PRESENT Newsletter ✺ 10
Hello Friend!
The third issue of PRESENT is here since a few weeks and we still can’t believe our baby is finally out in the world <3
After publishing we needed some time to recharge in the sun. Now we are back in full distribution mode, trying to share the magazine with as many readers as we can.
We visited many of our stockists (and new one’s!) in person and after such a long journey it’s a great feeling having it displayed and shared in so many wonderful places around the globe.
We are stoked to invite you to join us celebrate the launch of Issue 3 on Friday, October 27 at BAM in Berlin Kreuzberg✨
With drinks by our friends of Volée, our new collab with GLOW GLOW, lots of Present Products and much more 👀 Looking forward seeing you there!
Weeks 38–41 🌍
Straight from my personal weekly LOG, where I’m documenting my progress and process in life and work, and many of the thoughts along the way:
Recommendations from the Log for you:
🔊 The remastered version of Girl by Stratus from 1977 is a beautiful song I played a lot in the last weeks
💡 I really enjoyed Rick Rubin in conversation with Jay Shetty
🔮 I’m re-reading the great Grace Jones autobiography: I'll Never Write My Memoirs and I’ll never get enough of this legend
✍️ Derek Sivers on the benefits of a daily diary is a great starting point if you need a push
💫 As sports documentary fanatic I loved David Beckham on Netflix (ManU-Beckham-7 was my first international footbal jersey I got when I was 10)
🫂 Still listening to the masterpiece that is When I'm in Your Arms by Cleo Sol
🛰️ A great DJ set by Victor at Nachtdigital 2023
🌤️ Ange Postecoglou's on mental health in football
🎧 An amazing track and music video is Nouveau Western by MC Solaar from 1994
🌘 Rediscovered: Breathe (In the Air) by Pink Floyd from The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
🌞 Alicia Keys reading from her book More Myself
🦋 Past Lives by Celine Song is a masterfully directed movie with incredible acting
”Doing things that scare you will make you happier.”
Everything we put in the magazine, every journey, every advice, is what we long for and need ourselves. Sometimes it’s really the little things in our day-to-day, when we manage to get out of our comfort zone, that make a big difference.
In the last weeks I realized once more how just showing-up helps tremendously. Doing the difficult, uncomfortable thing is never easy, but always feels better afterwards. As Anaïs Nin said it best: “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
This project is a reminder to myself to always stay curious, to stay present. My dream remains: That PRESENT inspires our readers, our community to reflect, to risk, to start, to restart, to dare, to make. I’m rooting for you.
Talk to you soon!
Hugo xx
