Brooklyn Chick

I remember you.
Your face innocent as always.
Your makeup, understated for your beauty.
Oh how your tresses fall perfectly over your shoulders.

I remember you twirling your hair around your fingers.
Your loving gaze.
& your relaxed stance.
How you shift your weight to one side, daydreaming.
Effortless beauty.

I recall the favorite taunting tilt of your head.
The unknowing pout plastered across your face when you're unhappy.
Even when you're upset, you never cease to amaze me.

The whole room lights up when you enter.
Your natural beauty.
Irresistible.

Model: Yuliana Bondar (IMG Models)

Photographer: Della Bass

Boyish frown

Upon closer inspection, he looks more captivating. His deep blue eyes staring intensely afar, lost in his train of thoughts. His eyebrows arching gracefully upwards, casting a slight frown, making him looks confused and possibly amused even. Amused at what? Naomi was interested to find out. Her gaze shifted to his strong jawline, then to his boyish haircut. 

The script started playing out of the blue. Naomi panicked. Hurriedly rummaging through her puse, she found her phone. No incoming calls, she was bewildered. Trying to find the captivating young man again, she caught sight of him answering his phone. Her heart stopped a beat, same ringtone? Her mind drifted and filled itself with romantic fantasies from her collection of romance novels.

Stop it, you're being ridiculous. Her subconscious chided.
But then again, if you don't take a risk, you'll never know.

Sometimes, lady luck might be on your side.
Follow your heart.

"He looks ___ with his youthful, tousled hair. There is something boyish about him, which makes him look younger than he is" - Haruki Murakami

Model: Ludovico Vacquez
Photographer: Nicola Casini

Summer Breeze

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” 
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Never knew the effect summer had on me until 2013.
Here's to sun-kissed skin and everything else.

Paradox of our time

@weheartit

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness. 

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. 

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things. 

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less. 

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete. 

Remember to spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. 

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. 

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

And always remember, life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by those moments that take our breath away.

-George Carlin

Crossroads

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

For a fraction of a second, we feel that our whole life is justified, our sins forgiven, and that love is still the strongest force, one that can transform us forever. But at the same time, we feel afraid. Surrendering completely to love, means giving up everything including our well-being or our ability to make decisions.
- The Witch of Portobello

photo credits: garypeppervintage