Imperfection
Hello love, It's been awhile. I dream of you sometimes. In my dreams you are close, close enough to touch. Your presence comforts me until I wake up.
May 8 '12
May 8 '12
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Most of us probably aren’t very pleased when we see our reflections in a fun-house mirror, all lumps and knobs and stubby legs. But Sarah Harvey, the English painter, seems to prefer her self-portraits writhing, distorted and obscured. It’s not as unpleasant as it sounds – Harvey conducts her figure studies in the depths of a swimming pool, painting herself dozens of times submerged below the liquid blue-green surface. Based on photographs taken by a third party, the results are simultaneously realistic and blurred, attractive and eerie, an arresting examination of the self and the fluidity of appearance.
(Source: arreter)
May 8 '12
May 8 '12
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“People will never stop asking you if you’re eventually going to go to college. And unless you’re clairvoyant, you will never be able to answer this question, which doesn’t stop people from asking it all the time. No matter what you’re deciding to do with your life, your answer will never seem good enough for some people. You have to learn to mentally flip the bird to them as you respond with something light and pithy, like, “Oh, who knows! Maybe one day.” These are the same people that will eventually plague your life with questions like, “When are you going to get married?” or “Don’t you want to have a baby?” What they’re really asking is, “So where exactly do you fit into this framework of social acceptance that I have bought into?” They are judging you by their own standards, and you shouldn’t be made to feel inferior as a result of not conforming to them. Even with a college degree, you’ll never know how things are going to turn out for you.”
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