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