then interdependently. Visit her at buildingaccordingtopattern.com

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Toni Douglas Known by most as "Toni". For eleven years, Toni served her community as a high school English teacher and an Instructional Reading Coach for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Currently, Toni is in pursuit of publishing her first book, Controlling Your Crazy While Dating Your Non-Existent Boyfriend. In her spare time, Toni enjoys shopping, traveling and writing. In addition to writing for CREATIV magazine, she serves as the blogger for The Millionheiress Club and Keva J Swimwear. One day, Toni aspires to be an esteemed author and public speaker. For the mini bio on the article: Toni is in pursuit of publishing her first book, Controlling Your Crazy While Dating Your Non-Existent Boyfriend.

Showeshi Boston Showeshi Strickland-Boston, ACC, is a certified and accredited Travel Consultant with 13 years of experience in the travel industry, beginning with close to 10 years with Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., before opening her own full-service travel agency as a Cruise Planners and American Express Travel Representative. Her industry experience has included managing and overseeing divisions focusing on sales, marketing and training which included training and development of Sales Managers for Royal Caribbean and fellow Travel Agents. Traveling has been a lifelong passion, fueled by on-going education within the field that allows Ms. Strickland-Boston to provide personalized, informed, consultative and expert travel planning to her clients. For more information about her agency, visit the agency's website at www.CruiseElite.com.

Emonde Prosper The Conduit for the Poet Entrepreneur, Emonde M. Prosper is an author, spoken word poet, and creative entrepreneur advocate. Founder of RegalPoete, an arts and education programming company, Emonde devotes her time to developing artists into small business owners. With her first book, â€œExposure is Not Enough: Pay Me for My Artâ€? she continues to be a passionate vocal advocate for the social reform of the prosperous and sustainable artist in all art forms. www.RegalPoete.com

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APR -MAY 2017

Michael Brun

Celebrity Music Producer

IN THIS ISSUE VISUAL ARTS Accessories 48 Creative Handmade creations by Farah Cornely

FASHION PHOTORGAPHY

Up Photography 20 Pop Black Strong and Beautiful by Photog. Minors and Akande

Up Photography 22 Pop "TIMES SQUARE" by photographer Brady Pappas

FEATURED STORIES Minimalist Artist 30 Abstract Getting to know Matthew Ross Presentation 36 Fashion Avant-Garde wearable clothing by Bo Khasamarina

Story 56 Cover Getting to know celebrity Artist

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Highlight 68 Celebrity Astrid Bavarasco Reality Star or Entrepreneur?

CREATIVE IDEAS Review 74 Product ROUTE by Jen and Emma

WRITER'S CORNER Telling 84Story Blanche Williams - A Beacon of Vision and Beauty by Yvonne Nobles

in style 88 Traveling What's Your Plan?

by Showeshi Boston

90 Empowerment Living My Life Like It's Golden by Georgia Bryce

92Goodbye and Good Riddance Love and Relationships

How To Tastefully End A Relationship With Your Partner by Toni Douglas

Entrepreneurship 94Artistic Setting that legacy example by Emonde Prosper

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Visual Arts |

Fabulous Creations by Farah Cornely

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Choublack colllecetion. In red. Also available in turquoise and orange and fuschia. Price:

Farah Cornely, ARTIST

ems are meant to be rare, and when found, treated with the utmost care. Thatâ€™s how Farah Cornely treats her creations. Farah is no stranger to the arts at a young age she dabbled in music, dance and even painting. In her own words, she describes how art came into her life and why she started in the first place: "Art came to me. I remember selling Christmas cards, valentine cards and Motherâ€™s Day cards to all my relatives and friends...and I was just ten years old. My parents would send me to all the crafts summer camps and that's where my passion for anything that had to do with art started. I always knew that I would work in the art industry...but it's only when I was going through cancer treatments, that art, more specifically painting, really became more than just a hobby."

CREATING ART CAME PURELY WITH THE WILL TO SURVIVE.

"Painting saved me; gave me a purpose. Surviving an insurmountable unfortunate series of events, was my only goal: I survived breast cancer. My sister and my dad died of cancer. I had a preemie baby and I spend months in the hospital fighting for his life."

