The colors of Varanasi city....

Artist Kimiko Yoshido

          Artist Kimiko Yoshida was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1963 and left her home country, as a result of feeling the oppression against women.
         She now lives in Europe and has since 1995. The prolific artist has been transforming herself into various representations of herself and others in several series of self portraits (painting herself and then photographing it) since she began her career.
         She has turned herself into famous painters, Brides from all over the world, Blown glass letters and symbols and much much more.
         Over 330 different self-portraits in the last decade.

Patterns in nature

       Hi, everyone. I stumbled upon the most amazing and inspiring photos of nature ever!
 This is a truth known by all of us that we take our inspiration in art of all forms from NATURE. take a look at these great,great images, many thanks to National Geographic for providing them!

banksia bloom

antelope canyon

arizona canyon mud

basket sea-star

bird feathers

cala flower

camouflage corals

coleus

flower spores

giant clam mantle

giant lobelia plant

map puffer fish

moth wings

mud cracks

mushroom coral

necklace sea star

neon urchins

pencil-spinned urchin

salt piles on shoreline-senegal

sea-star pair

country style

The Work of carpenter Andrea Brugi

illustration day

gustavo aimar

bluesdetoi

littleg

irene lenguas

The wholehearted

TEDxHouston - Brené Brown

         How do we cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection that we need to embrace our imperfections and to recognize that we are enough?
       The wholehearted......


Brene Brown : " I have a vulnerability issue; and I know that vulnerability is kind of the core of shame and fear and our struggle for worthiness but it appears that it's also the birth place of joy, of creativity, of belonging and of love...
                           There are people who think that vulnerability and tenderness is important.
                           We live in a vulnerable world and one of the ways we deal with this is that we numb vulnerability., and when we numb this, we numb joy, we numb gratitude, and happiness , and then we are miserable, and then we are looking for purpose and meaning and then we feel vulnerable and it becomes a dangerous cycle. 
                           The other thing we do is make the things which are uncertain, certain... we perfect our lives -we want it to look like a gift, all wrapped in ribbon, and we perfect our children..."

award!

       I am so honored to receive this Blog Award from  ICED VO VO'S blog and I want to thank Marina for thinking of passing The Stylish Blogger Award to me.

We all know the rules:

• Thank my bestowers
• Link back to them
• Share 7 things about myself
• Forward on the award to 10 other stylish bloggers

         I'm going to write another 7 things you didn't know about me, as I have previously wrote few months ago a post on this subject, so I don't want to bore you with things you know :)

1.I lived in Australia, Sydney for 2 years when I was little (I saw Marina was born in Sydney too,so we have something in common :) 

2. I love, love patterns in design, nature, etc...

3. I'm an incurable romantic, I think it's all worth if it comes from the heart

4. I can't live without chocolate and music

5. I'm not comfortable being in the spotlights or talking in front of a public but I do like for my work to be appreciated 

6. I love reading philosophy 

7. I can't sit still for long periods of time