I still miss you...

"I WOKE UP THIS MORNING
TO TELL YOU THE SUN HAS RISEN,
TO SAY THAT THE MORNINGS
ARE STILL IN BLOOM LIKE FIRE
LILIES CARPETING A BURNT SKY.

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING
TO TELL YOU THE YELLOW HEADED
BLACKBIRDS HAVE DECORATED
THE PINETREE OUTSIDE AGAIN
AND WHENEVER THEY DANCE
THEY TURN INTO THE EYELETS
OF A LARGE PEACOCK TAIL
SPREAD JUST FOR US.

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING
TO SAY THAT MY HEART STILL
FEELS EMPTY BUT MY SOUL
COMPLETE LIKE THE FULL MOON
IN A CLOUDLESS SKY,

THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED
SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE,
THAT THE SUN STILL RISES
AND THE TREES STILL SPREAD
THEIR WINGS AND THAT MY HEART
IS STILL FULL OF STARS.

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING
TO TELL YOU I AM HEALING,
THAT WITH EVERY BURNT SKY
A NEW FLOWER GROWS IN ITS
PLACE, PETAL BY PETAL,

TO TELL YOU THAT I AM FULL
OF A SONG I STILL DON’T KNOW
THE WORDS TO YET BUT
IT IS COMING, AND ONE DAY
I WILL SING IT FOR YOU."

~   I still miss you ||  Pavana पवन 

'Everything is Worthless Again' by Gwen Cunningham (graduate from The National College of Art and Design in Dublin)

you are...

"YOU ARE LIKE THE TREE
WHOSE MAGNIFICENCE
LIES NOT IN THE LENGTH
OF IT’S BRANCHES,
BUT IN ALL THE BIRDS WHO
TRUST THOSE BRANCHES
TO BUILD THEIR HOMES."

~   Pavana पवन

Mady Dooijes (instagram)

you must...

"YOU MUST LOVE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE PERSON YOU LOVE FEELS FREE."

~    Thích Nhất Hạnh 

Factice Magazine August 2014

broken down...

"I AM BROKEN DOWN,
AND SHATTERED INTO PIECES.
YOU ARE STILL BAREFOOT."

~   DAILY HAIKU ON LOVE  Tyler Knott Gregson

by ILINA VICKTORIA

...

"IN THE DARK FOREST
OF YOUR MIND,
SHOW ME WHERE
THE WILDFLOWERS GROW."

~   Pavana पवन 

image by me

I...

"I AM LIKE
THE OCEAN
BENEATH
THE MOON.

I SLEEP
AND I
REMEMBER."

~   Pavana पवन

STOLEN GIRLFRIENDS CLUB campaign, photography CARA STRICKER

we alone….

WE ALONE CAN DEVALUE GOLD
BY NOT CARING
IF IT FALLS OR RISES
IN THE MARKETPLACE.
WHEREVER THERE IS GOLD
THERE IS A CHAIN, YOU KNOW,
AND IF YOUR CHAIN
IS GOLD
SO MUCH THE WORSE
FOR YOU.

FEATHERS, SHELLS
AND SEA-SHAPED STONES
ARE ALL AS RARE.

THIS COULD BE OUR REVOLUTION:
TO LOVE WHAT IS PLENTIFUL
AS MUCH AS
WHAT’S SCARCE.

~   alice walker, we alone.

Kristen McMenamy in "Super Natural" by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott for LOVE #6

some days...

"SOME DAYS IT STORMS,
SOME DAYS IT SHINES.
THIS IS HOW FLOWERS GROW."

~   Pavana पव

Photographed by Jasper Abels for Prestage S/S 2014

not enough...

"ALL NEGATIVITY IS CAUSED BY AN ACCUMULATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME AND DENIAL OF THE PRESENT.

UNEASE, ANXIETY, TENSION, STRESS, WORRY - ALL FORMS OF FEAR - ARE CAUSED BY TOO MUCH FUTURE,

AND NOT ENOUGH PRESENCE. GUILT, REGRET, RESENTMENT, GRIEVANCES, SADNESS,

BITTERNESS, AND ALL FORMS OF NON-FORGIVENESS ARE CAUSED BY TOO MUCH PAST, AND NOT ENOUGH PRESENCE."

~   

Eckhart Tolle

Pan & The Dream

belong...

