nobody's empire

We'll make our own Chelsea Hotel, a place that is always evolving, much like ourselves. 

The artist is unpredictable. Sweethearts who sleep apart. I revel in the mornings I get to wake up and make things with you, it is precious as it is infrequent. 

If you're ever feeling blue - write another song, make another painting. Teach me guitar, I'll take your picture. All the good looking boys are taken, all the pretty girls are staying inside. 

Dressed up in you, met a boy who's just like me. A manic array of ideas, a million things he wants to create. We are the same in our sentiments, in our view of the world. They write books about kids like us, so ignorant of the odds. 

xx 

black adah balcony bra by L'Agent by Agent Provocateur

adah trixie panty by L'Agent by Agent Provocateur

garter by Fleur du Mal

stripe pants by Motel Rocks

smoke & retribution

Rocking this incredible jacket from pretty attitude, and feeling ready for the weekend. It fits me perfect - and being the badass that I am, I paired it with leather moto pants. 

Use the link to shop the look and I hope you all have an amazing weekend. I'm looking forward to catching up on some prayer and meditation, as well as some painting and finding a new book to read. 

love to all of you

xx 

rebel rebel black moto jacket with patches by Pretty Attitude 

sleeping with roses

Had to sleep alone cause the thrills didn't run up my back. The world is yours and you can't refuse it. I'll let you see me, I'll invade your demeanor. 

I've read more books, so I can be more characters. I was dreaming of a mistress, her spirit young and aimless. 

But I'm not waiting for the end of our story. With you in it, the words change all their meaning -- words I had once written about someone else. They shape-shift in the present, and wrap their meaning around you and I. 

You're my babycakes, and the world makes it easy for people like you. And you say people like me are too young, but I give my total energy to the work I feel moved to do. My naiveté is an asset. 

How can you blame yourself for falling in love with someone who follows their dreams? 

xx 

black jardin impérial set by Maison Close

crush velvet sweatshirt by Local Heros

lorna bra in nude and white by Agent Provocateur

suspender in nude and white by Agent Provocateur

thong in nude and white by Agent Provocateur

photos by Jen Senn

my little lover

My lover and I live in a lemon world, where the Led Zeppelin always plays. Listening to "hey, hey what can i do," over morning black coffee and an exchange of creative ideas. 

We both understand our connection to the universe, which in turn helps us better understand our art. You can't give away what you don't have, and we've got a whole lot of love and songs inside. 

Over the hills and far away, I'll build a house with you in the mountains. There, we'll make music and paintings and write plays. We'll cook pasta to Mozart and the Rolling Stones. We'll never understand what it's like to not follow our dreams, cause we'll be doing just that - all the time. 

Just kids. 

all clothing by lovers + drifters club

photos by Tramaine George

the universe loves gratitude

They say that loves brings up everything unlike itself. Every time you think a thought, you are creating. 

So I believe that only good lies before me. The more we are grateful, the more we get to be grateful about. 

From a material perspective, what we give away we lose. But from a spiritual perspective, only what we give away do we truly get to keep.

Practice kindness, and you start to become kind. Practice discipline, and you start to become disciplined. Practice forgiveness, and you start to become forgiving. Practice gentleness, and you start to become gentle. 

We can have in life whatever we are willing to be. For ultimately, being and having are the same. When we grant ourselves the emotional permission to live the life we want, there is little in the world that can stop us. 

Limitations do not stand before the limitlessness of God. 

<3 

saffron maxi dress from For Love & Lemons

white fur from Revolve

photos by  Ally Seracki

el bandito

te acordaste de mi cuando viste ese tio
y fue esa noche asi cuando el no me dijo,
y ahora no me acuerdo, no me acuerdo, no me acuerdo de nada
pero eso si que se, que se, que se que no es el
es el bandido, bandido, bandido del amor
es el bandido, bandido del amor
es el bandido, bandido del amor, es el bandido
fue una noche asi, con el bandido
de Peru a Paraguay, el bandido
de Colombia a Brasil con el bandido
bandido del amor, el bandio del amor
fue una noche, conoci
que te conoci con el bandido

<3

all jewelry available at verameat

photos by Bianca Gerasia
 

this week with you

I have met with a new inspiration. I do not know him by name. 

Loss of appetite - the onset of words, sounds and images. He says let me show you everything I know. I follow along - changing the meaning of everything to fit my own artistic purists. 

The artist is always selfish. 

Is this what it feels like to feel full? Taking from the mere presence of another person and making it your own. 

I never feel magic unless I'm with you. The passing of time moves forward without us. I want to believe in you and everything you do, but I'm too weathered to be a romantic. 

I'll keep on singing though, waking up each day with new ideas by my side. Ideas I only get when you're around, artistic presence as necessary as the paltry winter sun. 

x x 

celine maxi dress by For Love & Lemons

lorna bra in nude and white by Agent Provocateur

lorna suspender in nude and white by Agent Provocateur

lorna brief in nude and white by Agent Provocateur

jardin imperial set by Maison Close

saffron maxi dress by For Love and Lemons

california time

Me and my darling keep love alive, even on California time. 

We're not teenagers anymore, so we sip black coffee in the morning. The most precious hours of the day, our little worlds together. All of your attention directed my way, even if it's not what I need. 

I'd fall for you, but distance keeps us out of love. And that's probably a good thing, because I'm always in love. Always dreaming. 

Time passes so much, but it's these small moments that seem to say stuck right where they are. They're the reason I smile for what seems like no reason on the subway, or when I'm walking to my coffee shop. 

Holding on to things will only break your heart, so I move forward without knowing what I want. But sometimes, memories of you sneak up on me in the in-betweens and I'm ok with that now. 

x  x 

photos by Jen Senn

"all i taught her was everything"

All I taught her was everything. She dreams in colors I gave to her.

I wanted to live with a cinnamon girl. A girl that only goes outside for coffee and long runs. Tucked away in her creative chamber with Rodriquez and Van Morrison on repeat, mixing colors and reading non-fiction. Planning art she'll probably make as soon as tomorrow - dreamers like her can never wait. 

She doesn't really know what she's doing or where she's going - all she knows is she wants to bring everyone she loves with her. 

You think you have some premonition about her ways, but you won't know what she's all about till it's over. 

x x

"the things that we do to each other"

Say I don't do for you no more. Let me tell you what I've been through these days. Painting pictures to the sound of your music, the saddest of songs. Your fragility is in your voice, mine is in my words. 

 I think I love you way more than I need you. Separated by physical proximity, but you entertain me in my dreams. Your shortcomings makes me wild, still grasping on to the last bits of my dark side. 

I've never loved someone younger, you force me to see the limits to my capacity to love. 

The things we need to do to be together are never convenient. 

photos by Alysha Nett