https://thisisfutureyou.com Future You Mon, 24 Oct 2016 05:21:32 +0000 https://thisisfutureyou.com en http://thisisfutureyou.com/Stockist Mon, 24 Oct 2016 05:21:32 +0000 Future You 115616 <img width="292" height="92" width_o="292" height_o="92" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1c1eea6920f6c1479ef9a6da5c9a161261b1313897d889eaa7f20fae22d010ca/logo_1_292.jpg" data-mid="120639" border="0" data-scale="45"/> Buy &nbsp; &nbsp; About&nbsp; &nbsp; Stockist &nbsp; &nbsp;  &nbsp; <img width="1194" height="1148" width_o="1194" height_o="1148" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fc6de8e8a453ff384aa71776148eee7cdb55c8f82923f03163d09b183ffe3dba/Screen-Shot-2016-10-23-at-10.27.32-PM.png" data-mid="120641" border="0" data-scale="92"/> <img width="1180" height="900" width_o="1180" height_o="900" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/621917331c210772f3e44fea37d6b9b4cea1eb6c60cb5c5f1c77b0d612bc9292/Screen-Shot-2016-10-23-at-10.27.40-PM.png" data-mid="120640" border="0" /> Los Angeles: Stories [Echo Park] Pop-Hop [Highland Park] Toronto: Likely General&nbsp;SOOP SOOP&nbsp;  Buy &nbsp; &nbsp; About&nbsp; &nbsp; Stockist &nbsp; &nbsp;  &nbsp; Los Angeles: Stories [Echo Park] Pop-Hop [Highland Park] Toronto: Likely... http://thisisfutureyou.com/Excerpt Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:49:10 +0000 Future You 100297 <img width="292" height="92" width_o="292" height_o="92" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/03923c1e248dc26053dbe087d97fb088cacef6b0deed6d430f613f61a745da3e/logo_1.jpg" data-mid="96879" border="0" data-scale="45"/> Buy &nbsp; &nbsp; About &nbsp; &nbsp; Stockist &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Excerpt from Francis Forever:&nbsp; As the days went on, my want for him felt like a burden, dragging me along with it into very elaborate fantasy scenarios. I was a maid, he: a middle-aged hotel guest. I: a seahorse, he: another seahorse. I: a scrunchie, he: an endless ponytail. But my greatest fantasy of all was the feeling that I was being watched. I thought that if I just believed he was always watching me, I’d be forced to act like the kind of woman he could marry, until I really was that woman. So I made sure to create an aura of sexiness all over my apartment. There are only two ways to create sexiness: perfume and dancing, and I am allergic to perfume. No one knows this about me, but I am basically a professional in-front- of-the-mirror dancer. This is the kind of dance that no one sees. The&nbsp;secret kind. You’ve done this dance. Maybe it even took you a moment to remember that you’ve done it, but you have. You played a song, faced the mirror and started moving your body. Maybe you mouthed all of the words to a song and impressed yourself with this. Maybe you turned yourself on by rounding your hips over and over again until you thought to yourself: what if I’m sexier than I even know? You are. Don’t be ashamed. How do you think that those people in nightclubs know how to dance so well? Do you think it just happened one day? No, they spent years in front of the mirror quietly thinking: does this make me look like I am having sex with my clothes on? I have found reasons to press all of the numbers that make up his number&nbsp;in succession and hit “call.” This is often followed by “end call” but not always. I space out all of these calls as if I were eating popcorn one kernel at a time, pausing to breathe between each bite. Have you ever tried this? It is hard. There is something within all of us that wants more popcorn than our mouths allow, but it is a spiritual practice to chew and swallow each one at a&nbsp;time. One kernel at a time I say: “Hello.”“Hi.”“Did you hear that?”“Hear what?”“That sound, it sounded like an animal.” “I didn’t hear anything.”“Must have been the wind.” One at a time. I hold one of his empty beer cans and, swallow. I hear his voice and, swallow. I see a baby that looks like it could be ours and, swallow. — I have to go to the post office today which is the kind of thing I’d tell Francis about since our thing really got going because of a package, or date, was it technically a date? He’d probably take care of it for me if I asked but I haven’t seen him in a few weeks, and this really can’t wait. I am returning a pair of pants because I accidentally hit “small” when I meant to hit “medium” and I only realized this after checkout, so I had to wait for an entire system to run it’s course so that I could hit “medium” again. As I tracked my package on UPS, I saw it being dispatched from a warehouse in New Mexico, placed onto a truck headed to Tucson, then to another warehouse in Anaheim and finally, to my doorstep in Los Feliz. When the package arrived, I held it in