15 Tuesday May 2012
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The word “alone” should not, for us, ring cold and hollow, but hot.
Pulsing with potentiality.
from Party of One, The Loner’s Manifesto by Anneli Rufus
I love being with you, but also revel in my time alone.
11 Friday May 2012
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Asymmetrical hemline, Beauty, Design, Fashion, Lauren DiMarco, Michael Chichi, Paul Valery, Photography, Relationships
© Michael Chichi
Beauty is at once the ultimate principle and the highest aim of art. – Paul Valery
You keep me off-balance.
Model: Lauren DiMarco
19 Thursday Apr 2012
Posted in America's Next Top Model, Design, Fashion, Photography, Relationships, Writing
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America's Top Model, Edgar Allan Poe, Fashion, Khrystyna Kazakova, Photography, Poetry, The Raven
© Khrystyana Kazakova
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was broken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore?”
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, “Lenore!”-
Merely this, and nothing more.
from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Who knows what radiant maiden may yet come rapping at a man’s heart?
© Khrystyana Kazakova
Model:
Khrystyana Kazakova
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16 Monday Apr 2012
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© Joan Currie
If you create rooms with an authentic view, self-exploration must come before paint chips and fabric swatches. Sarah Ban Breathnach
I have finally settled on a soft cottage look for my new home.
14 Saturday Apr 2012
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© Joan Currie
The simplicity of first love, or friendliness, the mutuality of first sympathy seems, at its initial appearance – even if merely in exciting conversation across a dinner table – to be a self-enclosed world.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea
I wish we had remained in that world…
11 Wednesday Apr 2012
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© Joan Currie – Lauren DiMarco’s cuff bracelet
Better or worse
But what else can we do?
And better or worse
I am tethered to you
If it’s not either of us
Tell me who are we fooling?
lyrics from Who Are We Fooling by Brooke Fraser
Our bond can never be broken- no matter how hard we try.
10 Tuesday Apr 2012
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© Joan Currie
Today a frock the color of a rose had been put on her, and Mariette had bought some real buds and made her a wreath to wear on her black locks. She had been learning a new, delightful dance in which she had been skimming and flying about the room, like a large rose-colored butterfly, and the enjoyment and exercise had brought a brilliant, happy glow in to her face. – from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I, too, have been learning to waltz in my rose-colored frock.
02 Monday Apr 2012
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© Joan Currie – Vintage sequined top from Hong Kong
So Spring must dawn again with warmth and bloom,
Or in this world, or in the world to come:
Sing, voice of Spring!
Till I too blossom and rejoice and sing.
from The First Spring Day by Christina Rossetti
Donning bright yellows and golds always lifts my spirits!
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01 Sunday Apr 2012
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© Joan Currie
I wanna watch you undress
I wanna watch you glow
Let your hair down
All around, cover us both
You come in a wave
We crash and we roll
You surround me, pull me, drown me, swallow me whole.
from the song Run by Matt Nathanson
I love it when you run your fingers through my hair…
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24 Saturday Mar 2012
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de Young Museum, Fashion, Haute Couture, Jean Paul Gaultier, Jean Paul Gaultier at the de Young, Photography, San Francisco
© Joan Currie - with Jean Paul Gaultier at the de Young
Elegance is a question of personality, more than one’s clothing. – Jean Paul Gaultier
Admiration turned to reverence for the fashion icon Jean Paul Gaultier – for his esprit de vie, creative genius, haute couture masterpieces, extravagant embellishments, and respect for personal freedoms of both men and women.
© Joan Currie - with Jean Paul Gaultier at the de Young Museum, SF
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