Author Archives: Satin & Sand

Beautiful Masculinity…

04 Friday Mar 2011

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© Ben Pacificar

I’d like men to think about evolving into something more sophisticated, more seductive.
To explore the possibility of an entirely new masculinity.
Hedi Slimane

The modern masculine – see Hedi Slimane’s provocative website for his personal, fashion, and portrait diaries.

Model – Slavic Berezenko

Stroll…

02 Wednesday Mar 2011

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© Jeff Steinmetz

If you look for the truth outside yourself,
It gets farther and farther away.
Today walking alone, I meet it everywhere I step.
Tung-Shan

I was enveloped in a riot of fuchsia and rose colored blossoms on my walk today.

Model – Khrystyana Kazakova

Wonderland…

01 Tuesday Mar 2011

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© Mindo Cika

I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I’m not the same, the next question is ‘Who in the world am I?’ Ah, that’s the great puzzle! – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

This blog has taken me to Wonderland! I do not know the who, what, when, where, and why of it yet, but I am savoring and the experience. Thanks to everyone for your support!

Model: Lauren DiMarco

Favorite Necklace…

28 Monday Feb 2011

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© Joan Currie

A Necklace by William Strode

These veines are nature’s nett,
These cords by art are sett.

If love himselfe flye here,
Love is intangled here.

Loe! on my neck this twist I bind,
For to hang him that steales my mynde:
Unless hee hang alive in chaynes
I hang and dye in lingring paynes.

Theis threads enjoy a double grace,
Both by the gemme and by the place.

My daughters fashioned this necklace for me from Murano beads that once belonged to my grandmother.

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Rose Metalwork…

26 Saturday Feb 2011

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© Joan Currie

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted. – Henri Matisse

My daughters were very adept at making Lego sculptures. One spray-painted her masterpiece in gold and this vase from Copenhagen reminds me of that creation.

Awakening…

25 Friday Feb 2011

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© Jeff Steinmetz

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing. – Gail Sheehy

Resolve to have a beautiful day from the moment you wake up!


Model – Khrystyana Kazakova

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