my hands and felt the hands of every person that touched it, and I felt ashamed. I wanted to call them all and explain what happened. They held up their end of this and I just watched my mistake move through the country in real time. On my drive to the post office, I started noticing signs everywhere. This is common. Signs most often appear when you are looking for them. Try it for yourself next time; almost anything can be a sign. Now that I’m in love, all of my signs are love-shaped. The license plate in front of me at a stop sign spelled out FEELNIT, a plastic bag that read Thank You, Thank You, Thank You blew from a branch like a flag and two goth teens made out aggressively at a bus stop. I kissed my ngers and gently pressed them up against the windshield and whispered “bless you.” Most people don’t know that blessings are free and you can give them away as often as you want, even if you are not religious. When I walked into the post office, I noticed a long line of people in a kind of snake formation edging towards the exit. None of us chose each other, but there we were. We had all left our special somebody-ness in the car, or at home; none of it would be required of us here. All that was required was to move the line along, and some of us were failing. There were gaps between us. Deep valleys of open space. Some bodies too close, others too far. This is because most people don’t care. Most people don’t do the work; they don’t even show up. They turn up right at the end all out of breath and ask, “did I miss it?” And we say: “yes, we handled it. It’s over, go home.” I looked around at the mess we had created and felt anxious. I let out an audible sigh which is like saying, “unbelievable!” with your breath. Then, I looked up at the uorescent lights above me and remembered: I am in love. I nearly burst out in laughter that I had almost forgot about this very important thing. Most people in the world right now, at this moment, are not in love. They are out of love or over love or under-loved. They are nowhere near the in part. They are typing online profiles that say “Looking for Love” and refreshing the page. I suddenly became self-conscious that maybe I was feeling so much love that it was making people feel uncomfortable. But I looked around and no one seemed to notice – that’s how rare love has become. In front of me was a large, elderly man. He was both tall and wide, a real bottleneck for our slow moving conga line. His shape demanded all of the space that this great earth would give him, and as I entered his orbit, I feared being swallowed whole by whatever magnetic force sucks you into large, dark masses. “We’re going to be here for a while,” he said. “Yes,” I laughed. I thought about pretending I didn’t understand English but remembered I didn’t know any other languages. “What do you have there?”“Oh, it’s – I made a mistake, I’m returning something.”Something about the soft look on his face said he was somebody’s father and&nbsp;he could tell that I was somebody’s daughter and because of this, he chose me as his temporary surrogate. Like a reclining chair, I relaxed into it. “Me too, I never heard the mailman ring the bell.” He held up a note that said, Sorry We Missed You!“I hate when that happens.”“I don’t mind it. It’s fun not to know.” “Yeah, but then you get stuck here on a Saturday.”“It’s not so bad if you know you’ll get a present in the end.” “What kind of present?”“I’m picking up a package from my girlfriend.” The way he said the word “girlfriend” suggested this was a new arrangement. He hadn’t worn out the word yet, so it felt like a surprise every time the word exited his mouth, and every time, he was pleased by it.&nbsp;  Buy &nbsp; &nbsp; About &nbsp; &nbsp; Stockist &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Excerpt from Francis Forever:&nbsp; As the days... http://thisisfutureyou.com/About Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:57:15 +0000 Future You 100223 <img width="292" height="92" width_o="292" height_o="92" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/079e650a206e4ccfdcc4ed5e8565d0307847695ecf55668fa69c5f07c50e46af/logo_4.jpg" data-mid="96779" border="0" data-scale="45"/> Buy &nbsp; &nbsp; About&nbsp; &nbsp; Stockist &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="5000" height="6100" width_o="5000" height_o="6100" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/488c7c249971a407e25129ef5e8a4ac516297437a32f86cb13a904e64da6fec5/profile.jpg" data-mid="96780" border="0" /> Andrea Nakhla and Nada Alic – the co-creators of Future You have been collaborating on various projects for the last three years with the launch of their first book in 2014. Since then, they have released three books: Future You (2014), I