Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me

i'm alexandria. twenty. professional princess. needy and demanding. “Be the flower who even gives its fragrance to the hand that crushes it.”

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Fang Lijun (Chinese, b. 1963), 1997.10.1, 1997. Acrylic on canvas, 46 × 51 cm.

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Old meets new in China. 

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I’ve always loved this photo

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Chiura Obata, Setting Sun: Sacramento Valley, CA. 1925. Hanging scroll: mineral pigments (distemper) and gold on silk, 107 ½ x 69 in. Courtesy of Gyo Obata.

http://x-traonline.org/article/asianamericanmodern-art-shifting-currents-1900-1970/

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drawing for Lonesome puppy 1999

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In 1932 the artist Lester Gaba created a mannequin known as Cynthia for Saks Fifth Avenue. Cynthia was a 100-pound model who had realistic imperfections like freckles, pigeon toes, and even different sized feet. Gaba posed with Cynthia around New York City for a Life Magazine shoot that humorously demonstrates how lifelike the mannequins had become. Cartier and Tiffany sent her jewelry, Lilly Daché designed hats for her, and couturiers sent her their latest fashions, furrieries sent minks. Soon a whole host of “Gaba Girls” were to follow.

Cynthia soon became dazzlingly famous. She was given a credit card from Saks Fifth Avenue. Cynthia had a box seat subscription to the Metropolitan Opera House. Cynthia made the cover of Life Magazine. Cynthia had her own newspaper column, and a successful radio show. She was invited to the royal wedding of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson in 1937. Cynthia went to Hollywood to appear in Artists and Models Abroad (1938) with Jack Benny. Cynthia got tons of fan mail. Cynthia was photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Cynthia went to the Broadhurst Theater in New York, to see the notorious play Madame Bovary, in 1939. Gaba insisted that Cynthia had laryngitis, to account for her lack of speech. Cynthia met her demise when she slipped from a chair in a beauty salon and shattered. The press reported her death, and Gaba appeared distraught, but eventually reconstructed her.

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I love silent films

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I’m gonna die

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Oscar-worthy

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*in history class*

Teacher: Angie, can you tell us when the Great Depression started?

Me: well it was a few years back, and I realised I just wasn't excited about anything anymore like I used to be,

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all of us girls??……………..capable of so much

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when u and the squad all mentally ill like me: can you please stop making that noise with that pen it’s making me anxious friend: sorry I’m doing it bc I’m anxious

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