BITE THIS

I find myself at somewhat of a crossroads. I’ve exhausted my opportunities in El Paso. I’ve done the desk job, I’ve done theatre, I’ve done acting, I’ve done writing, styling, photography, marketing….basically, you name it, I’ve done it. The only problem with all of that is the fact that I’ve remained on the same level. There’s no growth happening in EP. Imagine baking a full-sized cake in an Easy-Bake oven. I’m that full-sized cake and it’s time for me to upgrade to a professional oven.

This may come as a shock to some bit it’s never been a secret. I love NYC. How can I say that having never been there? I don’t know. Since I was just a young Persian-Mexican boy, I’ve always seen movies, read magazines and heard stories all to do with New York. Since I got my first issue of GQ, I dreamed of being The Style Guy, answering the questions of the sartorially-challenged from around our great nation. I knew that my aunt lived in NYC for a short-time. I knew my dad had friends there—so how did it take me 26 years to finally make the trip? That spark was lit by an old friend of mine, Joey. While we have never been close before, throughout the past couple of years, he was the only person who would call me up as soon as seeing my latest shoot just to give me pointers, advice and tons of constructive criticism. Joey has been living in NYC for the past couple of years and has done makeup for Vogue, Marie Claire, W Mag & Carolina Herrera, just to name a few. During a recent trip back home, Joey and I were talking and he told me, ” I know you can make it of you’d just get your ass to NYC.” Ok…maybe not exactly like that but you get the point.

I started looking into some options and I registered for a couple of summer courses at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology), which start July 3. Now, I’m in NYC for the first time in my life and I can’t say it hasn’t lived up to its expectations. In less than 24 hrs, there hasn’t been a moment that I’ve seen this city stop. Things are happening here (NON-STOP) and I want to be a part of it.

While I have a huge fear of failure, I’m not letting it stop me. One of my tricks hen performing in theatre is to transform the nervous energy that I get into creative energy. Use it to to make the best out of a situation in which you feel shaky. So far, that strategy hasn’t let me down and I’m crossing my fingers and saying my prayers that it doesn’t let me down now.

{nervous energy——->creative energy}

I’ll be moving here in mid-June. That’s only a couple of weeks away! Now you know what’s happening with Farz.

What’s going on in your neck of the woods?

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