Alex has come from Moscow to the Blue Mountains, she is a sustainability engineer & architect, PhD student, rock climbing goddess & photographer for Warrioress, her visionary artistry created the beautiful imagery shared on these platforms.
Alex has a keen aesthetic eye & as well as photography creates beautiful oil paintings inspired by her courageous adventures in nature.
Alex is currently on an exploration of her freedom in the wilderness of Tasmania, journeying in her micro van which she patiently & creatively built herself.
She is strong in her body, values & sense of spirit & here shares her own unique life living perspectives as she answers the Warrioress questions for inspirations.
1. What makes you strive/thrive? What gets you out of bed in the morning?
An idea to get things done is my big motivator. Not to get it done and dusted type, but to enjoy the process and the growth while working on something challenging.
For me it is about doing something better than I did before, to improve and become a more skillful, stronger, knowledgeable version of myself.
2. What / who / where inspires you? What influences your actions in life?
There never was A person as a source of inspiration. It comes spontaneously and sporadically, inspiration can come to me from my family, teacher, friend or a neighbour, as soon as I see they have a strong passion to do or create something.
The drive they experience, their life force is in the air and I breathe it. That's why, I'm trying to surround myself with individuals, who care and do.
Although, people is my secondary aspect of inspiration, for me it all starts from the environment. I believe it comes from nature and all of those pristine landscapes that we're still so lucky have access to but I also find beauty in the built environment.
As an architect in my heart, I feel a need to fullfil the urban culture hunger by strolling around old parts of cities and towns with a sketchbook, trying to capture any unique experience that attracts my eye.
3. Self care: What rituals / routines / practices / training do you use to nurture / strengthen your self?
I wish I had a routine as I do believe it would help me to achieve higher performance...
Although, there's so much fun happening out there, that I can't just concentrate on one aspect of my interests & my self care is getting out & experiencing life, nature, art, action.
My day/life is rolling around weather, conditions, my mood and what makes me happy in that particular moment.
If the swell is up - I'm in the water before sunrise, if the sun is shining - I'm probably hiding somewhere in a cave climbing, office day - I'm cycling. There's an activity for any occasion, and I embrace & all of it.
4. What do you believe about yourself? How does this affect what you do?
Sustainability is a big part of my life and it shapes many, if not all my decisions. I want to make a change, at least by example and education of my proximit environment.
How I commute, my banking and super choice, what I eat, wear, recycle etc., everything is reviewed from the weighted perspective of the harmful impact it makes.
I want to bring minimal distraction to this planet and share the ideology with others.
Although, I'm not going hard in stone, I still have a car that becomes my house, while I'm in the city, and I still have access to all the luxuries of urban living.
But I'm trying to do it in the most appropriate way with my beliefs and making sure I understand the impacts it makes.
5. Warrioress: your favourite style from the range & why?
Warrioress was born as a product to prove that sustainable fashion industry is possible and that there are alternative ways to run the business. This thinking, straight away makes all the products extremely appealing to me.
Even though I'm trying to look after my clothing and patch it, repair or reuse, where possible; the nature of activities I do in the harsh environments doesn't allow things last forever.
Therefore, I choose an outfit that can be made from recycled or especially biodegradable materials and at the end of life won't cause such a dreadful effect to the environment.
Hence, my favourite Warrioress look is a classical black, elegant bra and leggings made from biodegradable fabric.
Connect with Alex on Instagram.
@ale_bog
@ale_bog.hand
@ale_bog.urban
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