Zest Issue 1

ZE ST JOURNAL

ISSUE 1, 2015

ZE ST G R O W · C R E AT E · L O V E

Zest is a feeling, an energy, a movement.

The pages of Zest feature lively, energetic, passionate souls who are doing incredible things.

The ones who feel the fear and move forward despite it.

The up-and-coming trailblazers of our time.

We are the people who live through the grow, create, love philosophy: an evolution of self, which will in turn generate a ripple effect to the greater community.

Zest is more than a journal. It’s a way of life.

Z E ST JOUR NA L Kimberley Hill Editor-in-Chief Art Director

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Editor’s Note

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Amy Jean

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Defining Healthy

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Being: Kiara Rose

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Letting Go

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Golden

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Being: Tasha Faye

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Olivia and Kevin

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Our Fullest Potential

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Zest Finds

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Tribe

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Welcome! I am so delighted to bring to

I want to thank you from the bottom of

you the first issue of Zest. This journal

my heart for taking the time to read Zest.

is a collation of brilliant people and the

I was blessed to have a few gorgeous

wonderful things they do.

people who saw something in my idea and these souls are featured in the pages of

I have been sitting on the idea of

this issue.

producing a magazine for some time. I’ve always been intrigued and inspired by

I’m excited to see where Zest will go.

the possibilities of visual design. I recall

At it’s core, Zest is about evolution;

as a nine year old, spending many hours

about expanding ourselves and our

at the family computer creating pretty

understandings. As we learn more, we can

pictures and graphics with good ol’ Paint.

inspire others to do the same.

As I grew, so did my interest for design.

I was obsessed with scrapbooking as a

There’s a lot of hate in the world today.

twelve year old, and when I was fifteen, I

No two people are the same. Our

taught myself the basics of HTML and CSS

experiences of life are unique. We may not

to develop my own websites, featuring

agree with one another; heck, we might

adorable ‘pixel art’. It was around this time

have completely contrasting beliefs. Yet

that I started playing with photography,

despite the hostility, arguments and ugly

and within a couple of years was assisting

behaviour, there’s still a seed that unifies

a local wedding photographer. She

us. And that seed is love.

recognised my eye for design and gave me the duty of designing wedding albums for

We need to love more. We need to

her clients.

live and make choices based on what is best for ourselves. What will bring us

What I love about the medium of

happiness? When we come from a place of

magazines is the ability to bring so many

love, we are being responsible for our own

exciting elements into one place. I am able

destiny. If we act out of love, then maybe,

to showcase photography and art, people

just maybe, this idea will inspire others to

and their stories, knowledge and wisdom,

sit up and do the same.

in an adorable bundle for you to read.

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A M Y JE AN C RE AT E · FAS HI O N E DI TORI A L

Photographer Caitlin May / caitlinphotography.com Model Amy Jean, Vivien’s Models Hair & Makeup Artist Janice Wu / janicewu.com

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Photographer Kimberley Hill / Model Lori McKenzie, Viviens / Fashion Stylist Rebecca Hughes

DE FINING H E A LT H Y G ROW · ART I CLE by K I MBERLEY HILL

W

e need to celebrate healthy.

right and what is wrong. It doesn’t matter,

And by healthy I mean people

it’s irrelevant. What matters is that you stay

who eat foods that heal, provide

connected to your ‘why’. Why do we strive

sustainable energy, and good amounts of

to be healthy? Or why don’t we? Why is it

nutrients - to create a stronger, energetic,

important? Why do we work so hard? Or why

vibrant, well-functioning body.

are we not working hard enough?

People who exercise regularly, to improve their body’s muscle tone, cardio-

“Trust your gut

vascular fitness, and reduce the risk of physical and mental

an d fol l ow your

illness.

heart.

People who take care of their emotional well-being through gratitude, meditation, positive

Don’t l et anyone s top you from

social interactions, and retreat.

We an

should

be

focusing

all-encompassing,

doing what you

on

truly d esire.”

holistic

approach as we work towards

Every individual will have a different idea of what ‘healthy’ is. And that’s okay.

Many people would have said that I was healthy, but I wasn’t happy. So rather than listening to the crowd, I decided to do something about it, and now I’m on an exhilarating path with my own health and wellbeing.

