01 Friday Apr 2011
Posted in Fashion, Photography, Reflections
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beautiful, Beauty, Fashion, Lauren Currie, Naveen Patnaik, Photography, postaweek 2011, Sari, Skaykh Farhan
© Shaykh Farhan
The sari’s radiance, vigor and variety, produced by a single straight length of cloth, should give us in the West pause and make us think about the zipper, the dart and the shoulder pad. – Naveen Patnaik
The sari is the most elegant dress for women bar none.
Model: Lauren DiMarco
30 Wednesday Mar 2011
Posted in Art, Crafts, Design, Photography, Reflections
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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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Torschslusspanik
29 Tuesday Mar 2011
Posted in Fashion, Photography, Reflections
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Aaron Mann, beautiful, Beauty, Dorothy Parker, Fashion, Fashion Photography, Lai Man Cheung, Lauren DiMarco, Photography, postaweek 2011, sweet love, true love
© Lai Man Cheung Photography
I’ll be the way I was when I first met him. Then maybe he’ll like me again. I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them. – from the story A Telephone Call by Dorothy Parker
We pine and opine about true love but very few of us have ever really experienced it.
Models: Lauren DiMarco and Aaron Mann
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First Kiss
Inner Voice
26 Saturday Mar 2011
Posted in America's Next Top Model, Fashion, Photography
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America's Top Model, beautiful, Beauty, Cat on a hot tin roof, Fashion, Khrystyana Kazakova, Mua Janet Mariscal, Photography, postaweek2011
© Mua Janet Mariscal
What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?
Just staying on it I guess, as long as she can.
from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Sometimes surrendering is not an option.
Model: Khrystyana Kazakova
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Awakening
25 Friday Mar 2011
Posted in Design, Fashion, Photography, Reflections
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beautiful, Beauty, Catherine Deneuve, David Bailey, Fashion, Lauren DiMarco, Lord Byron, Makeup, Photography, postaweek2011, Samantha Wolov, Ukushu Khrystyna
© 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
Posted in Design, Fashion, Photography
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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
Posted in Crafts, Design, Photography, Reflections
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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
23 Wednesday Mar 2011
Posted in Music, Photography
© Joan Currie
But I think my first love is acoustic music. – Graham Nash
My favorite ( mostly mellow) acoustic songs:
1. James Taylor – Sweet Baby James (Fire & Rain, You’ve Got a Friend, Copperline, etc.)
2. Glen Hansard – Falling Softly
3. Patti Griffin – Long Ride Home
4. Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl
5. Joni Mitchell – Carey (with mandolin, too)
6. Bob Dylan – Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
7. Harry Chapin – Cats in the Cradle
8. Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman
9. Ricky Martin – Tu Recuerdo (with guitar and mandolin)
10. Simon and Garfunkel – Sound of Silence
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21 Monday Mar 2011
Posted in Garden, Photography, Reflections
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© Joan Currie
I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees. – Pablo Neruda
I heard the birds singing today for the first time in many months and everywhere I looked the trees were in bloom.
© Joan Currie
21 Monday Mar 2011
Posted in Art, Crafts, Fashion, Photography, Reflections
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beautiful, Beauty, Craft project, Crafts, Denim, Green crafting, Jeans, Photography, postaweek2011, Sewing
Clothes are about much more than just cloth. It’s giving the wearer something more than a garment. It’s transferring emotion. – Jessica Ogden
In the spirit of green crafting, I have taken to transforming my daughters’ old jeans into cushions, seat covers, handbags, change purses, and bowls (below).
© Joan Currie
Model – Lauren DiMarco
Satin & Sand 