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Devil in the Black Dress

24 Thursday Apr 2014

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Cheating, Deception, Journal Entry, Miami, Mural, Poem, Poetic, Poetry, Urban Art, Writings, Wynwood, Wynwood Arts District, Wynwood Walls

Wynwood Walls Mural

I am an empty shell with no soul;

A soul that has been taken away

By a devil pretending to be an angel.

I was murdered by deception;

Deceived by the “angel” I trusted with my life

And let her take away.

I know now what is the truth:

That vixen

My angel

The devil in the black dress

Will always remain in my heart

And I will continue to pretend I don’t cry anymore.

Journal Entry 09-24-1996

Wynwood Walls Mural

Wynwood Walls Mural, Miami

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Happy Earth Day!

22 Tuesday Apr 2014

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Amateur Photography, Earth Day, Frankfurt, Germany, Impressionism, Inspiration, Nature, Paint, Photography, Rothenberg ob der Tauber, Tree Canopy, Trees

I received this photograph today in an email from my Dad who is in Germany and I thought it was the perfect picture to take note of Earth Day 2014!

Tree Canopy Germany

The picture was probably taken in either Frankfurt or Rothenberg ob der Tauber.

He noted that the picture looked like a “painting with black lines and splatches of different green paints”. I think it does too! It definitely is inspiring me to paint!

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A Fleeting Embrace

14 Monday Apr 2014

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Anna Shukeylo, Disappointment, Goodbye, Impulsive, Journal Entry, Lost love, Love, Mixed Signals, My Writings, Poetic

Goodbye by Anna Shukeylo

Goodbye by Anna Shukeylo

A follow up to The Edge of Happiness and Disappointment

Did I jump off before you got the chance to push me?

Was I scared to think you would actually do it?

I was confused; it seems like an easier way

I doubted it all for a second and realized maybe it was just me

I forgot to express all that I wanted to

I grabbed onto any little bit I could

Hanging there

Waiting to know if you would come back for me

Or just leave me there

Until

It all gave in and became apparent that you ignored my wanting

And had already walked away to find something

Anything

Except all that I was

I was on my way to where I knew I would always go

It just wasn’t home

And I would have to take the path there alone

Wandering, lost

You were now just a memory

A blink of an eye

A sweet kiss on the lips

A split second of this journey

A fleeting embrace of everything that life is

Journal Entry: 1996

Finding My Own “Island of La Grande Jatte”

28 Friday Mar 2014

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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Jatte, Art, Golden Gate Bridge, My Writings, Paris, Photography, Pointillism, San Francisco, Seurat

Golden Gate Bridge

By: AT

As a very young girl, about the age of six, I remember looking through my grandparents’ encyclopedia under “Art” and seeing a multitude of examples of what art is. I cannot remember what any of those painting were except for one, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” by Georges Seurat. I’m not sure what drew me too it at the time. It could have simply been the vibrant colors, the reds, greens and blues; reminding me of all the different color crayons I would use in my coloring book. But, looking back I think it was more than that.

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat

I was drawn to it because there was a certain amount of wonder and curiosity as to who these people are, what they are doing, and more importantly, what are they looking at and thinking about? When I would find myself staring at this painting, I would find myself in it. I could relate to it. There is a familiar sense of belonging and not belonging at the same time.  I could relate to feeling as though I was a part of something, connected to the beauty of the nature around me, but unable to connect and interact with the people around me. Maybe I could see that the subjects in the painting had a unity with nature but, not with each other. Maybe they were not quite different than myself.

Seurat

Seurat

I had completely forgotten about “La Grande Jatte” until I looked at the picture I took of the Golden Gate Bridge. It brought back the same feelings I had when I looked at Seurat’s painting. We were all there together looking at the beauty and amazement of what surrounded us, connected by our surroundings, sharing the same experience together but, completely disjoined in this experience. I look at the photograph and I am drawn to it because I find myself wondering the same things I did about Seurat’s subjects; who are they, what are they thinking about, and what are they looking at off in the distance? The only difference is that I was there. I know what they were looking at. You can see it in my post here. But, even with knowing what it was they were looking at I still find wonder and mystery in the photograph; I still find myself there in that moment, in the photograph, connected and yet disconnected all at once. It is my own personal “Island of La Grande Jatte.”

Seurat

Seurat

Moonlit Embrace

23 Sunday Mar 2014

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Erotic, Love, Poems, Poetry, Rabi Khan, Romance, The Blue Kiss

The Blue Kiss - Rabi Khan

The Blue Kiss – Rabi Khan

I dream over and over thoughts of you and I together in the darkness with the moonlight to guide us through the night.

I imagine a gentle whisper behind my ear and your lips softly pressed again the nape of my neck as you brush your hands over my entire body.

I turn to you, with the shadows kissing my face as you kiss my soul.

Together we embrace as one… forever cutting time and existence.

Written: 1997

Dryad

22 Saturday Mar 2014

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Dryad, Painting, Tree Nymph, Tree Spirit

Dryad

A dryad (/ˈdraɪ.æd/; Greek: Δρυάδες, sing.: Δρυάς) is a tree nymph, or female tree spirit, in Greek mythology.

Painting by: Images  Images By Merill

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Alter Ego

21 Friday Mar 2014

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Mirror, Poems, Poetry, Reflections

Photo Credit: CM

Photo Credit: CM

Your skin is cold with fear…

Pale with confusion.

Your beauty is only an illusion of my mind.

Your touch is a reflection of my desire.

Our thoughts are one.

’95-’96

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