Witness of freedom….

We are living in a time when men, impelled by mediocre and ferocious ideologies,

have gotten into the habit of being ashamed of everything
 —ashamed of themselves, of being happy, of loving or creating.

— Albert Camus, The Artist as a Witness of Freedom 
lukasz wierzbowski

Having...

Having experienced both, I am not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it.

— Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

barbara stanwyck

There is...

"There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.

There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled.

You feel it, don’t you?" 

― Rumi

Valerie Sipp in “Designer’s Palette” by Javier Vallhonrat for Vogue Italia March 2002

♥

"I want to see you.

Know your voice.

Recognize you when you

first come ‘round the corner.

Sense your scent when I come 

into a room you’ve just left.

Know the lift of your heel,

the glide of your foot.

Become familiar with the way 

you purse your lips

then let them part, 

just the slightest bit,

when I lean in to your space

and kiss you.

I want to know the joy 

of how you whisper 

"more". 

― Rumi

Jeneil Williams photographed by Txema Yeste for Numéro #150 February 2014

Love story...

"The minute I heard my first love story, 

I started looking for you, not knowing

how blind that was.

Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere.

They’re in each other all along."

― Rumi, The Illuminated Rumi

naftali beder

I am not...

I am not like

other people

other people are like

other people.

— Charles Bukowski 

Monika Sawicka by Mark Segal for Vogue Nippon

yes|no...

When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you aren’t saying ‘no’ to yourself.

— Paulo Coelho

Sarah Moon

I wish...

And your voice is still my favorite song, my favorite sound, my favorite softness.

— Anis Mojgani, “I Wish I Was Sleeping in Your Arms Tonight”

georgina stojiljkovic by sarah moon for another magazine fall 2011 “the singing silhouette”

She was...

She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances.

She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

'baignade interdite'. siri tollerød by camille vivier for numéro june/july 2008

There is….

There is 

something

just so

exhausting

about reality.

— Michelle K., Realism.

"Form Meets Fashion". Photographed by Nicholas Alan Cope for V magazine #87