Jonah

Recently saw a link/review to the short film entilted 'Jonah' by Kibwe Tavares and found it extremely visually intriguing with a great story line and message. See below for short description of the film and enjoy!

JONAH

Mbwana and his best friend Juma are two young men with big dreams. These dreams become reality when they photograph a gigantic fish leaping out of the sea and their small town blossoms into a tourist hot-spot as a result. But for Mbwana, the reality isn't what he dreamed – and when he meets the fish again, both of them forgotten, ruined and old, he decides only one of them can survive. Jonah is a big fish story about the old and the new, and the links and the distances between them. A visual feast, shot though with humour and warmth, it tells an old story in a completely new way.

JONAH from Factory Fifteen on Vimeo.

Wednesday's Words- 'Being Positive'

Being positive

You cannot instantly change the situation by being positive about it. What you can instantly change is your perspective, and that will give you an enormous advantage.

 Even when there’s no good justification for being positive, be positive. Because it is always far superior to the alternative, and gives you maximum power and effectiveness.

Being positive is a choice you can make that will connect you to the best possibilities. Being positive forces you to also be positively creative.

 When things are difficult, do you really want to make them even more difficult by being negative? Choose instead to realistically see the situation for what it is, and then to be positive about moving forward from it.

Eventually, somebody is going to change things for the better, and it might as well be you. Think and see and do from a positive perspective and create good, meaningful value.

 By being positive you are being powerful, useful, thankful, compassionate, sincere and highly effective. Make the choice to be positive, and truly make the world a better place.

— Ralph Marston

'No New Friends' Parody

We have gotten to know Kris Rosenberg and his hilarious sketches. Check out Kris in his 'No New Friends' parody rockin The Ivorys 'One of One' tee.

Monday Music- Daft Punk 'Get Lucky'

Wednesday's Words

Improved attitude

No matter how good and positive your attitude may be, you can improve it. And when you improve your attitude, your attitude improves you.

 To improve your attitude, you don’t have to deny reality. When you improve your attitude, it doesn’t mean things will be perfect.

What it means is that you’ll be more positive, more effective, and more solidly focused on the best possibilities. What it means is that you’ll live and act from a position of strength.

 With an improved attitude, you can still clearly see all the problems. Yet instead of living in fear of them, you’ll choose to be bigger than those problems.

Right now, there’s a certain way you feel about life, and a certain way you expect life to be. Just think of what could happen if you made the choice to raise those expectations.

 Whether you have a great attitude or a lousy one, decide today to improve it. For where your attitude goes, your life will quickly follow.

— Ralph Marston

Unique LA Spring Show Recap

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth this past weekend at Unique LA to show some love. We dropped some new merch, had a great time meeting new folks and enjoyed being able to share The Ivorys.

New merch will be available later this week.

Check out a few photos from the weekend and a couple Vine vids we had fun with.

New 'La La Land' Tee

New Lampin' Tank 

New 'It Was All So Simple Then' Tee

New 'Love Hard' Tank 

The lovely folks at Donut Snob were our neighbors for this years Spring show. They definitely had some yummy donuts. Check out The Ivorys 'La La Land' tee. 

- The Ivorys

Music Monday- Chance the Rapper- 'Juice'