GOING IN DEEP......

Funny old world this one,

One day you wake up with a crazy idea, the world is vast... it is your oyster. You wake feeling bright, smiling on. Today is going to be amazing!

But, sometimes, one little thing can change all that, a nasty comment, and a shitty phone call.

The other day was like that. But always something saves me, saves me from the darkness rolling over, making me want to build a fortress, a cubby house, climb inside and never come out.

The other day it was a beautiful woman, who radiated light, she spoke to me in a way that made me forget and believe.... she made me smile. The second was a man standing randomly on the side of the road, playing the bagpipes, unashamedly, and quite obviously having the best time ever. Good on him. And the third, of course was George, my cat, who, no matter what, remains the same, ever faithful, ever loving, always there.

And flowers, nature, always there to bring you back.

Tragic situations bring with them something that is otherwise taken for granted, they bring out the best in people (sometimes the worst!)… and, the best in people is unfortunately often suppressed with the day to day stresses of life, the mundane madness that we all struggle through, lying to ourselves that all this "STUFF" matters, that we HAVE to do this or that, because in the end it doesn’t, it doesn’t matter if someone pulls out in front of you, cutting you off, it doesn’t matter that you are 5 minutes late, it doesn’t matter if it rains on your washing!

What i've come to realise, through the epic battle of the past year.... that snowball that was 2013, is that what matters is the people you love and the people that love you back and the things that make you smile.  To live with authenticity in who you are, don’t try to be anybody but you. To speak your truth.  If it feels right in your heart, do it. If it doesn’t, then don’t.

Let go of anything that doesn't feed your soul.

Always call people back.... I made that mistake twice.

Have some fucking fun! Laugh!

Life really is too short

Make the most of it…. make it memorable.

Something in the head.......

Light and dark, old and new, good/evil, ugly and beautiful..... 

Know of the old dude 'William Blake"??? Amazing poet.. way before his time... I discovered him in high school when I was massively into the Doors.... Pretending to be a hippy with my best friend. Peace.
Jim Morrison took a lot of inspiration from him... and we studied his art in class...

He wrote, sometime ago... actually it was way back...., like in the 17 - 1800's

'Without Contraries is no progression. Attraction and Repulsion,Reason and Energy, Love and Hate are necessary to Human existence.From these contraries spring what the religious call Good & Evil.Good is the passive that obeys Reason. Evil is the active springing from Energy. Good is Heaven. Evil is Hell."

DID YOU GET THAT???!!

I kind of get it but i don't... Its like, I know I should be 'good'... exercise, yoga, leafy greens... but a few wines with my friends.... I find it hard to say no...

Laughter is the best medicine after all... isn't it??

These photos are from a shoot I did with my beautiful friend Anna, fabulous photographer... www.annaturner.com.au
I love contrast, for me, this shoot was about the ugly and the beautiful...

Such a raw, derelict place, old and abandoned, yet nature strives and the light is amazing...
Things are what they are.
Acceptance.

Gratitude.
Be in an attitude of gratitude...
All y'all
Try, at least, no matter how shit things are....
xxxxx

P.S..... I's wine evil???
Surely not.

Who are you???

New year, new you?, new me????? Hopefully... Im trying. Today i got thinking about, well, me. I went through all my clothes and tried to practice cat eyes in the mirror... im way better at flowers than this, now i just have really bad panda eyes.

  I found myself thinking about all those women who have just 'GOT IT '

after reading 'Alexa Chung's new book .... Sooo good. Really. How do you define yourself? 

Do you ever really know who you are??

What the fuck is "IT" anyway??

Do you change in accordance to the company you keep? How do you stay true.... to you??

I have too much time on my hands, I think I want flowers to get sexy. Im sick of pretty.

Beautiful is passable... but pretty, well, to me its getting pretty boring.

This year im going for

- sexy

- beautiful

- amazing

- fabulous

- out of control (OOC)

 I wonder what Kate would say???? or Coco... or Audrey, or Alexa, or Liv, Anna, Jane, Chrissy, or 

Anna Karina, Miranda, Bridget, Anita???

All these girls are my inspiration for this year, this year my flowers are going to emulate them. 

Fierce and Fabulous.  

And....what is this 'happy medium' thing.

All or nothing I say.

x