It wasn't....

"IT WASN’T MY DAY. MY WEEK. MY MONTH. MY YEAR. MY LIFE. GOD DAMN IT."

~   CHARLES BUKOWSKI

image by mady dooijes on instagram

I close....

"I CLOSE MY EYES AND I LET MY BODY SHUT ITSELF DOWN AND I LET MY MIND WANDER. 

IT WANDERS TO A FAMILIAR PLACE. 

A PLACE I DON’T TALK ABOUT OR ACKNOWLEDGE EXISTS. 

A PLACE WHERE THERE IS ONLY ME."

~   JAMES FREY, A MILLION LITTLE PIECES

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So here I am....

"SO HERE I AM. THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT."

~   CHUCK PALAHNIUK, Survivor 

image by me

road and beach trips...

recent road and beach trips 

all pictures by madydooijes

link with love

  

absent....

One of the reasons I have been absent (ˈabs(ə)nt/) (for a little while) is that we lost our gorgeous boy at the start of (our) summer school holidays. We adopted him three years ago and he was straight away a huge part of our family. We miss you gorgeous boy, we miss falling over you, your excitement when we get home, when you see your friends, your unconditional love. No words can really describe how we (still) feel. We love you my darling boy.... XXX

things that break...

"THINGS THAT BREAK:

FLOWERS.

DAWN.

THE OCEAN.

OUR HEARTS.

THIS IS HOW

GARDENS GROW.

THIS IS HOW

THE SUN BLOSSOMS.

THIS IS HOW WE

MAKE IT HOME.

THIS IS HOW WE

LEARN TO LOVE."

~   Pavana पवन

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rain...

rain  (rn)

n.

1.

a. Water condensed from atmospheric vapor and falling in drops.

b. A fall of such water; a rainstorm.

c. The descent of such water.

d. Rainy weather.

e. rains A rainy season.

Last weeks rainstorm.....

photo's mady dooijes

We reach..

"THIS BED I FALL ASLEEP IN 

REMINDS ME OF THOSE BOOKS

I READ WHEN I WAS YOUNGER,

SHEETS BENT IN THE SAME

PATTERN I LEFT THEM IN,  

SPINE TIRED AND WORN. 

THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

TO BE ADORED, I TELL MYSELF,

THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE

TO FALL IN LOVE WITH WORDS

WRITTEN FOR SOMEONE ELSE. 

I READ YOU IN ALL THE SLEEPLESS

CREASES YOU LEFT IN MY PILLOW,

THE WORDS YOU SPILLED IN THE

DREAMS WE USED TO SHARE. 

WE REACH FOR BOOKS THE WAY

WE REACH FOR OUR BEDS,

FOR COMFORT, FOR FAMILIARITY. 

WE LOVE THE WAY IT FEELS

WHEN OUR HEARTS BREAK 

THE SAME WAY WE BUILT THEM. 

THE BOOKS YOU’VE READ

YOU WILL READ AGAIN,

TIME WILL PASS AND YOU’LL

REMEMBER BEGINNINGS

BUT NOT HOW THEY END;

YOU WILL FALL ASLEEP IN THE

SAME SHAPE YOU ENDED

YOUR LAST STORY IN, BECAUSE

YOU’VE FORGOTTEN HOW TO CLOSE

YOUR EYES AND HOW TO START AGAIN. 

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE

MAKE STORIES OUT OF PEOPLE,

WHEN WE BRING THEM HOME WITH US

AND CREATE BOOKMARKS OUT OF ALL

THE PLACES WE USED TO MAKE LOVE. 

BUT BEDS ARE LIKE BOOKS,

I TELL MYSELF, TIRED AND WORN

TO THE BONE; AND THIS IS WHAT

IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE ADORED, 

I’VE BEEN TOLD. THIS IS WHAT

IT FEELS LIKE TO FALL IN LOVE

WITH STORIES THAT WERE NEVER

WRITTEN FOR YOU."

~    ||  MAZA-DOHTA

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eat...

Images. Millions of images. That’s what I eat.

— William S. Burroughs

images taken from tumblr and my own photos

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) 

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)

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)

you are...

"YOU ARE LIKE THE TREE
WHOSE MAGNIFICENCE
LIES NOT IN THE LENGTH
OF IT’S BRANCHES,
BUT IN ALL THE BIRDS WHO
TRUST THOSE BRANCHES
TO BUILD THEIR HOMES."

~   Pavana पवन

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warms...

"… THE JASMINE SEASON WARMS OUR BLOOD."

~   W. B. Yeats, “THE GIFT OF HARUN AL-RASHID” 

image by mady dooijes (instagram)

inspiration#98

mady dooijes|Paolo Roversi - Self Service Magazine: Fall/Winter 2004

unknown original source|Sophisticated teen fashion by Bonnie Young for summer 2014

ID dec 2010 Let alone the future.” Fei Fei Sun by Paola Kudacki|Taisuke Koyama 2008

“The Birds” by Julia Hetta for Bon #63 Winter 2012|mady dooijes

mady dooijes|sea urchins

Six magazine by Comme des Garcons no.3 1989|Japanease sweets　"hasami-giku/

rodarte|mady dooijes

texture-raw-green-yellow-touch of soft pinks and reds-organic cotton-

soft-fluid-heavy-handmade-knot-handwoven-cocooning-nurturing-
layering-tie-nature-tactile-work-hand dyed-vegetable dyed-embroidery