a 'little' break..

i don't post many personal notes on abundance...

i am taking a 'little' break. one of my close friends has just passed away and i need some time... to think things over. i feel incredible sad for her family. she is an incredible woman. i will miss our outings, lunches, phone calls, exploring antique shops, our laughs and giggles, our cries- but sometimes we would sit together in silence... i miss you xxx

tears

and presently i was driving through the drizzle

of the dying day, with the windshield wipers in

full action but unable to cope with my tears.

vadimir nabokov

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paolo roversi

wedding bells

not mine

beautiful images vera wang on weddings

by my all time favourite photographer paolo roversi

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freeze

her watch was so delicate
that the perfume of the roses
in the warm garden breeze
could stop its hands
time would go still
and freeze…
‘a. niffenegger’

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be yourself

eventually i discovered for myself the utterly simple

prescription for creativity: be intensely yourself.

don’t try to be outstanding;

don’t try to be a success;

don’t try to do pictures for others to look at -

just please yourself.
ralph steiner

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michael eastman

michael eastman's colours of cuba

each photo full of colour- a place where the

present lives in an evidently historical past.

walls dripping with stories told + untold.
i did find those images here but they are also seen here

currently reading

i am reading rembrandt's whore at the moment by sylvie matton.

it's beautifully written- serene, subtle,

honest and emotional, using rich historical detail.

what are you reading? here

floor

i really miss my black polished floors

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stackable chairs

short for space...

milk white, butter yellow, pepper grey + coffee brown

i love naming colours
an orderly pile,

especially one arranged in layers

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worn

worn (wôrn, wrn)
v.
Past participle of wear.
adj.
1. Affected by wear or use.
2. Impaired or damaged by wear or use: the worn pockets on a jacket.
3. Showing the wearing effects of overwork, care, worry, or suffering.

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iben hoj

iben hoj is an amazing danish knitwear designer.

she produced pieces for marc jacobs, donna karan + marni-
before striking out on her own.
beautiful, delicate + fragile looking pieces.

her details are perfectly placed.

***so many more beautiful images on her website

sky

she says nothing at all,

but simply stares upward into the dark sky + watches,

with sad eyes,

the slow dance of the infinite stars.
neil gaiman

goodbye

goodbyes are sad

yet they should also be cherished

because it is this word that causes all memories

to come flooding back as if they had happened yesterday.

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mirror

i need a new one-

finding it hard to find the right one...

image lonny mag???

this is love

this is love, she thought, isn’t it?

when you notice someone’s absence

and hate that absence more than anything?

more, even, than you love his presence?
jonathan safran foer

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marani

marani first pursued a degree in architecture later in

fashion: strong lines, structure + purity.

his collection not only include knits

but tailoring complements his rigorous,

slim, androgynous but profoundly feminine silhouette

today i want....

today i really want this chair + a cy twombly painting.

and...

not too much too ask- is it?
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