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Dress: Togs Soho
Cardigan: Vintage
Shoes: Lower East Side
Hair accessory: From Hawaii
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Dress: Mod Cloth
Shoes: Anthropologie
Belt: Handmade
Twelve a Year: January
"You think you've seen her naked because she took her clothes off? Tell me about her dreams. Tell me what breaks her heart. What is she passionate about, and what makes her cry? Tell me about her childhood. Better yet, tell me one story about her that you're not in.
You've seen her skin, and you've touched her body. But, you still know as much about her as the book you once found but never got around to opening." - Dominic Matthew Jackson
Started a group on Flickr for those who would like to join the "Twelve a Year" challenge.
Blogged here: elsita.typepad.com/thehiddenseed/2009/09/brown-skirt.html...
Top: Love Stitch
Skirt: Forever 21
Shoes: Anthropologie
Belt: Anthropologie
Headband: Vintage
Invisible Petticoat: Vintage from the Rose Bowl Flea Market
Blogged here: elsita.typepad.com/thehiddenseed/2009/11/blck.html
Sweater: Anthropologie
Skirt: The J. Peterman Company
Under the skirt: My vintage petticoat
Shoes: Madden Girl
Twelve a Year: November
Started a group on Flickr for those who would like to join the "Twelve a Year" challenge.
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"Her messy hair is a visible attribute of her stubborn spirit. As she shakes it free, she smiles knowing wild is her favorite color." - poetry by J. Iron Word
I have difficultly putting my emotions and feelings in to words. I search for poets and writers to give my photographs the words I cannot express.
Even the simple act of a fallen leaf leads to a much bigger importance.
Katsuhiko Matsunaga, a marine chemist at the Hokkaido University, discovered that leaves falling into streams and rivers leach acids into the ocean that stimulate the growth of plankton, the first and most important building block in the food chain.
Started a group on Flickr for those who would like to join the "Twelve a Year" challenge.
Twelve a Year: November 2018
“He created a world in which I never knew existed.”
Started a group on Flickr for those who would like to join the "Twelve a Year" challenge.
The conspiratorial lean and the lopsided smile say that the story she’s telling is clearly getting to one of the good parts.
Unposed shots are just so much more fun. You'd never recapture this as a posed shot.
It’s cool how the gray, urban background makes it look like color-splash, when, other than cropping and watermarking, it’s OOC. And, I love the psychedelic rainbow Tribbles turned into earrings.
24th Annual How Wɘird Street Faire, 14 October, 2023.
Howard Street, San Francisco, CA.
DO YOU EASILY GIVE FLIGHT TO THE THOUGHTS THAT HAUNT YOU?
I’ve been giving this topic a lot of thoughts as I prepare to teach my very first “Book of Happy” Class in January at Kim Winey Photography’s Reboot Workshop.
SO many of us go on about out daily lives haunted by what goes through our minds. Thoughts pour in and out, running in the background like the processor of a computer. You think them, give them life, feel them, all the while perhaps not acknowledging what they are or how they’re shaping your past, present and future.
At first, I worried about teaching about my Book of Happy. I have a pretty great life. It’s pretty great now because I worked at it. My parents have been the best teachers in happiness and positivity that I could have ever asked for. During our conversation this past Monday morning, my Mom said, “You weren’t always happy. You weren’t exactly a happy kid but you’ve always worked at it.” I appreciate her words so much because they’re true. To get to a point where the haunted thoughts are far less than the purposeful and happy thoughts takes a great deal of work and effort.
It begins with a commitment to oneself to do something different to achieve a different result.
“THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS.” – ALBERT EINSTEIN
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Celebrate life, love, beauty, and diversity while discovering incredible gifts and special offers throughout the event. It's time to add a splash of color to your Second Life wardrobe and embrace the spirit of PRIDE!
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Happy October 1st, the official month to celebrate Halloween!
Mrs. Death was born out of a challenge that I made for myself. I had purchased a styrofoam skeleton head from Michaels and forced myself to come up with as many concepts as possible utilizing that prop.