I’ve lost more weight in the

being our most optimal in all facets of our lives.

last two weeks than I have in the past two years. I’ve had a complete overhaul of my

Most

importantly, we

need

to

celebrate

our achievements, our dedication, and our

nutrition and I’ve never felt more confronted or proud of myself.

imperfectly perfect lives. Let’s be lifters. Let us cheer each other on as we become brighter

Trust your gut and follow your heart. And don’t

and more brilliant.

let anyone stop you from doing what you truly desire. Seek balance. Strive to be the most

There’s a lot of hate floating around - people

brilliant person you can be, and live a most

throwing about their beliefs about what is

exceptional life.

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B EING QU E ST I O N NAI R E

K I A R A RO S E L OV E · F EAT URE QUEST I O NS I NSPI RED BY THE POEM ‘THE INVITATION’

Age & Starsign

Greatest passions

18, Aries

Photography, reading, gardening, decorating, cooking, travelling.

Occupation I am currently a full time photographer and

Deepest sorrows

occasional business student (studying from

Naivety, people who choose to condemn

home is mega productive).

before they love, conflict, being halfway across the world from my loved one, having

Currently working towards

to occasionally decide between sleep and my

Being a role model for young artists around

career (both are nice).

the world.

Describe yourself in five words Ambition

Stubborn, punctual, adventurous, dedicated,

To be a successful photographer, teacher and

nurturing.

bring all beautiful things to the surface.

When in your life have you felt most exposed, What do you ache for - what is your heart’s

saddened, or vulnerable?

longing?

In my 8th year of school, about 2 years after

I think most days, my heart longs to see other

my parents divorced, I was also being heavily

people live out their passion. If I can be the

bullied in high school, had body image problems

catalyst for the success of someones dreams,

and had no friends. The loneliness of growing

I would be the most grateful and humbled

up and being vulnerable to the world made it

human. Nothing beats the look when you see

very hard for me to not feel extreme moments

someones eyes light up when they are doing

of heart ache and sadness. Luckily, I found

something they love.

photography and the light of the beautiful world around me helped me develop my

Describe a time in your life when you risked

passion, which quite literally saved my life.

looking like a fool for your dreams?

I am also currently in a long distance

Earlier this year when I booked a trip overseas

relationship, and every time I say goodbye and

to the USA, dropped out of Bible College and

stand at an airport to farewell my love, I feel

quit my jobs to pursue photography. I grew up

like my heart is being ripped from my chest.

with many people around me doubting that I could ever do this on my own, but 6 months

How did this feel & how did you respond to this

later and I’m still doing okay.

vulnerability?

There are many moments that I responded

Name one thing you do everyday to pursue the

with negativity, and in depression and anxiety

adventure of being alive?

was unable to recognise that there was hope. I

Get out of bed immediately in the mornings. I

struggled for many years, I hurt for so long and

think, if you do that part right, it sets the whole

still daily have to work through walls that I built

day to be productive and energetic. In the

up in that time. Vulnerability was something I

summer, I like to go for long walks or runs in

was scared of because I didn’t understand it,

the neighbourhood I live in.

until I did, and then I was able to channel it into something beautiful, like photography.

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When in your life have you become

and so free and it was the most incredible

overwhelmed by joy - the kind of happiness and

feeling.

excited energy felt deep within our souls?

When I arrived in the airport at LAX after 15

Describe a moment you have had to betray or

long and anticipating hours of flying across

disappoint another for the sake of your own

the Pacific Ocean. And then the following

soul?

day, when I arrived in PDX to begin the

There have been many times I have had to

greatest adventure yet with my partner. There

stand my ground and tell people that I cannot

was a joy that radiated so deeply through

help them in the way that they may expect me

me in those moments because I knew I was

too, for the sake of my own sanity. I am a very

exactly where I was supposed to be, and I

nurturing person and I often feel like it is my

was following my dreams. There was also

duty to help each person who I meet who has

one day in Melbourne about a month ago

a burden to bear, and this would often weigh

where I drove my boyfriend to a beautiful

on my shoulders when I could not help myself

field down the road from our temporary

because I was too involved with helping other

home after picking him up from the airport

people. This is still a learning process for me,

and we watched the sunset and we danced

but there have never been times where I have

to our favourite song, and sat in the back of

betrayed anyone intentionally, I always try

my car as the sun dipped under the horizon.

and hold myself with the upmost integrity.

