06 Tuesday Sep 2011
Posted in Fashion, Photography, Reflections
© Lauren DiMarco – detail
If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I will never know happiness. For I am possessed by a fever for knowledge, experience, and creation. – Anaïs Nin
A penny for her thoughts…
Model: Lauren DiMarco
05 Monday Sep 2011
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© Lauren DiMarco
…[she] supplies the beautiful incandescent flesh, the fulgurant voice, the abysmal eyes, the drugged gestures, the presence of a body, the incarnation of our dreams and creations. – Anaïs Nin
Poetic beauty personified…
Model: Lauren DiMarco
23 Tuesday Aug 2011
Posted in Art, Crafts, Design, Fashion, Photography, Reflections
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©Joan Currie
All you need to paint is a few tools, a little instruction, and a vision in your mind. – Bob Ross
I am fascinated by the beautiful shapes and colors in this section of a strand of beads from West Africa.
21 Sunday Aug 2011
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© Joan Currie
No matter how artful the photographer, no matter how carefully posed his subject, the beholder feels an irresistible urge to search such a picture for a tiny spark of contingency… – Walter Benjamin
The safety pins on the belt loop looked charming…
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19 Friday Aug 2011
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© Joan Currie
The world of sleep has an existence of its own. – Victor Hugo
I wonder where her dreams will take her tonight?
Model: Lauren DiMarco
29 Friday Jul 2011
Posted in Fashion, Music, Photography, Reflections
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© Olga Lacosta Photography
Am I making believe I see in you,
A man too perfect to be really true?
Do I want you because you’re wonderful,
or are you wonderful because I want you?
from Cinderella by Rodgers & Hammerstein
My list of favorite love songs from musicals…
1. Cinderella – Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?
2. My Fair Lady – I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
3. Oliver – Where is Love?
4. Phantom of the Opera – All I Ask of You
5. Crazy for You – Someone to Watch Over Me
6. Passion – Happiness
7. A Little Night Music – Send in the Clowns
8. South Pacific – Some Enchanted Evening
9. Sound of Music – Something Good
10. Camelot – If Ever I Would Leave You
Model: Lauren DiMarco
22 Friday Jul 2011
Posted in Fashion, Photography, Reflections, Writing
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© Ryuuzaki Julio
He wants to remain within her, to lie blind in the furls of her flesh. – Anaïs Nin
I am in need of a sincere apology…
Models: Lauren DiMarco & Oleg Galagan
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21 Thursday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
It is a peculiarity of knitters that they chronically underestimate the amount of time it takes to knit something. – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Although I am not planning to give up my present love (Rowan yarn), I have to confess that I am smitten with two others: Ozark Handspun and Be Sweet yarns. I plan to use all three when making Christmas gifts this year for my daughters.
British royalty fans will want to check out the July 20th posting of the Be Sweet Blog and the instructions for the shawl that Kate Middleton wore recently.
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17 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Rummy Makmur - detail
I‘ve never quite believed that one chance is all I get. – Anne Tyler
No mulligans, no dress rehearsals – this is your life, the green flash before the sun sets. Make the most of it!
Model – Lauren DiMarco
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03 Sunday Jul 2011
Posted in Art, Fashion, Photography, Reflections
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© Lauren DiMarco
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. – Anaïs Nin
As I walked along the sidewalk today, I was captivated by the peculiar patterns of flattened dark globs of chewing gum embedded in the pavement. Continuing along my route, I started noticing black dots everywhere!
London artist, Ben Wilson, embellishes such discarded gum with colorful images.
Model: Lauren DiMarco
Satin & Sand 