From painting advertisements on local store windows to earn money as a kid, to styling the likes of Elvis Presley and Brad Pitt, Carrie White has come a long way. Part two of her interview is meant to reach hearts, to help others BELIEVE in themselves and in their abilities despite personal limitations. In her candid and beautiful way, Carrie White shares her understanding of the world.
What helps you to remain clean and sober?
Helping others, reminds me where I came from…and where I do not want to go again. And it is the only way I can say Thank You to those who help me, by recognizing the needs of others.
It is also how I truly say I am sorry for the pain I have caused my children. It is also how I honor those who gave their lives and that they did not die in vain, like my mother and my father and my husband who was the love of my life.
As a famous Hollywood Hairstylist and Author with disabilities such as dyslexia and ADD, what advice would you give to others who may feel trapped by their limitations?
I say embrace it, know it, work with it,, use it to ones benefit. I laugh at my A.D.D. and call it multi-tasking… then my compulsiveness forces me to finish all the things I started that I didn’t finish cos my A.D.D. distracted me. I talk myself through things, “What are you doing now Carrie?” “Is this urgent?” “Shouldn’t you be getting ready for work instead of cutting flowers in the garden, at least right now, can’t you do this later?”
Point is: I try to be aware of time as a guide, make lists for one day, and check in to a schedule. Time is a good monitor for assistance to focus.
I make tremendous effort listening to someone in conversation, its easier to listen in lecture or film but one on one, conversations, I get excited and want to jump in and on someones sentence. That’s rude, so I grit my teeth to keep my mouth shut sometimes and stare at their lips so I don’t interrupt and wait until they are finished. Ha~!
My A.D.D. works cutting hair, I can jump around and cut all over someones head, they don’t know what I am doing. As long as it all connects when I an finished. Again, the time monitor keeps me in check for the next client.
Writing however is a constant battle with Dyslexia and A.D.D. and O.C.C.
I help myself with this sentence when I find myself distracting myself: “Are you getting closer to completing Upper Cut or further away?”
I wrote Upper Cut, starting in 1989, before and after work and on my days off, breaking only for family birthdays or needs. (I didn’t want to not be here for my kids now…cos I was writing about how badly I felt not being there for them then. ) Ha!
What is your favorite hairstyle of all time?
The Shag…and all its years of evolutions up to today. From heads like Jim Morrison and Mick Jaggar, Farrah Fawcett, the Meg Ryan shorter shaggy version to the Rachel-Cut a shaggy bob…but they are all extensions of the Shag…
I say; ‘Life is what happens in between layers and going them out. ‘ I say that with bangs too.
Which authors and artists inspire you?
Micheal Crichton, Rainer Marie Rilke, David Sedaris, William Shakespeare, William Blake, Octavio Paz, Joseph Campbell, Marget Atwood, Anne Frank and Anne Lamont, Dorothy Parker, Charles Bukowski, eecummings, Bill Wilson, founder of A.A. and creator of the 12 Step program. Add Dali, Chagal, Arthur Rackham, Arcimboldo, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frida Kahlo, Tim Burton, Ed Rusha, Wallace Berman, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrex, Janis Joplin, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Beethoven, Bizet, Billy Holiday, Nina Simone, Citizen Cope, Eminem, Sade, Sting, Cole Porter, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Teddy Pendergrass, Lucille Ball, Ellen Burstyn, Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Drew Barrymore, Betty Davis. Alexandre McQueen, Chanel, Lagerfeld, Viviane Westwood, Norman Parkinson, Avedon, Penn, Sokolsky, YuTsai, and hairdressers: Vidal Sassoon, Mr. Kenneth, Serge Normand, Guido, Garren, and personal giants I admire besides my children: Loree Rodkin, Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington, and Oprah. Films are countless heroes of my heart and art from CASABLANCA to THE WIZARD OF OZ. I could name a hundred more easily as my life has been long impressed and influenced by great artists who endlessly inspire me…my heart weeps in their beauty and talent.
What do you dream of accomplishing in the future?
I am excited in the suspense of it all. I am curious to see what opportunities rise and unfold from Upper Cut.
My art is making something from what ever I am presented with, like hair and troubles of life to good things I can expand upon. I want to make things better. That is my nature, not that I don’t completely appreciate nature and the perfection of a sunset or a flower. That’s different. But I like ceramics cos I get a lump of clay and get to make something out of it. Its freeing and challenging and again I compete with myself as I am inspired by others.
So my dream….after Upper Cut the Movie and Upper Cut the Musical… decades of music, fashion, art, lifestyles of the rich, famous, the up town, down town and underground, life in the fast lane, crash lane to the safety zone. Ha well…I am interested to see what dreams I didn’t know I have.