Also, when we drove down the West Coast of the USA back in the summer of this year, we

How do you find beauty in ‘ugly’ moments?

stopped in Crater Lake and the crisp air along

I believe that in order to live a beautiful life,

with the vibrant blues of the volcanic water

you must bring each wonder to the surface -

made it almost impossible to believe it was

this is my sentence that I live my life by and

real. We also detoured through San Francisco

photograph by, and I believe that there is

and were invited to the HQ of Flickr to give a

always something to rejoice about and always

presentation on our photography, which is the

a moment or an element to be joyful for. I am

website where my passion for photography

a details person, so even after a hard long

was nurtured, where I met most of my now

day, I could drive home and see the most

closest friends, and built my career. And just

beautiful rays of sun piercing through the

last month, when in Vietnam, we got to play

clouds, and I would know that there is a new

on the sand dunes in Phan Thiet just off the

day coming. And all would be well with my

coast of Asia and I remember feeling so young

soul.

What has been one of your most challenging

What sustains you from the inside, when all

failures?

else falls away?

I feel like I have been quite lucky and

The knowing that the future is as bright as I

cannot actually name anything I have

want it to be. The world is mine to make it.

“failed� at. I never do things perfect, but I always view these downfalls of mine to be

What do you do to take time for yourself - to

opportunities for grow and to learn.

show yourself love and respect?

This resonates so deeply with me, I am a

How do you move past this?

major introvert so this sits perfectly with

I believe as humans, we are literally set out

who I am. I spend most days working on my

to fail. We are not perfect, we are sinful

own, driving on my own, watching tv shows,

and greedy, we are searching for ourselves

cooking myself yummy food, treating myself

among a world of other souls who are

with fruit bowls and salads, drinking lots

searching for themselves and sometimes we

of peppermint tea, occasionally splurge on

get lost along the way. But learning how to

clothing, and finally, take self portraits.

take a few steps back to the track you were last walking on, is how you can continue to

What wisdom would you share with others

move forward. Moving past our failures first

embarking on a more enriching, soul-

comes with forgiveness. Forgiving ourselves

satisfying journey?

and understanding that grace exists to bring

Never be afraid to do what you love. People

redemption to our situations and our lives

are going to push you down, but everything

and that we can start new any time we want

infront of you, everything you see on a day-

to.

to-day basis was first an idea. The screen you read this from was first an idea, and is

Tell us a time you were not afraid to back

now real. If you want something, it’s up to

down on something you believed in?

you to make it happen. Your soul will never

In high school, I had some teachers and

be fulfilled unless each day you are doing

students who bullied me for being Christian

something you love.

(I went to a fairly large public school) and I never let it effect me. Instead, I did what all

Follow Kiara -

Christians should do, and I prayed for them.

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GOLDE N CRE AT E · S HO RT F I L M

I am a creative at my core.

I’ve always loved to make things and am inspired by storytelling and capturing human emotion in a way which is raw and beautiful. I want people to look at my work and to feel a connection to the subject. I’m obsessed with athenticity and understanding the depths of our minds.

I developed this short film as an extension of the Zest concept - to evoke what I believe to be the most important aspects of life - love, growth, creativity and spark.

That energy you feel deep within your soul - the passion, the fire, the excitement. It’s fun, it’s delight. It’s your zest for life... just what this publication is all about.

WATCH HERE: youtube.com/watch?v=7Jkv5D3vuBI

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B EING QU E ST I O N NAI R E

TA S H A FAY E L OV E · F EAT URE QUEST I O NS I NSPI RED BY THE POEM ‘THE INVITATION’

Age & Starsign

deeply, psychology - trying to understand

21, Leo

people and helping them.

Occupation

Deepest sorrows

Student, Photographer, Human Being

Feeling alone, being human.

Currently working towards

Describe yourself in five words

Finishing my degree, making enough money to

Passionate, quirky, sensitive, eclectic, dorky.

get by, living well and loving people well.

What do you ache for - what is your heart’s Ambition

longing?

To experience as much as I can, to meet like-

I ache for a deep connection with like-minded

minded people and to keep on creating.

people. I long for genuine relationships and friendships in my life, I think they would fuel

Greatest passions

my passion for life and for living. Something

Photography, art, anything that makes me feel

about them makes me feel so fulfilled!

Describe a time in your life when you risked

but I want to - to share with people, whoever

looking like a fool for your dreams?

would listen or read, about my experiences and

I can’t say I have experienced that as of yet and

be vulnerable. To wear my heart on my sleeve.

