“Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility.” – Rosebeth Moss Kanter
[shared with me by brilliant photographer and personal friend Adrianne Dues]

The world is full of beautiful ideas.  It’s when the idea is born within someone who has the drive, determination and the resources to bring it to life that something magical occurs.

Spirited Magazine is one of those moments, brought to life by Amanda Antunes.  It is part online magazine, part exhibit, part performance piece.  In Amanda’s own words:

“When we first conceptualized Spirited, we imagined it would be more of an interactive installation project than an actual magazine.  We thought of it as a thematic journal of ideas, a progression of our identities both as a fiction and a reality.”
[Spirited Magazine October Newsletter]

On October 3, the Lily Pad in Cambridge was converted into a backdrop for Spirited Magazine’s opening night.

[Gorgeous photography from the online magazine wrapped the walls in metal waves...]

[...along with the stories, quotes and articles.]

[Spirited Creative Director and Editor-in-Chief Amanda Antunes and Layout Designer Philip DuPertuis.]

[Gregor resorting to bad habits to help him get through a photo session for Joonbug's Style Stalker.]

[Amanda Dugay Forrester of Red Bird Vintage, who helped organize together the launch party (and made her own vintage-style headpiece for the event).]

[Gregor happily showing off his Jack D'Or, provided for the event by Pretty Things.]

[A lovely guest enjoying a cupcake.]

[The Drunken Cupcake provided treats in flavors like Lemon Drop Martini, Very Berry Margarita, and Irish Car Bomb (chocolate stout cake with whiskey ganache and Irish Cream frosting).]

[If I seem partial to the cupcakes it could be because my sister made them.]

[Songstress Katie Chastain, who is featured in the magazine, performed several numbers from her album Firecracker.]

[Walking back to the T we passed a Taco Bell. Gregor got very excited and had to go in. Like a kid in a candy store...]

[If you missed it, details of what I wore here.]

You can view the first issue, Dreams and Illusions, online now, follow their blog for upcoming appearances, or catch them today and tomorrow at the Fort Point Open Studios.