SUNDAY SHIFT 001: Unpredictability as Practice

A perspective reframe before you clock into the week ahead

Top L to R: Model Shelia Bawar photographed by Nicole Heiniger for VOGUE Brasil, AI concept by architectural designer @Matitectura (IG), dress by fashion designer Marco Normando, interior design by Luca Guadagnino. Bottom L to R: Wall of Art apartment @wallofartcom(IG,TikTok), bouquet of orchids, anthuriums and pitcher plants (source unknown), refillable lipstick tubes by Dries Van Noten, retro AI concept by @liminaldestinations(IG)

I’ve been scrolling through my camera roll trying to figure out what I’ve been drawn to lately. Pink kitchens that look like they belong in a fever dream. Flowers so dark they’re almost threatening. A dress covered in insects preserved in resin. Architecture that cuts through old stone and refuses to blend in.

The through-line isn’t about taste or aesthetics. It’s tension between soft and severe. A refusal to play it safe or choose the expected thing. To let predictability become a personality.

Predictability tricks you into believing you’re in control. In reality, you’re just repeating yourself. And eventually, that repetition starts to feel like a cage you built with your own two hands. Which is embarrassing when you think about it.

So here’s what I’m carrying into the week: the permission to surprise myself. To let my instincts be louder than my overthinking, and stop editing before I’ve even started.

Not everything needs to match to make sense. Sometimes the friction is the clarity. And honestly, if it all fit together perfectly, I’d be suspicious.

If that resonates, take it

If not, that’s cool too

— TANISHA