I do know I want to travel with my family, friends, to discover, explore, play and share the wonderfulness of this world… and write write write about it all the time.
You may learn more about Carrie White and Upper Cut at www.thecarriewhite.com
What helps you to remain clean and sober?
Helping others, reminds me where I came from…and where I do not want to go again. And it is the only way I can say Thank You to those who help me, by recognizing the needs of others.
It is also how I truly say I am sorry for the pain I have caused my children. It is also how I honor those who gave their lives and that they did not die in vain, like my mother and my father and my husband who was the love of my life.
As a famous Hollywood Hairstylist and Author with disabilities such as dyslexia and ADD, what advice would you give to others who may feel trapped by their limitations?
I say embrace it, know it, work with it,, use it to ones benefit. I laugh at my A.D.D. and call it multi-tasking… then my compulsiveness forces me to finish all the things I started that I didn’t finish cos my A.D.D. distracted me. I talk myself through things, “What are you doing now Carrie?” “Is this urgent?” “Shouldn’t you be getting ready for work instead of cutting flowers in the garden, at least right now, can’t you do this later?”
Point is: I try to be aware of time as a guide, make lists for one day, and check in to a schedule. Time is a good monitor for assistance to focus.
I make tremendous effort listening to someone in conversation, its easier to listen in lecture or film but one on one, conversations, I get excited and want to jump in and on someones sentence. That’s rude, so I grit my teeth to keep my mouth shut sometimes and stare at their lips so I don’t interrupt and wait until they are finished. Ha~!
My A.D.D. works cutting hair, I can jump around and cut all over someones head, they don’t know what I am doing. As long as it all connects when I an finished. Again, the time monitor keeps me in check for the next client.
Writing however is a constant battle with Dyslexia and A.D.D. and O.C.C.
I help myself with this sentence when I find myself distracting myself: “Are you getting closer to completing Upper Cut or further away?”
I wrote Upper Cut, starting in 1989, before and after work and on my days off, breaking only for family birthdays or needs. (I didn’t want to not be here for my kids now…cos I was writing about how badly I felt not being there for them then. ) Ha!
What is your favorite hairstyle of all time?
The Shag…and all its years of evolutions up to today. From heads like Jim Morrison and Mick Jaggar, Farrah Fawcett, the Meg Ryan shorter shaggy version to the Rachel-Cut a shaggy bob…but they are all extensions of the Shag…
I say; ‘Life is what happens in between layers and going them out. ‘ I say that with bangs too.
Which authors and artists inspire you?
Micheal Crichton, Rainer Marie Rilke, David Sedaris, William Shakespeare, William Blake, Octavio Paz, Joseph Campbell, Marget Atwood, Anne Frank and Anne Lamont, Dorothy Parker, Charles Bukowski, eecummings, Bill Wilson, founder of A.A. and creator of the 12 Step program. Add Dali, Chagal, Arthur Rackham, Arcimboldo, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frida Kahlo, Tim Burton, Ed Rusha, Wallace Berman, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrex, Janis Joplin, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Beethoven, Bizet, Billy Holiday, Nina Simone, Citizen Cope, Eminem, Sade, Sting, Cole Porter, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Teddy Pendergrass, Lucille Ball, Ellen Burstyn, Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Drew Barrymore, Betty Davis. Alexandre McQueen, Chanel, Lagerfeld, Viviane Westwood, Norman Parkinson, Avedon, Penn, Sokolsky, YuTsai, and hairdressers: Vidal Sassoon, Mr. Kenneth, Serge Normand, Guido, Garren, and personal giants I admire besides my children: Loree Rodkin, Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington, and Oprah. Films are countless heroes of my heart and art from CASABLANCA to THE WIZARD OF OZ. I could name a hundred more easily as my life has been long impressed and influenced by great artists who endlessly inspire me…my heart weeps in their beauty and talent.
What do you dream of accomplishing in the future?
I am excited in the suspense of it all. I am curious to see what opportunities rise and unfold from Upper Cut.
My art is making something from what ever I am presented with, like hair and troubles of life to good things I can expand upon. I want to make things better. That is my nature, not that I don’t completely appreciate nature and the perfection of a sunset or a flower. That’s different. But I like ceramics cos I get a lump of clay and get to make something out of it. Its freeing and challenging and again I compete with myself as I am inspired by others.
So my dream….after Upper Cut the Movie and Upper Cut the Musical… decades of music, fashion, art, lifestyles of the rich, famous, the up town, down town and underground, life in the fast lane, crash lane to the safety zone. Ha well…I am interested to see what dreams I didn’t know I have.
I do know I want to travel with my family, friends, to discover, explore, play and share the wonderfulness of this world… and write write write about it all the time.
You may learn more about Carrie White and Upper Cut at www.thecarriewhite.com
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