Still Standing: My Personal Message of Survival

Hello, my friends.  I am so incredibly excited about some of the stuff I’ll be rolling out this year.  And for those that are connected with me via Facebook, you’ve already seen this logo.  Now let me share a bit of the story behind it.

On the suggestion of another artist I teamed up with Spencer Owens at 1Six5 Designs.  I knew I wanted to expand both the “Jasmynne Shaye” and “Stepping On a Few Toes” brands going into 2013.  When we originally met last year, I had no idea what I wanted – I just needed whatever we came up with to “speak for itself.”  I was looking to, in some way, combine my personal message with the message of STEPPING ON A FEW TOES.  And so the brainstorming began.  With five of us sitting around a table, one-liners were being tossed about and doodles were being scribbled on napkins, as I did my best to explain my vision.  I left the meeting excited about the possibilities, but worried I hadn’t quite gotten my message across.  I beat myself up for not being more prepared.  “He can’t possibly capture my vision if I can’t even explain it,” is what I thought.

But Spencer shocked and amazed me.  He more than captured what I wanted to say.  The photo you see here is of a t-shirt baring my fresh, new logo with the simple message:  Still Standing. 

I am absolutely in love with this thing.  Take away the text and the graphic still speaks volumes.  I could break it down for you bit by bit, but I’m gonna hold off on doing that for now.  For now I’m going to let you get from it whatever you like, and I’ll let it speak to you however it needs to.

The purpose of the logo?  Well it’s about to become my personal brand.  You’ll see what I mean.  Essentially, this is my personal message of survival and it’s a message that I hope to share with the world.  Two simple words coupled with a very memorable graphic.  I’m gonna leave it right there for now.

Many thanks again, to Spencer Owens and the awesome team at 1Six5 Designs.  I honestly couldn’t be more pleased.

As a reminder to everyone:  there is a poetry CD entitled “Still Standing” that contains a compilation of original poems by yours truly.  I don’t know about chicken soup for the soul, but it’s sure to lift your spirits and give you a shot of encouragement when you most need it.  Visit www.jasmynneshaye.com and click on the POETRY link (under “Contact”) to get more info.

Until next time!

My name is Jasmynne Shaye, and this is me STEPPING ON A FEW TOES.