03 Monday Dec 2012
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© Lauren DiMarco
In my thinking about happiness, I’ve come to realize that staying connected to people from my past is an important happiness booster… – Bjorn Wallander
Sometimes around the holidays I need to hear my childhood friends’ voices…
26 Monday Nov 2012
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© Joan Currie – Charleston bodice & skirt – Mixed media
This is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding — it’s got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl.
from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flappers and Philosophers
The holiday season has arrived. Dressing up for a razzle-dazzle evening…
18 Sunday Nov 2012
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© Joan Currie – watercolor
Absence extinguishes a minor passion and intensifies a great one – as the wind blows out a candle but fans a fire.
from In Absence by François , Duc de la Rochefoucauld
Trying to wait patiently for your return…
11 Sunday Nov 2012
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© Rachel Valley
She does not yet know that real love does not demand perfection.
from Labyrinth of Desire by Rosemary Sullivan
But she is about to meet the man who will teach her …
Model: Lauren DiMarco
10 Saturday Nov 2012
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© Lauren DiMarco
The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but what he cannot reveal to you.
Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says, but rather to what he does not say.
Kahill Gibran
Carefully pulling back the curtain to get a glimpse of your soul…
Model: Lauren DiMarco
04 Sunday Nov 2012
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© Khrystyana Kazakova
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
Maria Robinson
Hatching a more creative life!
Model: Khrystyna Kazakova
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04 Sunday Nov 2012
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© Joan Currie
Creativity is the Blue Heron within us waiting to fly; through her imagination, all things become possible.
Nadia Janice Brown
This elegant fowl granted me a few moments before spreading its wings and flying away.
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31 Wednesday Oct 2012
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© Joan Currie
To work magic is to weave the unseen forces into form; to soar beyond sight; to explore the uncharted dream realm of the hidden reality. – Starhawk from Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach
My childhood Hallowe’en costumes were always some variation on the witch theme, with the capes becoming more and more elaborate as the years went on. I think I fared better than my siblings who opted for ghost garb.
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29 Monday Oct 2012
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Royal Yacht Britannia in Edinburgh © Joan Currie
The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.
by Amelia Earhart
Grateful for a weekend in home port…
24 Wednesday Oct 2012
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© Joan Currie
No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. – Jesse Jackson
Ready to try flying to higher altitudes…
Satin & Sand 