Welcome to the
​Academy of Enlightenment

The Academy of Enlightenment for the faithfully fashionable. Where you learn that without faith in yourself, you don't have a chance to heaven, and without style you don't have a chance in hell.

Founded by Style Icon and Chef d'Équipe JP Michaels.

​Study options include:
Arts & Letters,
Faith in Humanities,
and Sartorial Matters.

Header Photograph by Migeul Arenillas

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Learn the Art
​of Asking Questions

My personal Philosophy of Knowledge is that humankind is born with all the answers of the universe residing within. In my role as Chef d'Équipe, I ask you not to look to me for the answers, but rather look to me for the questions. At the Academy of Enlightenment, you will nurture and develop the artful skill of asking yourself the right series of questions, to arrive at the answers that reside within.

Glass Half Full

by JP Michaels

"We suffer not from the events in our lives, but from our judgment of them." (Epictetus; Greek Stoic Philosopher)
A dynamic life is made up of a series of  "teachable" moments of life-lessons successfully learned with each lesson building on the previous lesson. When I am not being a full-time teacher, I am a full-time student.
Over these past few years during my period of unwellness, I have realized two things about myself: I am a "glass half full" kinda person and I am a very slow drinker. Lesson learned: Take time to sip on life.☆
☆(JP Michaels: Memoirs of a Fashionista 'Died and Gone to Fashion: Surviving a period of unwellness one outfit at a time', 2019)©

"Don't look to me for the answers, look to me for the questions."