Lookbook #2 : A CERTAIN FLOWER GROWS

A certain flower grows,

and blossoms every hour in my dreaming.

In the throes of darkness I behold you,

gleaming and transforming,

and I hold you in my hands like water,
streaming through my fingers,

soaring, storming through my veins,
never groping for what ought not to be

tamed by mortal man.

Then I slept beneath your skin

and ran far away from worlds of human binding.

I'm finding in your absence empty days

of endless hours of empty thoughts

and endless sorrows,

and the morrow gives no hint of rain.

The sun - so destitute of heat -

seems resolute to see me fall

forever into sleep.

Anno Birkin, Summer 2000

Finally found time to finish editing the photos.. the dresses will be up in the shop soon and also online if time permits for me to shoot them again.. for now I'm just glad that it looks like tomorrow I will finally get some time in the water again. My mind is buzzing with ideas and I'm starting to get excited about the summer - are you? I am slowly catching up on everyone's blogs.. especially if you have commented recently. Waah, I'm way behind.

I wanted the lookbook to have a very emotional feel to it, pensive on an almost tortured level, depicting how I have been feeling in real life. My 20's are turning out to be such a rolleroaster ride, and while I accept all trials along with the rewards, I figured it cant be a bad idea to use that raw and unbridled energy and channel it into inspiration. I have been reading a lot of poetry lately and finding solace in the words of complete strangers, thus bringing me to the poem that decided the title of this series of dresses, all dreamy and new romantic with a hint of gypsy. Anno Birkin, oh how I love thee.

♥