"GROWTH IS PAINFUL. CHANGE IS PAINFUL. BUT NOTHING IS AS PAINFUL AS STAYING STUCK SOMEWHERE YOU DON’T BELONG."

~   Mandy Hale

Alexander Barna para Fucking Young! por Damien Kim 

the secret is...

"THE SECRET OF CHANGE IS TO FOCUS ALL OF YOUR ENERGY, NOT ON FIGHTING THE OLD, BUT ON BUILDING THE NEW."

~   Socrates 

Ekaterina Grigorieva

past...

"THE PRESENT IS A SEED
PLANTED BY THE PAST,
TEND TO YOUR FUTURE
SO THAT IT MAY BLOSSOM
INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL."

~   Pavana पवन 

MENOEVIL 2013

from…. to….

"MY SKIN HAS TURNED FROM PORCELAIN, TO IVORY, TO STEEL."

~   George R. R. Martin 

"Mystic-Idols" photographed by Jean Baptiste Mondino for Jalouse 1998

I mourn...

"I MOURN
THE FLOWER
I COULD HAVE BEEN
IF MY ROOTS
HAD NEVER
BEEN UPROOTED."

~   Foreigner, Pavana

cy twombly

souvenir d’arros- 1990

i shall be useful….

"AND I SHALL BE USEFUL WHEN I LIE DOWN FINALLY:
THEN THE TREES MAY TOUCH ME FOR ONCE, AND THE FLOWERS HAVE TIME FOR ME."

~   Sylvia Plath, “I AM VERTICAL”

Carol Panaro-Smith & James Hajicek

heart and soul...

"ONE OF THE MOST COURAGEOUS DECISIONS YOU WILL EVER MAKE

IS TO FINALLY LET GO OF WHATEVER IS HURTING YOUR HEART AND SOUL."

~   Brigitte Nicole 

 Greg Pths

sale and website...

I am having a sale of old stock on blue caravan (bluecaravan).

There is not much left- need to make room for new collection… 

I am also working on my website, it seems to take forever.

Stay tuned for launch in a few weeks time when I'm finished with a new small collection of organic lovelies.

warms...

"… THE JASMINE SEASON WARMS OUR BLOOD."

~   W. B. Yeats, “THE GIFT OF HARUN AL-RASHID” 

image by mady dooijes (instagram)

personal….

"IF THEY DON’T KNOW YOU PERSONALLY, DON’T TAKE IT PERSONAL."

~   Khleo Thomas

asagi natsume

strength….

"YOUR FRAGILITY IS ALSO YOUR STRENGTH."

~   Pina Bausch

Love #12

refuse to grow...

"DON’T YOU DARE
SHRINK YOURSELF
FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S COMFORT -
DO NOT BECOME SMALL
FOR PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO GROW."

~   Advice To My Future Daughter

 Luigi & Iango

she said….

"..SHE SAID I SEE YOUR MINDS ILLUMINATED
SHOW ME WHAT MAKES YOUR SOUL CONSCIOUS
SHOW ME WHERE YOUR HEART IS
TELL ME WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO MAKE EARTH YOUR HOME
…I POINTED AT HER."

~   undoubtedly yours - Tapiwa Mugabe

Julia Hetta for Rodeo Magazine, 2010

speak...

"READ BOOKS.
RIDE BUSES.
TAKE WALKS.
SPEAK TO YOUR LONELINESS."

~   Pavana पवन 

Mayer Peace collection

why do it?...

"IF IT DOESN’T BURN YOU,

WHY DO IT? IF IT DOES NOT FILL YOU WITHLIGHT,

AS THE SUN DOES WITH THE MOON, WHY BOTHER OPENING YOUR HEART AT ALL?"

~   Pavana पवन  

Sarah Moon

step….

 

"EVERY NEW DREAM HAS ITS OWN DANCE STEP AND RHYTHM THAT YOU’LL HAVE TO LEARN IF YOU WANT TO PARTNER WITH IT."

~   JONATHAN CARROLL 

Alexandra Somova, Olga Smirnova, Kristina Shapran, and Irina Tolchilshchikova at Vaganova Ballet Academy 2011.

deep...

"HUG THE SHORE; LET OTHERS TRY THE DEEP."

~   VIRGIL 

"Restrained," photographed by Bryan Huynh for Open Lab Magazine