I googled a bunch of reviews for local florists in Central Florida, and I found the best one I could find. I called up the florist and made sure they had the right flowers so she would be happy and that they would get out on time. And I did everything I possibly could, thinking that my mom was going to call me the next day and say, thank you so much for those flowers.
Well, I'm always trying to do something different and unique with my career and my platform, and I've had this particular floral florist thing going on for like maybe 11 years now.
My father worked for himself. We had a florist , so we had a family business. And he also used to skycap at Eastern Airlines for my 80 babies.
These are white dogwoods. Carrie Glenn was the florist at the restaurant for decades and she was very, very extraordinary woman. She made these amazing floral arrangements and this was her goodbye party.
But I said, it was like, “I gotta finish this movie.” So I was like literally about to go hand in applications at grocery stores and video stores— Raya: There was florist store— Bear: Florist . Yeah, florist , I could have done that. Raya: He makes brilliant flower arrangements.
Cocinábamos mucho. Bueno, viví en Londres un año. Trabajé en la floristería. Aprendí mucho de las flores, todo eso es mi formación, que lo cuento porque luego al final, todo eso lo aplico a mi vida profesional.
So the event industry was just getting going there. There were just florists . That's how I started-- just doing flowers.
But since Black Rose is the one that first came out, that is the one that we're talking about right now. And the idea was building off that florist idea. How can I talk about these women in the way that they have bloomed, in the way that they have enriched this world with their bloom?
So I love that you had that top of mind when you created it. I see that you have your florist shirt on today. So I have to ask about your Flowers for the Living.
Raya: He makes brilliant flower arrangements. Bear: I could have been a florist . Raya: If you like his music, you should see… Bear: Yeah.
I think that it makes me a world-class florist . And I think that we're all florists . I think if we pay attention to the way that we deal with each other, the way that we garden, the way that we grow,
Thank you. But just so you know, those flowers you sent, they were half dead. And I don't think you should order from that florist again. To which I said, well, that's the last time I buy you flowers.
There has to be a vote. There has to be seven people to decide on which florist and what colors, and do we buy them on Tuesdays or Thursdays? But by simply taking the ownership because of something that you find meaningful, that can create more significance at work.
Because I think what I'm doing with my work and the way that I collaborate and cross-pollinate with so many different people, so many different brands, I think that it makes me a world-class florist . And I think that we're all florists .
But I stayed up late at night so I could figure out the time zone situation. I googled a bunch of reviews for local florists in Central Florida, and I found the best one I could find. I called up the florist and made sure they had the right flowers so she would be happy and that they would get out on time.
And she was just saying a statement of fact-- the flowers are half dead. So maybe she was actually trying to protect me from not getting scammed by this florist . So maybe she was trying to be helpful, not hurtful.
picture and know what's wrong so you know if it says something you know uh Smith and blank flowers if if you'd haven't been to the florist you're not going to know what the blank is you actually have to go there but in this particular case you know anyone who'd been in the shopping center knew it but
Ya la verdad es que fue una época en la que aprendí muchísimo de flores. Trabajaba en mi casa, trabajaba en la floristería. Volví a Madrid y le dije a mi madre, mira, mamá, yo creo que lo que me gusta es cocinar y creo que me quiero
And he said, well, I'll tell you. I got up this morning, I went to the florist , I bought flowers, and I put them in the lobby. And they're like, well, why did you do that?
And of course the carousel is all mobile, and it goes around. For me, this is an amazing opportunity to be able to create my work from florist to event design and, of course, now it translate into the public installation.
I think that we are better off as a humankind. I love that. I think if there's one thing I can take away from that is we are all human florists and Absolutely. I love that.