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Erwin Blumendeld

Erwin Blumenfeld (1897 – 1969) was a famous American photographer of German origin.

In the 1930s, he published collages mocking Adolf Hitler. In 1936, he emigrated to Paris. With the German occupation, he was interned in a concentration camp in 1940 because he was Jewish. In 1941, he could escape to the USA.

In the 1940s and 1950s he became famous for his fashion photography, working for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar, and also for artistic nude photography. In the 1960s, he worked on his autobiography which found no publisher because it was considered to be too ironic towards society, and was published only after his death.

Flower Meanings

By Velvet Lily Florist

Bride's took 'Flower Meanings' into account when selecting their wedding flowers many years ago. The team at Velvet Lily Florist have noticed this old school tradition is making a huge comeback... So, to help you make the right decision we have provided the following information to assist you in your flower choice. Enjoy xx

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Inspiration from 'Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams'

Dorothea Tanning. Un tableau très heureux (A very happy picture), 1947

Paul Delvaux . L'Acropolis (The Acropolis), 1966

Erwin Blumenfeld. Manina ou L'Ame du torse (Manina, or the torso's soul), 1934

just got home from...

Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams

René Magritte. Les marches de l'été ( The summer steps), 1938

René Magritte. Le modèle rouge (The red model), 1935 

Pablo Picasso. Femme couchée (Reclining woman), 1932

Dorothea Tanning. Chambre 202, Hôtel du Pavot (Room 202, Hôtel du Pavot), 1970

Victor Brauner. Loup-table (Wolf-table) 1939, 1947

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West African Wisdom: Adinkra Symbols & Meanings

       

Adinkra are visual symbols, originally created by the Akan of Ghana and the Gyaman of Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa, that represent conceptsor aphorisms. Adinkra are used extensively in fabrics, pottery, logos and advertising. They are incorporated into walls and other architectural features. Fabric adinkra are often made by woodcut sign writing as well as screen printing. Adinkra symbols appear on some traditional akan gold weights. The symbols are also carved on stools for domestic and ritual use. Tourism has led to new departures in the use of the symbols in such items as T shirts and jewelry.

The symbols have a decorative function but also represent objects that encapsulate evocative messages that convey traditional wisdom, aspects of life or the environment. There are many different symbols with distinct meanings, often linked with proverbs. In the words of Anthony Appiah, they were one of the means in a pre-litrate society for "supporting the transmission of a complex and nuanced body of practice and belief".^[1]

meanings

http://mamascita.tumblr.com/post/10594621780/i-do-not-want-to-be-a-fat-bride-ugh

feeling motivated

like when you said "you felt so happy you could die".

Kimbra - Settle Down

Reference Artist: Norman Jean Roy

http://www.ohlalamag.com/en/2008/02/vanity-fair-hol.html

read: http://www.englishcompandlit.com/halloffamedavis.html

makeup ideas

#5 is all about beauty and the day. thinking of ways to make the bride become part of the day, as if camouflaged into it.

wedding vails

An occasion on which a Western woman is likely to wear a veil is on her white wedding day. Brides once used to wear their hair flowing down their back at their wedding to symbolise their virginity. Veils covering the hair and face became a symbolic reference to the virginity of the bride thereafter. Often in modern weddings, the ceremony of removing a face veil after the wedding to present the groom with a virgin bride is skipped, since many couples have already entered into conjugal relations prior to their wedding day - the bride either wears no face veil, or it is lifted before the ceremony begins, but this is not always the case. Further, if a bride is a virgin, she often wears the face veil through the ceremony, and then either her father lifts the veil, presenting the bride to her groom, or the groom lifts the veil to symbolically consummate the marriage, which will later become literal. Brides who are virgins may make use of the veil to symbolize and emphasize their status of purity during their wedding however, and if they do, the lifting of the veil may be ceremonially recognized as the crowning event of the wedding, when the beauty of the bride is finally revealed to the groom and the guests.

HOW TO: The Birdcage Veil

Materials Needed: 
2 feet of 18" Russian Veiling,
Comb,
Thread and Needle,
Ruler,
Scissors

Josh Thomas on CAN OF WORMS

would you ever sign a pre-nuptual aggreement? "yes".
you don't think it's the death of romance? "i think marriage is the death of romance".
audience: 52% NO

third questionnaire answered

"[A marriage] is an individual experience. Often it is a lie. Too many enter into an impossible contract; ensuring failure, betrayal, hurt. Marriage SHOULD be about LOVE in its highest form."

"I don't want to get married because I'm frightened of feeling like I've forgone other things in my life in favour of giving everything to my partner, especially if i end up a used and discarded vessel for childbearing. that idea terrifies me. I do want to get married too though; for the hopeful promise of sharing my life with someone, for the promise of growing up and growing old in love, for the possibility of making a family and knowing how beautiful and terrifying it feels to have so much to lose."

"HONESTY is fundamental. True love cannot exist without it. Many choose evasion and lies because they are often easier than truth. but for me, i believe TRUTH is the key to freedom and therefore also to LOVE."

