I...

"I, TOO, OVERFLOW."

~   Hélène Cixous

Photo Camilla Sverdrup-Thygeson

the soul...

"THE SOUL BECOMES DYED WITH THE COLOR OF ITS THOUGHTS."

-Marcus Aurelius

Robert Maplethorpe, polaroids 1973

and I...

"AND I,
WHO ONLY WISHED TO KEEP LOOKING OUT,
MUST NOW KEEP LOOKING IN."

~   Ted Kooser , “A LETTER IN OCTOBER”

photographed by Cara O’Dowd for INDIE

how odd...

"HOW ODD, I CAN HAVE ALL THIS INSIDE ME
AND TO YOU IT’S JUST WORDS."

~   David Foster Wallace , The Pale King

play comme des garçons

geluk….

misschien is dat geluk:

een geluk bij een ongeluk.

misschien is geluk:

nog een geluk dat.

dat ik aan jou kan

terugdenken, bv.,

in plaats van aan een ander

(herman de coninck)

Calm // by Sebran D’Argent

you...

"…YOU ARE HERE,
YOU ARE LAUGHING,
YOU HOLD ME AND ROCK ME
AND WE WATCH THE LIGHTHOUSE COME ON,
BLINKING ITS DRY WINGS OVER US ALL,
OVER MY WOUND
AND YOURS."

~   Anne Sexton from RATS LIVE ON NO EVIL STAR 

Mei Mei Xu S/S 2014 por Amelia Stanwix

new website….

  website is up and running

eeeek, I am not very good at promoting myself….

…and I am still working on my web shop

my new collection is all about:

 lots of layering, vegetable|fruit dyed organic cottons, vintage|antique fabrics,

hemp, textures, hand dyed fabrics, botanical, raw, delicate, denim, green, sustainable 

My wishes are flowers
staining my days.

— Adonis, from “Celebrating Childhood,” Selected Poems 

more here one|two|three 

model: Issy Wengert

clothing|styling|photography: by me (Mady Dooijes) 

dark...

"THE BLUE DUST.
THE NIGHT. BEFORE THE NIGHT.
THE CINEMA OF WATER. OVER WATER. OVER WATER."

~   dusk, nayyirah waheed | from ‘nejma’ 

Styled by Olivier Theyskens using his designs, 1997

I don't...

"YEARS AGO I CARED. NOW I DON’T. I KNOW I AM LOST BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE FOUND."

~   Henry Rollins, Solipsist

THE RED DESERT, Italy 1964, directed by MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI and starring MONICA VITTI with RICHARD HARRIS

a few more...

lots of layering, vegetable|fruit dyed organic cottons, vintage|antique fabrics,

hemp, textures, hand dyed fabrics, botanical, raw, delicate, denim, green, sustainable

just a few more before I launch my website

top with draw string|skirt 

dress worn over dress

skirt|top

model: Issy Wengert

clothing|styling|photography: by me (Mady Dooijes)

bitterness….

"THERE IS NO TRUTH THAT DOES NOT ALSO CARRY BITTERNESS."

~   Albert Camus, “Summer in Algiers,” Nuptials

magdalena frackowiak

my brain...

"MY BRAIN IS LIKE A SCALE: ONE GRAIN PULLS IT DOWN. YESTERDAY IT BALANCED: TODAY DIPS."

~   Virginia Woolf, diary entry dated June 23rd, 1936 

artist unknown: (via PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART - COLLECTIONS OBJECT : PORTRAIT OF A RIGHT EYE)

Your love...

"YOUR LOVE
HAS PASSED
THROUGH ME
LIKE LIGHT
THROUGH A
STAINED GLASS
WINDOW,
NOW ANYONE
I LET INSIDE
FALLS IN LOVE
WITH YOUR COLORS."

~   Pavana पवन

Peiju|martha Graham

I'm looking for….