This image was very fun to create and I cannot wait to share the rest of the series this month.
I'll be the flowers that they place on your casket.
Hair -> Wasabi
Overalls -> Leroy
Bunny Ears -> Dust Bunny
For a sharper, contrasting, confrontational stare, go to: www.michikofujii.co.uk/blog/3z5x8z8e7ptwfcz6pap3kdpzxyegws
Twelve a Year February 2020
If you just wait, the world gets louder when you're by yourself. Listening to the sounds of the natural world is a gift that many block out.
Started a group on Flickr for those who would like to join the "Twelve a Year" challenge.
One of the many transient pieces of art which adorn the walls of Leeside Skatepark in Vancouver, BC Canada. This park is named and dedicated to Lee Matasi December 27, 1981 - December 3, 2005
A tribute website to Lee can be found here
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"Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make more arbitrary use of colour to express myself more forcefully ... To express the love of two lovers by the marriage of two complementary colours ... To express the thought of a brow by the radiance of a light tone against a dark background. To express hope by some star. Someone's passion by the radiance of the setting sun."
-- Vincent van Gogh, 1888.
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Untangling the past. It may take quiet moments, and last for days. It's important. It's necessary. Each of us has potential, a special gift. I'm sending this out in hopes it may inspire you to unwrap your package (your future) by releasing the knot of your past. Set yourself free to be creative, and giving. xo
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Skirt: Anthropologie
Shirt: Vintage
Sweater: Gap
Shoes: Born
Tights: Target
Earrings: Anthropologie
Pin: Vintage from Flea Market here in LA
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She insisted that I retake the picture with the fan open, and that I post it.
24th Annual How Wɘird Street Faire, 14 October, 2023.
Howard Street, San Francisco, CA.
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Explored 30May2024
My take on a shot by JenniPenni.
Andddddd J is for "Just Wondering"
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Finally going home today! I'll miss my grandparents, yes, but I have limited props and wardrobe here! It was killing me!
Um.. this was supposed to be a bit ironic.. I feel like too many are taking it seriously. Giving me the meaning of life! I mean, I adore everyone's opinions, htough :)
Blogged here: elsita.typepad.com/thehiddenseed/2009/07/frida-juliette.h...
Skirt: Made by myself
Top: H&M
Sandals: Tommy Bahama
Tiny flowers on hair: Vintage
"Live Free" - I made this image exclusively for the Sony Female Alpha Grant and it is made to represent what Alpha Means to me. Here is the behind the scenes video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX3v8cTIQNw
🌠 Do you believe in something BADLY enough to get it? Do you trust in yourself enough to follow that little guiding voice inside of you? The one who gently nudges you on the path that you should be taking? 🌌
To the courageous women who applied for the Sony Female Alpha Creator-In-Residence grant – I applaud you. It was a hard application and one that took a lot of thought and no time for second-guessing. It was an opportunity to uncover a part of yourself and see how far you could test your limits. It was a chance to really sit down and think about who you are, where you are going and what you want in this life.
I am grateful for that opportunity. I am grateful to have learned so much about myself in those 14 days that I just worked away for over 10 hours a day writing, proofing, re-recording, shooting and just trusting that I deserved this chance. I learned that there is a community of amazing women out there who support each other in their journeys. I learned that there is a company out there who believe in ME and MY dreams. I learned to never back down from a dream and that it is NEVER too late to BE BOLD and FEARLESSLY pursue your dreams. I stand for that WHOLEHEARTEDLY. It took me the better part of 11 years to get here but I refuse to give up. There is so much in store for us if we just choose to believe in our own power. So I extend my hand out to you and ask: What is it that YOU want MOST in this world and how can we work together to get there?
🌠 Be bold, be brave, be fearless – your dreams are waiting 🌠
Dress: Max Studio
Cardigan: Paul Smith
Shoes: Target
Belt: Target
Pin: Made by myself
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Cardigan: Paul Smith
Skirt: Anthropologie (with my vintage petticoat underneath)
Shoes and tights: Target
Belt: Vintage
Necklace: Handmade by myself