I hope I won’t have to ever (or for a very long

Somehow I hope it will help me connect with

time). Having said that, I think my dreams are

people better despite the barrier of social

worth making me look like an absolute fool. In

media and the internet. In 2014, I moved away

the end, the regret of not having lived my life

from my home country of 20 years to a whole

fully and on my terms would be worse than

new country, started university, struggled to

looking like a fool.

make new friends in a strange new place. I fell in love with my new city, explored so much but

Name one thing you do everyday to pursue the

also lost a part of me, a part of where I came

adventure of being alive?

from - my Dad.

I try to always remind myself to be here and stay in the present. Savour everything that I

How did this feel & how did you respond to this

am experiencing right now. It’s all too easy to

vulnerability?

do too much thinking and worrying about the

I felt absolutely lost, no words could possibly

past or the future and not enough of doing

explain it but I just felt so broken. Since then,

anything in the present. Sometimes I feel like

I’ve made myself keep going and have grown

I’m just floating through life, not really feeling,

so much; more than I could have imagined. I

experiencing or remembering anything vividly

cry my heart out from time to time, but that’s

and I want to change that. I want to feel alive

life. I’m trying to take everything one step a

and intense.

time and understand that these are the ups and downs of life. Just let everything fall into place

When in your life have you felt most exposed,

and keep finding the wonder in being alive.

saddened, or vulnerable?

Everything that has happened to me, everything

2014 was an incredibly challenging year for

I’ve been through has moulded me into who I

me. I don’t talk about my personal life a lot

am right now.

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When in your life have you become overwhelmed

What has been one of your most challenging

by joy - the kind of happiness and excited energy

failures?

felt deep within our souls?

I don’t think I’ve ever had any major failures,

When I’ve found and made a true and deep

but I feel sometimes I have failed in friendships

connection with a person; with friends or with

or relationships, that maybe I don’t try my best

my love. Also, photography! Everytime I create

to keep in touch with people I love and care

something I’m proud of, I feel this great sense

about. People are challenging and sometimes I

of fulfillment, like I’m feeding my soul with love,

wish I could understand how to learn a person.

art and passion. The joy of creating something I love fills me to the brim and I feel it in my

How do you move past this?

bones.

At some point I have to accept that people come and go and that friendships and

Describe a moment you have had to betray or

relationships change us, each one giving us

disappoint another for the sake of your own soul?

something that has helped us.

I don’t think I have tremendously betrayed or disappointed someone else much in my life

Tell us a time you were not afraid to back down

before. I think I have grown to learn that I can’t

on something you believed in?

keep being a people pleaser, I still am in the

I suppose I do this everytime I photograph

process of learning to be a stronger and more

women; I aim to photograph women as they

assertive person, to stop thinking that I am

are, with minimal to no retouching at all. I

constantly stepping on people’s toes when I’m

refuse to edit out what makes them human or

not.

tell them that’s not good enough to be featured in my body of work. I’ve been taking a unit in

How do you find beauty in ‘ugly’ moments?

Sexology this semester, which encompasses

I’ll admit I can get quite grumpy and negative

gender/women’s studies, psychology, sexuality

when I’ve been having a bad day. I find it

and relationships, amongst other topics.

so soothing talking to some good friends

I have always felt very strongly about the

who comfort me, then my perspective of the

sexual empowerment of women and society’s

situation shifts. It’s easy to get sucked into

conventional perceptions of women’s bodies.

tunnel vision and feeling like it’s the end of the

I want to break the view of women’s bodies

world because it was a bad day or you made a

being seen as inherently wrong, that it

wrong decision. I take a breather and remind

something we should be ashamed of, rather

myself that everything happened the way it was

than be proud of, and show that women’s

supposed to. Then surround myself with things

bodies aren’t always portrayed as sexual.

I love, comfort food and Netflix!

How does this feel?

regularly. I’ve always been quite an

It definitely feels really good being

independent person and an introvert

able to express myself through a

and as much as I like being around and

medium that I am passionate about.

meeting people, I need time to recover

In a way I am creating based on my

and just be in my own company. I try

experiences of growing up as a girl and

writing in this time, or just unwind by

being a young woman that I am now.

watching some TV shows and movies.

