jaded moonbeams
Drawing by © Aurore de La Morinerie from “Hommage à Alaïa” exhibition at Akio Nagasawa Gallery, Tokyo
strawberry haze
Drawing by © Aurore de La Morinerie from “Hommage à Alaïa” exhibition at Akio Nagasawa Gallery, Tokyo
A s t r a w b e r r y haze
benumbs her trembling lips—
his shadow lingers.
clandestine orbit
Drawing by © Aurore de La Morinerie from “Hommage à Alaïa” exhibition at Akio Nagasawa Gallery in Tokyo
Veiled by sharp silence
she threads whispers into their
clandestine o r b i t.
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“Love, she thought, must come suddenly, with great outbursts and lightnings,--a hurricane of the skies, which falls upon life, revolutionises it, roots up the will like a leaf, and sweeps the whole heart into the abyss.”
― Gustave Flaubert
waken
DARK IS LIGHT #63 (2018) oil on canvas by © Conrad Jon Godly, courtesy of the artist
a charmed disquiet
punctures dark, electric clouds—
their storm w a k e n s slow.
rose-tinted
DARK IS LIGHT # 55 (2018) oil on canvas by © Conrad Jon Godly, courtesy of the artist
they await sweet dreams
amid r o s e -tinted sorrows,
beneath silent stars.
molten
DARK IS LIGHT # 84 (2018) oil on canvas by © Conrad Jon Godly, courtesy of the artist
black, m o l t e n echos
smother untouched horizons—
lovers gasp for air.
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”But hurry, let’s entwine ourselves as one, our mouth broken, our soul bitten by love, so time discovers us safely destroyed.”
—Federico García Lorca
exhale
Image by © Andy.R, courtesy of the artist
The s k y exhales—
she bathes in the charged darkness,
cradling moonbeams.
orchids
Image by © Andy.R, courtesy of the artist
Sharp-edged loveliness
envelopes her wide shut eyes—
o r c h i d s bloom afar.
fractured waters
Image by © Andy.R, courtesy of the artist
Endangered beauty
anchors her fallen gaze in
deep, f r a c t u r e d waters.
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“I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.”
― Yohji Yamamoto
cellophane veil
'Duchamp - L.H.O.O.Q. #15/35' by © Nick Smith, courtesy of the artist
A c e l l o p h a n e veil
masks her gentle abhorrence
of faux pretenses.
venom
'Medusa, Tondo 2017' by © Nick Smith, courtesy of the artist
Amid fallen stars
laced with sweet v e n o m o u s love
strangers turn to stone.
seized
'Rembrandt’s Ruff Ryder 1' by © Nick Smith, courtesy of the artist
Seized by s h a r p outlines
of illusory perceptions
he prays for noone.
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“Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.”
― Voltaire
infinite
by © Roeg Cohen, courtesy of the artist
Enlaced by moonbeams
they caress voltaic wisps
of i n f i n i t e love.
crystalline flames
by © Roeg Cohen, courtesy of the artist
Deep electric dreams
ignite her dormant instincts
in c r y s t a l l i n e flames.
ardour
@richelleeva by © Roeg Cohen, courtesy of the artist
Awash with a r d o u r
she rests atremble amid
traces of his touch.
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“I've always rejected being understood. To be understood is to prostitute oneself. I prefer to be taken seriously for what I'm not, remaining humanly unknown, with naturalness and all due respect.”
― Fernando Pessoa