Saw It In You (2016) and Future You No. 2 (2016). When they’re not working on collaborative art projects, Andrea spends her time as a painter, working out of her Los Angeles studio, while Nada is the managing editor at Society6, an print-on-demand platform for visual artists. For stockist opportunities, freelance inquiries, and makeup contouring tips, you can contact them at: andreanakhla [at] gmail.com nada.alic [at] gmail.com Learn more at: www.andreanakhla.com www.nadaalic.comFollow them on Instagram at:@future__you@andreantoinette @nadaalic Selected PressLive Fast Magazine Urban Outfitters People of Print Nasty GalWestwood Westwood BOOOOOOOMClever LA Metatron Storychord Society6 Cool HuntingCover Junkie Ooga Booga x ForYourArt Artist Books and Cookies The Rumpus Review Buy &nbsp; &nbsp; About&nbsp; &nbsp; Stockist &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Andrea Nakhla and Nada Alic – the co-creators of Future You have been... http://thisisfutureyou.com/Buy Sun, 03 Jul 2016 23:12:03 +0000 Future You 85546 <img width="292" height="92" width_o="292" height_o="92" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/62e90711a172307f0f255f1e2b92ed62fdb4a1eab2a1c40d41e019a1ef24d324/logo_13.jpg" data-mid="78888" border="0" data-scale="45"/> Buy &nbsp; &nbsp; About&nbsp; &nbsp; Stockist &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp; <img width="2000" height="2000" width_o="2000" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8e591dd537c88a97eb0a37a09964be0fd1bc47d44a8d453834ff13c991d0cdcd/futureyou_2_20.jpg" data-mid="78891" border="0" /><img width="2000" height="1566" width_o="2000" height_o="1566" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cd80b0e84908688f50f314ea503a88c30e73d8fd8d74e04e7901a209f6fe8fe4/futureyou_1.2_crop.jpg" data-mid="78892" border="0" /> Future You No. 2 (Sold Out) Future You No. 2 features a collection of six original short stories by writer Nada Alic and artwork by artist Andrea Nakhla. Contents: In the ZoneFrancis ForeverHollywood Park CasinoGood GirlThe Unbearable Hotness of BeingThe BabyRelease Date:Aug 30th, 2016 Details: Paper Stock: 100lb uncoated textTrim size: 8.5x5.5Binding: Perfect BoundPages: 50Quantity: 500 Read an ExcerptPrice: $25 SOLD OUT!!!&nbsp; <img width="550" height="550" width_o="550" height_o="550" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/674776800fb69710127ab5fb86ff2fc91c3e4ab6aed7fcc3d3ac350b66a000be/how-to-be-a-girl-dpj-framed-prints-1.jpg" data-mid="78896" border="0" /><img width="550" height="550" width_o="550" height_o="550" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7cfd3c6611a459c98561eaf1d39892993329913a6f19d447f4b98d36b2d0b872/hollywood-park-casino-ugy-framed-prints.jpg" data-mid="78897" border="0" /><img width="550" height="550" width_o="550" height_o="550" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/79757b4ebe029f340f4c6a08aa9509b31748699ab015b75cc6e066adb441f2f2/good-girl-2j5-framed-prints.jpg" data-mid="78895" border="0" /> Future You No. 2 Art Prints Fine art prints, tees and more available here. <img width="2700" height="2700" width_o="2700" height_o="2700" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bedc534056cd1d7fd998c2932fe0fc43d148c51eb5502bd300b2e1a86c762384/isawit_18.jpg" data-mid="78893" border="0" /> I Saw It In You (Sold Out) I Saw It In You was released in February, 2016 as apart of artist Andrea Nakhla’s art show entitled Little Joy at New Image Art. The book features 11 original portraits with accompanying prose written by Nada Alic. <img width="2000" height="2000" width_o="2000" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e21728933a29ef0de2510bd44ee11c077220aa4802e08763f36c07757cabce86/futureyou_vol1_17.jpg" data-mid="78894" border="0" /> Future You (Sold Out)Future You was released in June 2014 and included contributions from photographer, Angela Lewis and designer and musician, Nik Ewing.The debut book examined the complicated textures and nuances of the Universe and everyone inside of it. Both tender and destructive; the characters of Future You are always experiencing, becoming, unraveling. Innocuous everyday events transform into sacred shrines for such things as: experiencing the true horror of living inside of a 12 year old body, the spiritual sensations of accidental human contact in a crowded train, the abandon of unshaved legs and the utter strangeness of dying in front of strangers. Future You is a digital print 44-page color zine, 8.5"x5.5" perfect bound on 70lb matte paper stock. Stories: Run, Wild // Dance Into It // How To Be A Girl // Going Places // Sleeping BillPast Press &amp; Events: Interview with Nasty Gal Feature on BOOOOOOOM Feature on Storychord Interview on Society6 Future You II Launch Party at