waves...

"I HAVE SEA FOAM IN MY VEINS, I UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE OF WAVES."

~   Jean Cocteau, Le Testament d’Orphée (1960)

photo Fredrik Wannerstedt for Sofie Theobald

wishes...

MY WISHES ARE FLOWERS STAINING MY DAYS.

— Adonis, from “extract from Celebrating Childhood,

 Alex Franco for Russh December 2012

I see you...

"I SEE YOU.
TRAINING FOR RAIN.
BURNING ORANGES.
HOARDING FEATHERS BENEATH YOUR CLOTHES.
MAKING A LIFE A LIFE.
AND
I AM REELING. FROM THE GLORY. THE POWER OF YOU."

~   nayyirah waheed | from 'nejma'

Shu Pei by Jem Mitchell for Vogue China May 2014 

you deserve….

"YOU DESERVE A LOVE SO BIG,
IT DIMS THE SKY AND SETS FIRE
TO THE STARS.
A LOVE SO EXPANSIVE,
IT WEAVES CONSTELLATIONS
SO YOU NEVER FORGET WHO YOU ARE."

~   Pavana पवन 

william miller - ruined polaroids

evil...

"NO MAN CHOOSES EVIL BECAUSE IT IS EVIL;

HE JUST MISTAKES IT FOR HAPPINESS, THE GOOD HE SEEKS."

~   Mary Wollstonecraft 

Paul Harnden & Carol Christian Poell|Credits : Eastern Market

And I said...

"AND I SAID TO MY BODY. SOFTLY. ‘I WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND.’

IT TOOK A LONG BREATH. AND REPLIED, ‘I HAVE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS.’"

~   nayyirah waheed 

Ransom Limited  + Erba Studio + Overgrowth

lights out...

"I HAVE COME TO THE BORDERS OF SLEEP,
THE UNFATHOMABLE DEEP
FOREST WHERE ALL MUST LOSE
THEIR WAY, HOWEVER STRAIGHT,
OR WINDING, SOON OR LATE;
THEY CANNOT CHOOSE.

MANY A ROAD AND TRACK
THAT, SINCE THE DAWN’S FIRST CRACK,
UP TO THE FOREST BRINK,
DECEIVED THE TRAVELLERS,
SUDDENLY NOW BLURS,
AND IN THEY SINK.

HERE LOVE ENDS,
DESPAIR, AMBITION ENDS;
ALL PLEASURE AND ALL TROUBLE,
ALTHOUGH MOST SWEET OR BITTER,
HERE ENDS IN SLEEP THAT IS SWEETER
THAN TASKS MOST NOBLE.

THERE IS NOT ANY BOOK
OR FACE OF DEAREST LOOK
THAT I WOULD NOT TURN FROM NOW
TO GO INTO THE UNKNOWN
I MUST ENTER, AND LEAVE, ALONE,
I KNOW NOT HOW.

THE TALL FOREST TOWERS;
ITS CLOUDY FOLIAGE LOWERS
AHEAD, SHELF ABOVE SHELF;
ITS SILENCE I HEAR AND OBEY
THAT I MAY LOSE MY WAY
AND MYSELF."

~   Edward Thomas, “LIGHTS OUT”

Lily Cole by Sophie Delaporte in Vogue Nippon

a mind...

"SHE HAD A MIND LIKE A BOX OF FIREWORKS AND HANDS THAT PLAYED RECKLESSLY WITH MATCHES."

~   MICHAEL FAUDET 

Dreamer|magazine: Dazed & Confused, December 2001|model: Mariacarla Boscono|photographer: Eric Nehr

value...

"WHAT YOU RISK REVEALS WHAT YOU VALUE."

~   Jeanette Winterson (in The Passion)

GUINEVERE in YAMAMOTO by ROVERSI………No.1

all over….

"LIFE STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN WHEN IT GETS CRISP IN THE FALL."

~   F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)

Julia Nobis by Luigi+Iango for Vogue Japan Sept 2014

just...

"JUST BREATHE, THIS IS ONLY TEMPORARY."

~   Six Word Poem

Sadie Pinn by Charlie Engman for Hunter Magazine Spring/Summer 2013

I would...

"I WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM EVERYTHING. I WOULD HAVE PULLED DOWN PLANETS TO MAKE OUR LIFE WORK."

~   Jonathan Carroll

Alek Wek by Wendelien Daan

powerful...

"DEEP DOWN IN YOUR CELLS. YOU KNOW THE TRUTH. YOU ARE EXQUISITE.

AND YES, YOU ARE THAT POWERFUL. AND IT SCARES YOU."

