It's really important & really meaningful that we are cultivating some sort of creative community in Fort Lauderdale. I really wanna thank you guys for for showing up to other people's stuff. I really want to encourage you to show up to other people's stuff because that's how we're going to grow the creative community.

When something is your home and it becomes your community the last thing you want to do is take it somewhere else. There's been a movement in this area...

Wabi-Sabi: Japanese aesthetic that values imperfection. Find the value in mistakes. Embrace "Happy Accidents."

Pursuing the chance to find the potential in something makes it easier to find the potential in everything.

Serendipity doesn't occur as much when you sit idly by.

Choose to find the potential in what could be considered just 'good luck.'

I step back from my situation and I said, 'If I just share my story and if I address the issues that I faced as a Muslim person in Miami, I can make a difference.'

Numbness happens when we are shocked too often but forget to take our finger out of the outlet.

When you experience shock, you have two options: 1) Lose faith in humanity and do nothing or 2) Partially lose faith in humanity and create constructive change in order to restore faith.

Engage the world looking for potential, so that you'll have more opportunity to experience serendipity in your life.

This was a result of my conscious choice to believe in something, rather than nothing.

I emerged with a sense of peace and calm.

The constant stage of change that we're always living in.

I didn't know how to get out of this crisis I was going through - and then, the rabbit hole presented itself.

I'm keeping an open mind, and when things click and I make a discovery, there's an entertainment value, there's a playoff.

It was a desire worth pursing.

Art effects everyone in a different way.

Choose to find the potential in what could be considered just "good luck"

Pursuing the chance to find the potential in something, makes it easier to find the potential in everything.

There are those who see good luck as random or meaningless - and those that say to themselves, "Wait a minute, what just happened here? What is the meaning of this sign?"

Laughter unlocks a higher level of brilliance.

When I have to come with ideas, especially when it's in a pinch, I need to create the conditions for creativity.

If something doesn't fit you, you can tailor it fit you better.

Identity is something that can shift, and I started to think about, 'How can I take what makes me me and the things that are my strengths that I do well and with little effort and bring those into the things that are really uncomfortable?'

Refinery29 started as a tiny idea which was to celebrate the independent makers of New York City, the people that were bringing together really unique and diverse communities and celebrating personal style.