“Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.” ~ Junichiro Tanizaki This is the second image I have posted taken from this location. You can find the first one here A Pining Nymph. I love the way the shadows from…
I have been taking outdoor self portraits for a long time now. People are often surprised that all the images here on my blog are taken by me, well 99% of them are, including all the outdoor ones. The odd time they are not I always say in the post if Michael took the picture.…
“No days such honored days as these! While yet Fair Aphrodite reigned, men seeking wide For some fair thing which should forever bide On earth, her beauteous memory to set In fitting frame that no age could forget, Her name in lovely April’s name did hide, And leave it there, eternally allied To all the…
“If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.” ~ Pythagoras If me; you?
There are the obvious things, the breasts, the ass, the intoxicating cunt and then there are things that surprise you, the sparkle in her eyes, the twist of hair that snakes across her cheek, the way the light falls across her neck and shoulders illuminating the dip and curve of flesh over bone. Those things…
“Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.” ~ Ernest Holmes So what are you thinking?
Gather me in your mind Encase me with your touch Gentle, soft, flesh Waiting For release from Waiting For your sin to gather on me
“It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want—oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” ~ Mark Twain
“She comes in colors She’s like a rainbow Coming, colors in the air Oh, everywhere She comes in colors” ~ She’s a Rainbow by Rolling Stones
I took this picture for my Christmas Advent Calendar 2014 but never used it. When I was flicking through images trying to decide what to use for February Photofest @domsigns caught sight of this one and told me to use it. Apparently he likes the way the Poinsettia is acting like a fig leaf and…
On days like this when rain casts it tears down my windows the best place to be is inside… me
“To be haunted is to glimpse a truth that might best be hidden.” ~ James Herbert
“At night I dream that you and I are two plants that grew together, roots entwined, and that you know the earth and the rain like my mouth, since we are made of earth and rain.” ~ Pablo Neruda
In the dark prism of my mind there is horror… come play in me.
I love taking my outdoor self portraits. Not just the taking of the image but the whole process, from setting off on a walk, to finding the location, taking the images, getting back home to see what I got and finally (if they are good enough) editing and posting them. It is a complete process…
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