"I’M LOOKING FOR SILVER SKIES
SO I CAN HANG MY GOLDEN STARS
FROM IT’S CEILINGS.
I WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU
ON CLOUDY BALCONIES.
JUST TO SHOW YOU WHAT I MEANT
WHEN I SAID
YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME."

~   Tapiwa Mugabe

: Amanda Nørgaard photographed by Joachim Johnson for Smug

some people...

SOME PEOPLE,
NO MATTER WHAT YOU GIVE THEM,
STILL WANT THE MOON.

THE BREAD,
THE SALT,
WHITE MEAT AND DARK,
STILL HUNGRY.

THE MARRIAGE BED
AND THE CRADLE,
STILL EMPTY ARMS.

YOU GIVE THEM LAND,
THEIR OWN EARTH UNDER THEIR FEET,
STILL THEY TAKE TO THE ROADS.

AND WATER: DIG THEM THE DEEPEST WELL,
STILL IT’S NOT DEEP ENOUGH
TO DRINK THE MOON FROM.

~   Denise Levertov, ADAM’S COMPLAINT 

by Koto Bolofo, 2001

do you know….

"DO YOU KNOW ME NOW,
ALL THAT SHINES INSIDE OF ME?
DO YOU SEE THE LIGHT?"

~   DAILY HAIKU ON LOVE BY TYLER KNOTT GREGSON

'New Earth' photographic series by Jacob Ring

beauty of life...

"ALL THE BEAUTY OF LIFE IS MADE UP OF LIGHT AND SHADOW."

~   Leo Tolstoy

Guy Cohen

lacking...

"A LOT OF PEOPLE LACKED THAT GIFT: KNOWING WHEN TO **** OFF."

~   Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

unknown original source

draught….

"THE MOON FAR OFF
BLINKED AT ME THROUGH CLOUDS
AS DISTANT FROM ME
AS I TO THEM.
IN THE DARKNESS I GLIMPSED
THE MORNING’S HUNT OF THE NIGHT,
THAT MOMENT IN TIME
WHEN THE PAST TRIES
TO CATCH UP WITH THE FUTURE.

AND I ASK MYSELF,
DO DREAMS TRY TO REMEMBER US
THE WAY WE STRUGGLE
TO HOLD ONTO THEIR FLEETING WAYS
AS WE TREMBLE AWAKE.

AM I LIVING NOW
OR AM I REPEATING IT,
FORGETTING MYSELF EACH MORNING.
IS THIS WHAT THEY MEANT
WHEN THEY TOLD US
TO ALWAYS CHASE OUR DREAMS?

TODAY I TOOK A WALK
BENEATH A STORM OF CLOUDS
UNTIL I FOUND THE MOON
FLOATING IN FRONT OF ME.

IT HASN’T RAINED IN MONTHS
BUT SOMEHOW YOU HAD
WASHED AWAY
AND ALL I WAS LEFT WITH
WAS A PUDDLE OF WATER
AND A BLANK PAGE
STARING BACK AT ME."

~   Draught || Pavana पवन

Nancy Cunard

sneak peek #2

Follow up from yesterdays sneak peek….

lots of layering, vegetable|fruit dyed organic cottons, vintage|antique fabrics,

hemp, textures, hand dyed fabrics, botanical, raw, delicate, denim, green, sustainable

model: Issy Wengert

clothing|styling|photography: by me (Mady Dooijes)

sneak peek...

Sneak peek of my new collection…

….website almost finished

lots of layering, vegetable|fruit dyed organic cottons, vintage|antique fabrics,

textures, hand dyed fabrics, botanical, raw, delicate, denim, green, sustainable

model: Issy Wengert

clothing|styling|photography: by me (Mady Dooijes)

the rose farm...

"GIVE ME A MOMENT…
I AM ADJUSTING THE ROSES IN MY TONGUE."

~   the rose farm, nayyirah waheed | from 'nejma'

ashley woodson bailey

you know...

"AT THE CENTER OF YOUR BEING
YOU HAVE THE ANSWER;
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT."

~   Lao Tzu 

hanna wahmer by peter lindbergh