~   nayyirah waheed

mariacarla boscono by paolo roversi for vogue italia, sep 14

Within me...

"WITHIN ME
YOU ARE TANGLED,
AS THE SUN’S LIGHT
TO THE MOON."

~   Pavana पवन

Clare Whitt-  mother whitt peripetie manicone

absence...

"IN YOUR ABSENCE
I LEARNED TO LOVE YOU
IN ALL THE WAYS I FAILED
WHILE YOU WERE STILL HERE."

~   Pavana पवन 

Przemek Matecki, Untitled #35, 2013

for a moment...

"THE SUN IS PERFECT AND YOU WOKE THIS MORNING.

YOU HAVE ENOUGH LANGUAGE IN YOUR MOUTH TO BE UNDERSTOOD.

YOU HAVE A NAME, AND SOMEONE WANTS TO CALL IT.

FIVE FINGERS ON YOUR HAND AND SOMEONE WANTS TO HOLD IT.

IF WE JUST START THERE, EVERY BEAUTIFUL THING THAT HAS AND WILL EVER EXIST IS POSSIBLE.

IF WE START THERE, EVERYTHING, FOR A MOMENT, IS RIGHT IN THE WORLD."

~   Warsan Shire 

Marta Berzkalna in Vogue Russia April 2011 by Mariano Vivanco

we found...

"WE FOUND EACH OTHER
WHEN WE WEREN’T LOOKING
LIKE A RAINBOW IN THE MORNING,
WE DIDN’T KNOW IT HAD RAINED
UNTIL WE DRAGGED OURSELVES
OUT OF BED AND LOOKED UP AT THE SKY.

AND WHEN WE MET IT WAS BECAUSE
NEITHER OF US WANTED TO BE SEEN,
WHEN WE CROSSED EACH OTHERS PATHS
WE WERE BOTH STARING AT THE GROOVES
IN THE PAVEMENT WONDERING WHERE
ALL THE FLOWERS HAD GONE.

WE FOUND EACH OTHER THE WAY
THE WIND SCATTERS SEEDS ACROSS THE EARTH -
WE FELL BETWEEN THE CRACKS,
BUT WE NEVER EXPECTED TO BLOSSOM."

~   Pavana पवन 

-axl-jansen-

moving slowly...

"MATTER IS SPIRIT MOVING SLOWLY ENOUGH TO BE SEEN."

~   Teilhard de Chardin

 william miller - ruined polaroids

I need...

"I NEED TO FEEL STRONGLY JUST AS DESPERATELY AS I NEED TO BREATHE."

~   Jean-Dominique Bauby, Le Scaphandre et le Papillon

Parker Fitzgerald

I will not...

"I WILL NOT BE COMMANDED,
I WILL NOT BE CONTROLLED,
AND I WILL NOT LET MY FUTURE GO ON
WITHOUT THE HELP OF MY SOUL"

~   Greg Holden, THE LOST BOY

Sasha Pivovarova by Josh Olins for The Last Magazine #11, Fall 2013

who I am...

"I KNOW PRETTY MUCH WHAT I LIKE AND DISLIKE; BUT PLEASE, DON’T ASK ME WHO I AM."

~   Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 

"Girl, Interrupted," photographed by Benjamin Vnuk for Pulp Magazine S/S 2013

ximon lee….

 

'Girls in Ximon Lee' UMAG online, July 2014

 collaboration with New York based photographer Danny Roche

“clothing is the armor to survive the reality of every day life.” 

Bill Cunningham

XIMON LEE is a menswear designer student who just graduated from Parsons.

I really really love this...

Ximon Lee by Danny Roche from Danny Roche on Vimeo.

ongoing process...

"MAKE YOUR LIFE AN ONGOING PROCESS OF BEING WHO YOU ARE, AT YOUR DEEPEST,

MOST EASEFUL LEVELS OF BEING. EVERYTHING OTHER THAN THIS PROCESS IS SECONDARY."

~   David Deida, The Way of the Superior Man 

 Betina du Toit

forget...

"FORGET PAST MISTAKES. FORGET FAILURES. FORGET EVERYTHING EXCEPT WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO DO NOW AND DO IT."

~   William Durant 

Carolina Sjöstrand by Boris Ovini for A Magazine

my nature...

"FLOWERS BLOSSOM
INSIDE MY HEART
EACH TIME I THINK OF YOU.

LOVING YOU
HAS ALWAYS BEEN
IN MY NATURE."

~   Pavana पवन 

Flowers by Florian Joye & Florence Tétier

stay...

"CLOSE YOUR EYES, 

FALL IN LOVE,
STAY THERE."

~   rumi

New York Fashion Photographer Joseph Paradiso and Yuki