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3Mind Amp Designs

(Patti's Thing)

Fashion

Couture Presence Jackets with an Afro-Street Vibe

As an ordained zen buddhist chaplain aware of how everyday life from what we choose to eat to what we wear can remind us of how to better care for others and the planet, Patti is taking another step beyond the, "Circular Fashion Economy" to develop her own line of what she calls, "Presence Jackets."

Her couture designs remind the wearer on a, "REAL TIME BASIS," to act in accordance with actions that ultimately offer more openness, creativity, joy and kindness.

This Jacket upscaled from a market in

Blantyre, Malawi in S.E Africa reminds us as we walk

to practice keeping our shoulders back,

while maintaining a strong spine and

open heart. The details on the collar and front of the

jacket reminds us that life lies in the details of our

day to day interactions.

For example we often move through our day as a head

only, thinking..thinking..thinking, with very little full body

awareness and intelligence. When we meet someone we

may unknowingly be leaning in or leaning out, attaching

or disassociating respectively and responding from that

level of limited physical, emotional and intellectual

engagement. If we take a moment and feel our second

skin, this jacket can generously remind us to re-adjust our

physical posture and to feel how whole being including

our strong spine and our open heart equally presencing

the possibility and magic of this unique moment removed

from habitual conditioning.

Each moment of every day enacted from this stance opens us to grace and greatness. It is simple but not so simple.

Just by wearing Patti's jacket we become more embodied, more real and more intimately

connected and joyful regardless of

external circumstances.

Promotion/Activism

Since 2012, Patti has been actively promoting, sponsoring and curating eco-fashion shows for African designers and community activists.

In 2012, Patti brought Ras Kasozi over from Uganda

to Vancouver Fashion Week. Both the platform

and other speaking gigs at Universities that Patti organized and funded resulted in Ras becoming Uganda's number 1 fashion designer and project leader and resourcer of many other upcoming Uganda designers.

Patti has also represented and curated

Eco-Fashion shows for five Malawian designers in Australia and Canada in 2017 and an additional

five Malawian designers in Jakarta, Indonesia

in 2018.

Patti uses fashion and music as tools to connect and resourse powerful women and women's movements in Africa. As an ex-natural gas broker she focuses on maximum points of leverage to effect positive change.

For the last 5 years she has lived 6-8 months each year in Malawi. Her life is dedicated to gender rights and environmental concerns in the Sub-Saharan region of Africa.

The Jacket you see Malawian hip-hop artist Black Pace

wearing in the background has three fabrics collaged

together. One represents fire. The dots represent all

the women fighting for rights and the third fabric in

the center stands for gender equity. Mkazi Moto at

the top means Fire Women in chichewa, the local

language.

Black Pace recorded the first Malawian female

hip-hop album entitled Mkazi Moto inspired with

their work with internationally known female

Chief Kachindamoto who is known for ending

childhood marriage in Malawi. To date she is still

fighting for the rights of some 5000 girls on her

territory.

Freelance Writing

Since 2013, Patti has been asked to write about her relationship to eco-fashion and the development of what is called the 3 minds of the Buddha (hence the origination of her company name 3mindAMP). The 3 minds are Big Mind, Joyful Mind and Kind mind. She is interested in how excellence when practiced in design can translate into excellence in all of life's relationships.

Below are links to her writing.

3Mind Amp Designs

(Patti's Thing)

Fashion

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Couture Presence Jackets with an Afro-Street Vibe

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Her couture designs remind the wearer on a, "REAL TIME BASIS," to act in accordance with actions that ultimately offer more openness, creativity, joy and kindness.

​

This Jacket upscaled from a market in

Blantyre, Malawi in S.E Africa reminds us as we walk

to practice keeping our shoulders back,

while maintaining a strong spine and

open heart. The details on the collar and front of the

jacket reminds us that life lies in the details of our

day to day interactions.

For example we often move through our day as a head

only, thinking..thinking..thinking, with very little full body

awareness and intelligence. When we meet someone we

may unknowingly be leaning in or leaning out, attaching

or disassociating respectively and responding from that

level of limited physical, emotional and intellectual

engagement. If we take a moment and feel our second

skin, this jacket can generously remind us to re-adjust our

physical posture and to feel how whole being including

our strong spine and our open heart equally presencing

the possibility and magic of this unique moment removed

from habitual conditioning.

​

Each moment of every day enacted from this stance opens us to grace and greatness. It is simple but not so simple.

Just by wearing Patti's jacket we become more embodied, more real and more intimately

connected and joyful regardless of

external circumstances.

​

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​

​

Promotion/Activism

​

Since 2012, Patti has been actively promoting, sponsoring and curating eco-fashion shows for African designers and community activists.

​

In 2012, Patti brought Ras Kasozi over from Uganda

to Vancouver Fashion Week. Both the platform

and other speaking gigs at Universities that Patti organized and funded resulted in Ras becoming Uganda's number 1 fashion designer and project leader and resourcer of many other upcoming Uganda designers.

​

Patti has also represented and curated

Eco-Fashion shows for five Malawian designers in Australia and Canada in 2017 and an additional

five Malawian designers in Jakarta, Indonesia

in 2018.

​

Patti uses fashion and music as tools to connect and resourse powerful women and women's movements in Africa. As an ex-natural gas broker she focuses on maximum points of leverage to effect positive change.

For the last 5 years she has lived 6-8 months each year in Malawi. Her life is dedicated to gender rights and environmental concerns in the Sub-Saharan region of Africa.

The Jacket you see Malawian hip-hop artist Black Pace

wearing in the background has three fabrics collaged

together. One represents fire. The dots represent all

the women fighting for rights and the third fabric in

the center stands for gender equity. Mkazi Moto at

the top means Fire Women in chichewa, the local

language.

Black Pace recorded the first Malawian female

hip-hop album entitled Mkazi Moto inspired with

their work with internationally known female

Chief Kachindamoto who is known for ending

childhood marriage in Malawi. To date she is still

fighting for the rights of some 5000 girls on her

territory.

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Freelance Writing

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Below are links to her writing.

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