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You've almost convinced me I'm real
That's it! I have missed self-portraits so much that I have aken up the 52 week challenge from Let's Get Creative and I'm starting it as of now.
I have missed it so much; the feeling it gives me, the excitement planning and the surprises which happen whilst I am creating it. The buzz, the total high I get overwhelmed with when I can do what I love and express myself!
It has not been easy, the last weeks, a lot of changed suddenly came over me and as much as I deep down know it is all for the good: it's not easy. But I have photography. Holding on to it!
Twelve a Year: October 2018
“She writes things with her movements that I for the life of me could never write with a pen.” ― Christopher Poindexter
Started a group on Flickr for those who would like to join the "Twelve a Year" challenge.
What beliefs are you hanging onto that are weighing you down?
One of the most beautiful parts of creativity IS the ability TO CREATE. Creativity is not bound to something or limited by something. It is free, ever changing, ever growing. Only you can set the boundaries of how far you wish to explore your creativity. Some choose a smaller piece to work from and grow to be amazing at their craft. Others will have no bounds and be forever curious as to what their imagination can create.
My art is entering a very exciting period of freedom. This freedom has come from freeing myself of beliefs that I have accumulated that don’t serve me. You see, opinions can be a valuable tool to be taken into consideration but they are just that and not a life sentence. You are not sentenced by what someone thinks or feels about you. Of course, unfavorable opinions can hurt and as human beings we want to fit in… but at what cost?
Up until this point in 2020, I was accepting every opportunity that I could and clinging to it because I felt like I was not doing enough to support my family. Quarantine taught me how wrong I was. I started to work on myself and on the idea of setting myself free by releasing what no longer serves me or what has never served me – whether that be material possessions, thoughts in my mind or emotions. Let me tell you, this kind of purging is not easy. It takes a great deal of work and courage but the key is to take it one day or layer at a time. Yes, my mind is still cluttered and yes, so is my home but every day I take one step closer.
@dandapanillc taught me this year that one’s call in life should never be dependent on someone or something and this just struck such a strong chord with me. He went on to say, “What happens when that one thing or person go away? You find that you have no purpose now.” For the longest time, my purpose was to help others and then it changed to “be a successful artist.” But after giving this some thought, my life purpose is to love myself just as I am because the being that I am is perfect. And so, with that insight, I was able to set myself free.
✨What is your life purpose?✨
Blogged here: elsita.typepad.com/thehiddenseed/2009/11/dibujo-fondo.html
Dress: Forever 21
Shoes: White MT
Belt: Handmade
Once or twice a year, I hike a nature trail in a state park, just to read the graffiti on a small bridge. Doodle Bridge, as I have dubbed it, doesn't bear crude sketches and profanity. Well, maybe some. Most of its graffiti is poetry, song lyrics, and philosophy. I believe the ones with the markers are college students, expressing thoughts and feelings that touch them deeply.
I've posted many messages from Doodle Bridge. I want to preserve them before the bridge is covered, once again, with a fresh coat of paint, and the students need to start again.
Today, I made my pilgrimage and took many photos. I'll post them over the next few days, as I edit them. When I'm finished, I'll post another shot of the bridge itself, to bookend the messages on my photostream.
The One Thing I Would Take” - 2020
If you were stuck on a desert island and could have only one thing, what would it be? -
Collaboration between @sheilaeden and @adbrucephotos
Shot on iPhone and Google Pixel -
I have always wanted to do a cellphone shoot. Sheila emailed me last night asking me if I knew someone who would love to composite her images. I opened this e-mail at 5am and literally said, “F*** no.” Then I reminded myself that I am not myself before that first cup of coffee. So, I sat down with my coffee and breakfast in hand and began to think what I would do with these images.
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The most exciting part for me was that these are cellphone images which just goes to show you don’t need the fanciest of cameras to edit. All of the composited images (except for the scratches texture) were taken with a cellphone. I had taken a couple of textures photos with my cellphone earlier this year while in Mexico and I used only those for this photo.
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That arm? That’s me! I am so excited about this image! I cannot believe that I shot and composited and image all before 8:30am.
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Are you limiting yourself because you don’t have the best equipment to shoot?
28/365, Project 365: Looking For The Lost Self
About my project: michmutters.com
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Phase 2: Finding The Sexy ... Still
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It is not an overnight process.
Nothing is when it comes to self.
I am a human, as are you.
We are complex creatures.
Putting on the pretty is fine.
But it is only a veneer.
It is a mask. It is temporary.
I want sexy to live in me again.
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Apps: Procamera, Snapseed, Photofx Ultra
I think a lot about who I used to be and the mistakes that I have made. It’s as if I am afraid to move forward out of fear of being pulled back. Temptation is everywhere… waiting. It waits for you to make a misstep and fall into the deep, dark, cycles of comfort. There is no comfort in growth.
www.adbrucephotos.com/in-fear-there-is-temptation/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/adbrucephotos/
"There comes a time in your life, when you have to just trust. You are a being, worthy of all the goodness this world has to bestow on you. Look forward as you gently let go of your past and be reborn anew."
So glad to be back blogging again! yay!!
elsita.typepad.com/thehiddenseed/2009/05/verde-for-a-new-...
Oh dear, quite a few hours on this one. I went a bit texture crazy.
Again, sorry Masin, nicked yer text idea Luv, this is a gorgeous free font called Beyond Wonderland, its all curvy, grungy and dead sexy. I'm not a writer, but just made up a lickle poem about da crows as I wanted text over this!
Oh, and to "cover my modesty" the wind blew a cloud across my bum.. ha ha };0P>
Top: Ambassador Roberta
Pants: Guess
Shoes: Target
Beret: Ambassador Roberta
Bracelet: Made by myself
I just started a new blog and the name is The Hidden Seed: elsita.typepad.com/thehiddenseed/
Twelve a Year: February
"There are some who will only be able to comprehend you on the surface and be completely unable to dive in the depth you have to offer. There are some who will be fascinated by the oceans within you, and be unable to swim in the waves you give off. Do not settle for mediocrity." - words by Billy Chapata (poet)
Started a group on Flickr for those who would like to join the "Twelve a Year" challenge.
25/365, 25 January 2013
Project 365: Looking For The Lost Self
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Apps: Procamera, Snapseed, Blur Fx, Superimpose, Image Blender, Iris, Photofx Ultra - iPhone 4S - iPad 2 edits.
Blogged here: elsita.typepad.com/thehiddenseed/2009/11/green-dress.html
Dress: Tulle (via Mod Cloth)
Bag: Max&Co.
Shoes: Born
Socks: Target
Necklace: Vintage
I asked the others online, but forgot to ask myself..
For today's alternative monochrome musing, go to: www.michikofujii.co.uk/blog/dga7c34zfydyybfllbhgb47xl8xaxb
Bikini Thoughts - Closer: Godox V1 rear left and right with umbrellas. Godox AD200 in octogonal softbox above left for main light, above right in 30x120 softbox for fill.
Let the parties begin!
If you want more updates over the year follow me at www.instagram.com/jamenpercy
Love; it will not betray you. Dismay or enslave you, it will set you free.
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Blogged here: elsita.typepad.com/thehiddenseed/2009/08/blue-skirt.html
Skirt: H&M
Shirt: Gap
Shoes: Nine West
Belt: Target
Brooch: Vintage from Etsy (The Peacock Feather)
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