//DDD//YES - PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE BUT NOT DAD
My Father, Willie James Long.
Written by Maya Contreras, Editor-in-Chief, The DDD
I sat by the radio, as I do every year on this day, listening to the speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.
Every year, he inspires me to review my life, and to think about what I am contributing. His life was one brave act after another. Danger and precarious circumstances were daily hurdles, yet he continued contemplate what was right and good.
//DDD//Let Go
Written by Maya Contreras, Editor-in-Chief, The DDD.
I woke up this morning trying to remember things that I’ve done in the past that have brought me happiness, or rather, a sense of freedom.
Running a business, this magazine, has it’s brief moments of artistic freedom and expression, but it is mostly coordination, writing emails, constantly being on the phone (I caught my boyfriend contemplating throwing my blackberry out of a window) organizing interviews, running to photoshoots, or asking for forgiveness from a vendor when a bill cannot be paid on time. Day in and day out it can weigh heavily on me.
//DDD//PREVIEW: BILL BURR in Issue #3 The DDD
Brilliantly hilarious comedian/actor Bill Burr in the next issue of the DDD shoot by the utterly talented Koury Angelo in Los Angeles (interview by Editor-in-Chief Maya Contreras). The DDD #3 “The Funny Issue” Fall/Winter, coming soon….
