30 Wednesday Mar 2011
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© Joan Currie
Creation is about pleasure – even though there is lots of darkness. You need to go inside yourself to bring out what is new for your soul and for your emotion.
Humberto Campana
Unleash your creative powers – you may be surprised at the talent that lies within you!
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25 Friday Mar 2011
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© Samantha Wolov
She walks in beauty,
Like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Lord Byron
Makeup ready for a photo shoot – to conceal and reveal.
The lead photograph is reminiscent of David Bailey’s iconic work in the late 1960s, particularly with
Catherine Deneuve.
© Lauren DiMarco
© Lauren DiMarco
Model – Ukushu Khrystyna
24 Thursday Mar 2011
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© Lauren DiMarco
I got tired of being a trained animal in somebody else’s circus.
from Walking Tall
Stepping out in high heels makes me feel powerful – and that feeling is intoxicating!
© Lauren DiMarco
23 Wednesday Mar 2011
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© Joan Currie
Embellishment: To make beautiful by adding an ornament or decoration.
The bejeweled tassel adds a certain elegance to the sheer white drapes and the silk roses soften the starkness of the milk glass bowl.
© Lauren DiMarco
18 Friday Mar 2011
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America's Top Model, Art, beautiful, Beauty, Design, Fashion, Fashion Accessory, Khrystyana Kazakova, Lauren DiMarco, Miri Ekshtein, Photography, postaweek2011, Scarves
© Miri Ekshtein – detail
Scarf – an article of dress of a light and decorative character.
I have a penchant for beautiful scarves! My favorite silk patterned ones were purchased at flea markets in Lisbon, Santa Fe, and San Francisco. I drape them around my shoulders mostly but have never had the panache to wear them in the dramatic way shown above.
I did, however, buy a crimson suede-fringed scarf on vacation in Morocco that seemed very chic, but once I got home it looked more like Davy Crockett meets Little Red Riding Hood and I never wore it.
© Miri Ekshtein
Models – Lauren DiMarco and Khrystyana Kazakova
17 Thursday Mar 2011
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© Joan Currie - St. Patrick's Day
May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
I hope Saint Patrick bestows his blessings far and wide today.
16 Wednesday Mar 2011
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© Joan Currie - Teapot
Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world. – Tien Yiheng
I have a collection of well-used teapots given to me by various relatives because the pouring spouts were cracked or broken at the tip. I still enjoy them for their interesting shapes, floral designs, and the memories of all the tea parties we had together.
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12 Saturday Mar 2011
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© Joan Currie
Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.
W. Somerset Maugham
These perfume bottles were given to guests who traveled the long distance to India for a marriage ceremony.
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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Beaded Necklaces
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.
Satin & Sand 