I think it’s not only healthy to create

Other times I treat and pamper myself

a dialogue/be open about our bodies

or go on a solo trip shopping or

and female sexuality but is so, so

exploring.

important. In many ways, it helps build our self-confidence and understanding

What wisdom would you share with

of our bodies/sexuality, and most

others embarking on a more enriching,

importantly it could help other women

soul-satisfying journey?

talk and express themselves without

I can say humbly, that one foolproof

feeling suppressed or judged.

thing that makes me feel more enriched is the joy and passion of

What sustains you from the inside, when

creating. It fills me with this zest for

all else falls away?

life and is absolutely, undoubtedly

As cliché as it is, the first thing that

the closest thing to magic. Also, the

comes to mind is love. My love for

second most important thing I do is

my loved ones, for living and being

loving, and to do it well. It might leave

alive, for creating and exploring

me wounded and vulnerable at times

and experiencing. It’s the only thing

but always keeps me grounded and

that always keeps me going when

gives me strength and light.

everything else fails.

Follow Tasha What do you do to take time for yourself

facebook.com/tashafayephoto

- to show yourself love and respect?

@tashafaye.photo

I definitely need some alone time

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OUR FULLE ST P O T E N T I A L G ROW · ART I CLE by K IMBERLEY HILL

C

arren

Smith

once

gave

the

potential, we have to know ourselves

following analogy on Up For a

deeply and fully. We have to understand

Chat (Podcast) with regards to

who we really are.

potential. She said that in order to use a camera to its’ greatest possibility, we learn

We have to grow and expand our emotional,

all there is to know about it. We study up

spiritual, mental, social and physical selves

on it to learn how to use all the camera

in order to have access to 100% of our

functions and settings. If we know only

capacity. When we are expanding in all

30% of the settings, the results will not be

areas of ourselves, this is when we can truly

the same as if we knew how to utilise all

know who we are and use this power to

100% of the camera.

become the greatest version of ourselves.

To perform at our peak, to think with greater

Without first learning to understand the ins

depth, to love fearlessly, and to expand our

and outs of the camera, we aren’t able to

capacity for growth.

use the camera to its’ fullest potential.

When we truly know ourselves, we can be Now think about this in perspective of our

fully immersed in life and live to our fullest

selves. In order to live life to our fullest

potential.

A re you getting to know all of you?

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Book: Fat Chance: The Hidden Truth About Sugar, Obesity and Disease by Dr. Robert Lustig Dr. Robert is a guru when it comes to sugar. His book discusses in detail how we as a society were always destined for failure, and why perhaps a lack of self-control (the over-indulgent glutton) isn’t the sole reason for why we’ve become so grossly unwell.

Food: Smoothies in general Just a little shout out to acknowledge the awesomeness that is smoothies. I love a good smoothie to wake me up in the morning! Try this recipe out 1 frozen banana, handful of baby spinach, 1tbsp cacao powder, 1tsp maca powder, 200ml coconut water, 100ml water, ice. Blend until smooth.

You’re welcome.

C R E AT E Podcast: Magic Lessons with Elizabeth Gilbert An extension of Gilbert’s latest book Big Magic, Magic Lessons investigates the roller coaster that is creativity; the frustrations, conflicts, motivations, burning desires and soul-satisfying triumps as we work to channel our creative visions. elizabethgilbert.com/magic-lessons

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S T O E X PA N D Y O U R E AT E , L O V E

LOV E Product: Go-To Skincare Zoe Foster-Blake is an all-round cool chick whose skin care company Go-To is everything I could ever hope for. Go-To’s products are natural and cruelty-free, using nourishing, gentle ingredients. No nasties to help your skin glow! I have been using Go-To for a number of months now and can say hand on heart that my skin has never looked this vibrant and healthy. Get on it. gotoskincare.com TV Series: Sex and the City I’m a little late to the party here, but how great is Sex and the City? Do yourself a favour and binge-watch Carrie and her gal pals dominate New York City with their charm and sexuality (note that it is particularly fascinating to watch now through the lens of the current feminist movement; HBO were onto something when the show started in 1998).

Video: Melissa Ambrosini’s Goddess Group Melissa Ambrosini is a wealth of beauty and wisdom. Her understanding of the human psyche is powerful and her guidance lifechanging. Join the Goddess Group on Demand for access to Melissa’s intimite video series, discussing self-love, empowerment, gratitude, and mastering your inner ‘mean girl’. melissaambrosini.com/the-goddess-group-on-demand-2

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T R IB E LET ’S MA K E ZE ST A WAY OF LIF E.

Zest is a new digital publication that showcases interesting people and their talents, through the mantra of grow, create, love. It is hoped that Zest will expand as a creative and social platform for exceptional editorial work, health and wellness articles, interviews and more.

Zest is currently seeking contributors for editorial work, articles and writing, stories, and portfolios to be featured in future issues of the online journal.

For those interested, please visit the website for further information.

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