So, Josh Madden is my creative soul mate. Whatever Josh puts me on to ends up being my new obsession and forever favorite. No lie, this dude not only knows everything rad, he just knows what everyone else will love. For example, the following are things he put me on to; Frank Ocean – Love, Zoo Kid (King Krule) – Obsessed, Lula’s Ice Cream – Weakness.
But, being the stubborn Taurus that I am…I’ve always mentally disagreed with anything people present to me as something or someone I love. When Josh told me, “Vashtie you will love Dana. You guys will totally get each other”. I thought, “We’ll see”.
I should have known better. I met Dana and automatically felt like we were little kids talking about art. She’s super rad. She has a line called DEERDANA and  she  makes these line drawn portraits of cultural impressarios and general awesome folks and prints them on shirts.
She’s been doing Q & A’s with friends who get to pick a shirt and are photographed in it. I was stoked when she asked me to be in it.
I had a hard time choosing between: Patti Smith, Yves Saint Laurent, Amare, Frida and Pablo Picasso. Then, by a stroke of luck, I found out she was making a Jeremy Lin shirt and that’s all she wrote! Just stay tuned for a collaboration between me and Miss Dana Veraldi!!!
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