One thing was and is still Obvious for me: Life is precious. Living is a blessing, and I vowed to help bring joy and happiness with every piece that I will create and every word that my art will inspire me. Because I believe that art and words can lift a soul. I believe that art and words can save a life. I believe that colors and positive words can have a tremendous power over a life. I hope that all my creations will change someone perspective of life; give the little strength needed to go on, and most of all, bring joy. Welcome to my world!

Stud: one inch. Custom order in the colors of your choice. Price 16$ us

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UNPARALELLED QUALITY Perfect for the Neo Bohemian woman, a sprinkle of chic, while never staying away from being genuine and true to herself. Bracelet: made of semiprecious stone and stainless steel. Unisexe. $23 us

Made of mala beads. The length is adjustable. Unisexe. $23 us

Key chain: collection empowerment. $13US

Necklace: painted shell with stainless steel. $27US

As you can see these pieces are special and come from a place a strength and inspiration. They say that art also makes its way through from pain, well she surely transformed what would be a complete tragedy into something beautiful. Her art can be found on her website www.farahcornely.com , she certainly deserves our support and words of encouragement.

Earrings handpainted on wood red yellow and gold, dangle earring unique gift for her mother's day anniversary birthday. $23.50US

Wood painted set of bracelets. Combined with stainless steel. $24US

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Featured Stories |

Astrid Bavaresco

ASTRID BAVARESCO

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C- For those who don’t know Astrid has a degree in Speech Therapy however pursued a venture in Fashion Design. Speech Therapy and Fashion Designer are 2 different fields . Can you tell me which one was first and what sparked the creativity in becoming a fashion designer? A- SPEECH THERAPY came first. It is my true passion, I love helping others, it is an extremely rewarding profession. I love it! I opened up my first business when I was 23. I owned a boutique, and carried swimwear. This sparked the creativity in becoming a designer and creating my own styles. C- Tell us a bit more about how your swim line originated. What sparked the idea of your line Hera Swim? Is there a deep meaning to the name?

e recently had the chance to recently catch up with Astrid Bavaresco, who is taping for season two of the show WAGS Miami (Wives and Girlfriends of Sports Miami) premiered last year on E! according to THE DIRTY, she decided to come back for a second season after her altercation with another cast member, however here at CREATIV we rather focus on the good. One of the main reasons she decided to come back was to grow her business. “I think the show is a great platform for my business and that is the main reason for my return.” – she states during her interview. Well we couldn’t be happier for her, a step in the right direction, entrepreneurship has a way of changing people for the best, as our obstacles and failures can only be considered as lesson learned and stepping stones for the success that awaits us. The following is a short conversation with Astrid to find out her plans about her emerging Swimwear business:

CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS AND CATCH ASTRID ON SEASON 2 OF WAGS

A- According to Greek mythology, HERA is the Goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, and family. She is the queen of the God's. It seemed appropriate when I was searching for a name to represent strong powerful women. C-So you’ve dated a few athletes in the celebrity world, do you think this what a strategic move in terms of growing your business or was it pure serendipity you fell in love and what followed was just life? A- When I dated the first athlete, my business did not exist and the opportunity for WAGs had not been presented to me. Life just placed these men in my path and I have genuinely loved, liked or cared for them. I am a hopeless romantic searching for true love and could never date someone as a strategic business move. C- You’ve also dabbled into the modeling world is that a career that you would like to pursue despite the fact that

models and designers are viewed differently? No! I would never want to pursue modeling. C- Regarding you being on the show WAGS, how are you able to balance being a fashion designer and a reality star? A- Time management. I have become great at managing my time wisely. Thanks to my great time management skills I am able to juggle WAGs, Graduate school, a business, and a personal, social and family life. C- Do you plan on showcasing a new collection? If so when and where can we catch it? A- You can follow HERA on instagram @heraswim and watch more of my business journey on season 2 of WAGs miami.

I could never date someone as a strategic business move. C- (Just for kicks!) Seems like the media waves are saying that you are single, any love interest in the horizon? I crush a lot! Lol Like I said, I'm a hopeless romantic! And You will get to see at a bit of my dating life in season 2. C- As a young entrepreneur what advice can you give the young ladies reading you in terms of achieving their dreams just like you did? Set short term goals to help you reach your long term goals. Don't expect success overnight and don't share your dreams and goals with everyone. Work in silence, let success make the noise!