Resident&nbsp; Interview with Cool Hunting Ooga Booga x ForYourArt Artist Books and Cookies Future You Zine Launch and Reading at Warehouse Acropolis&nbsp; The Rumpus Review &nbsp;  Buy &nbsp; &nbsp; About&nbsp; &nbsp; Stockist &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp; Future You No. 2 (Sold Out) Future You No. 2 features a collection of six... http://thisisfutureyou.com/Home Wed, 02 Dec 2015 20:09:56 +0000 Future You 58005 <img width="292" height="92" width_o="292" height_o="92" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/11c89efc2942a6b0482a0112a4051a307752763a44d870f213d0981ca8a36a11/logo.jpg" data-mid="588827" border="0" /> Buy &nbsp; &nbsp; About&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Stockist&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Full of wit and humour, The Trick guides the viewer on a journey through modern manners. Think of it as a playful, animated, and knowing chat with the most hippy-dippy friend of yours, and you’ll be halfway there. A gloriously loose interpretation of the sort of self-help spiritualism that seems so prevalent in certain sections of Los Angeles – where both Nada and Andrea currently live and work – The Trick is as charming as it is tongue-in-cheek.“ -It’s Nice That <img width="2500" height="1688" width_o="2500" height_o="1688" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c1ce25280fa2a034bc867a9893caa42d0ba65ee2317ae1b7bd844d4cc5af4551/futureyou_3_1.jpg" data-mid="44405" border="0" /><img width="4000" height="2700" width_o="4000" height_o="2700" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f48e1b4348de6de87a2e201584f1ddf9ad39759ba89daec2c6007ed56a6ddab0/futureyou_4.jpg" data-mid="44407" border="0" /><img width="4000" height="2700" width_o="4000" height_o="2700" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7089ee581b36d2cb02d8b0e488965282861f488c0db4db167606dc816be2eecb/futureyou_1.2.jpg" data-mid="44409" border="0" /><img width="4000" height="2700" width_o="4000" height_o="2700" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9592fbb9d5c2345d6f3880abf6998888319d89ffabe30841cdb32a0ae8de5c8e/futureyou_5.jpg" data-mid="44408" border="0" /> Future You is a collection of short fiction and original artwork by Los Angeles-based writer Nada Alic and artist Andrea Nakhla.A follow up to their 2014 debut, this collection explores the internal landscape of six different characters who are really trying to get this whole life thing right. (Spoiler: they don’t!) Each character constructs their own coping mechanisms against such enduring and universally recognized trauma as: the beginning, middle and end of love. Such mechanisms include activities like: dance, spirituality, nudity, secrets, lucid dreaming and online chatrooms. At it’s core, Future You is an examination into all of our most tender parts: the parts most often rejected, most readily discarded, most easily substituted for a ¯_(ツ)_/¯ attitude towards life. In almost-painful contrast, all of the characters of Future You share an uninhibited desire to belong, to be loved, and to be seen. &nbsp;"The new book by L.A.-based artists Nada Alic and Andrea Nakhla is more human than a lot of humans are... In a time of pronounced superficiality, Future You is the deeply human antidote: intimate, intelligent, and beautiful as it traces the strange but painfully familiar thoughts of its characters in their search for connection, love, and meaning." - Nasty Gal Galaxy Nada has beautifully translated the subtle neurosis we are most all guilty of possessing with a refreshing sense of comic relief. - Live FAST Magazine Feeling feelings is hard sometimes. Future You gets real about the realest human emotions that come with self-discovery, sexuality, love relationships, and friends. In their second installment, writer Nada Alic and Andrea Nakhla fuse their writing and illustration talents to bring out the beauty and awkward hilarity in the most vulnerable moments.&nbsp;- Westwood Westwood "To examine Nada Alic and Andrea Nakhla's book of short, illustrated fiction Future You No. 2 is to also take at very least a fleeting glimpse in the mirror (or, if you're me, more of a deep gaze). Characters longing for closeness, exploring their own desires, and questioning their place in the universe — ya know, the light stuff — are well-drawn in their specificity yet totally relatable, mostly through language and illustrations that fluctuate evenly between hilarious and heartbreaking." -Clever LA Purchase Future You No. 2 here.&nbsp; &nbsp;  Buy &nbsp; &nbsp; About&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Stockist&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Full of wit and humour, The Trick guides the viewer on a journey through modern...