Perfumes are the feelings of flowers, and as the human heart, imagining itself alone and unwatched, feels most deeply in the night-time, so seems it as if the flowers, in musing modesty, await the mantling eventide ere they give themselves up wholly to feeling, and breathe forth their sweetest odours. Flow forth, ye perfumes of my heart, and seek beyond these mountains the dear one of my dreams! ~Heinrich Heine, "The Hartz Journey" (1824)
It possesses me
This deep hunger for darkness
Wields me to create.
I am part of a group of photographers who are working on a Self Portrait Project.
February's theme is
{Hunger}.
The series of submissions can be found HERE
These dreams, they haunt me.
Lingering throughout each day.
A part of me now.
All that's left of me,
Can you see right through me now?
Shadows of my ghost.
Holding onto words
Even the ones unspoken
Etched into my soul.
Remember that time?
Like a distant memory.
Faded but still there. ~ SC
Deep within my bones,Aching to set myself free, These binds are too tight.
Set your creativity free and let it spread like wildfire!
“It is only through mystery and madness that the soul is revealed”― Thomas Moore
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
Edgar Allan Poe
You're gone, gone, gone awayI watched you disappear
All that's left is the ghost of you.
Now we're torn, torn, torn apart,
There's nothing we can do
Just let me go we'll meet again soon
Now wait, wait, wait for me
Please hang around
I'll see you when I fall asleep....
*Of Monsters And Men
“I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.”― Anaïs Nin
The theme this month for The Creativity Project is {Body Parts & Age}.
Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.
~Kevyn Aucoin
Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'
Ashton Kutcher
A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.
Nikki Giovanni
Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.
Bo Bennett
I think this theme came at a perfect time in my life.
I know this next photographer in our circle will do something great this month . S. Badiyah Austin from s0-i-blog always post the most beautiful, thought provoking, true to life posts. Please click HERE to her blog. Once you are done making your way through the circle come on over to our Facebook page and share your images for this month's theme!
xoxo
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”― Roald Dahl
It's where the light gently meets and kisses the shadows...
That's where I'll be.
Meet me there.
It's an incredible honor to have two of my images chosen for Clickin Moms
{Voice} Collection.
You can view the 287 images for the collection that were selected out of over 8,000 entries and
learn more by visiting their site HERE.
They have even put together an incredible video of the collection that you can watch
In the depth of winter I finally learned
that there was in me an invincible summer.
~ Albert Camus
XoXo~
Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door. ~Brooke Shields
XOXO~
Sometimes the days are long,
and the thought of going outside is too chilling.
That leaves me longing to create images.
Alone in the house,
that leaves myself, Charlie, and Summer.
XoXo~
How lucky am I to call this beautiful child my daughter?
XOXO--
Photo Challenge- Bust a Gut !
My sweet Linhsey busts a gut on a daily basis. She cracks herself up and everyone around her!
This photo was entered into the I Heart Faces photo challenge – www.iheartfaces.com