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