"Hollywood constructs the hopeful ["get the man, keep the man, marry the man"] myth but also simultaneously debunks it with it's portrayal of the seemingly inevitable "man cheats, man leaves, woman weeps" tale. In some ways, having opposition constructed only serves to add even greater /more realistic romance to the initial construct, enhancing it's value through demonstration of its illusory nature."

maud·lin/ˈmôdlin/

Adjective: Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness.

Decolonial Feminism & the Privilege of Solidarity

READ http://kasamaproject.org/2011/02/19/decolonial-feminism-the-privilege-of-solidarity/

link

W2W#2 IMAGE SPLURGE

W2W#4 IMAGE SPLURGE

W2W#3 IMAGE SPLURGE

trying to make my internet accounts tidier, i idiotically deleted all the images of both my blogs. cool.

cake smash

http://heidiophoto.com/blog/?p=1083

props

http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3158/doll-wedding/index.html

@kellyoxfordkelly oxford

Anybody's life, marriage, career or kids can be perfect when you're a liar.

20 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

read this

http://emphotography.com.au/wordpress/index.php/2009/09/you-are-a-wedding-photographer-not-a-cookie-cutter/

READ: http://weheartthis.com/2009/06/23/we-heart-darla-teagarden/

note to self

just found a scrap of paper with the following written on it

Martha Rosler film: Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1975

(note to self: shows a utensil witha movement that doesn't match)

Martha Rosler film: Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1975

Elle Macpherson by Sharif Hamza for LOVE #4

can of worms

Worm #2: Is marriage necessary anymore? #CanOfMarriage is the hashtag for this worm!
@canofwormstv 


No... modern society is losing the maturity and formality in life.. Marriage just isn't fitting in. #CanOfMarriage
@PixelPackDesign

#canofmarriage Marriage is a public declaration that you love each other. The fact that not everyone is entitled to that right is disgusting @SmashindaAshton


#canofmarriage while I don't believe in marriage, a lot of people do. It's an expression of love and commitment and that's never overrated. 
@JasmineGrovic


#canofmarriage primates are'nt generally monogamous marriage's a religious idea and it helped subvert paganism Necessary? No. Nice? Yeah
 @Perthsworst


#canofmarriage I wouldn't say necessary, but it can be nice. I don't like that if it fails the dude usually gets ripped off.

@Perthsworst

Whether you decide marriage is for you is up to you, Marriage should be a choice not a law! Freedom of choice for everyone ! #canofmarriage

@BlondiieC

People on twitter are confusing a wedding day for a marriage, there's a huge difference! #canofmarriage

@AmandaFuller

I cant really comprehend marriage past the actual wedding day & the pretty dress & the party & the pressies... #CanOfMarriage

@SaintlySammi

I think it's really just a piece of paper. It isnt something that you HAVE to do these days #canofmarriage

@Shenais95

getting married makes many people feel more secure however for others,it can break them up because they feel bound in. #canofmarriage

@musiance

My girlfriend and I have decided that Marriage is unnecessary, why does a piece of paper even matter these days? #CanOfMarriage

@regravity

For many people, marriage is just an empty tradition. They do it cause that's what everyone else did.#canofmarriage

@blackvalo

Of course marriage is necessary, with the demise of 'Price is Right' I don't know how else to get a free fridge #canofmarriage

@MelindaButtle

#CanOfMarriage I believe in marriage. And I've been married 20 years! Never regretted it, even through the hard times!

@borms

i dont think marriage is necessary anymore but it is the norm especially when children are involved! #canofmarriage

@itsjustgossip

Marriage is a promise. if marriage isn't necessary, then neither are promises. #CanOfMarriage @canofwormstv Is marriage necessary anymore?

@NicKey_N95

i think traditional is the way to go :) things are changing but marriage shouldn't be one of those things #canofmarriage

@itsjustgossip1

can of worms

Is marriage necessary anymore?

http://ten.com.au/CanOfWorms-worm-11.htm

Reference Artist: Frida Kahlo

today is her birthday.

Françoise Sagan

Today is her birthday.

Marilyn Monroe

today is her birthday

Katherine Hepburn

it's her birthday!

Edie Sedgewick

today is her birthday.

Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage.

Ambrose Bierce

http://k-popped.com/2009/03/trivia-young-brides-at-war/

projection

note to self: http://www.rancholaslomas.com/

Nancy Mitford

today is her birthday

Today is my grandparents 50th year wedding anniversary.
This is them on their honeymoon, i love them so much and they are the living proof that true love does exist.

source

War bride is a term used in reference to wartime marriages.

Wartime marriages occur in all places where servicemen find themselves. For example, according to The Daily Telegraph, it is estimated that there are "... 15,000 Australian women who married American servicemen based in Australia during World War II and moved to the US to be with their husbands".

"Well she was holding her future in a hand

Yeah the faded photo of her man
Catch a sailor if you can
The war bride leaves her southern land

All the girls around Australia
Married to a Yankee Sailor
The fare is paid across the sea
To the home of the brave and the land of the free"

Reference Artist: Sylvia Plath

today is her birthday.

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