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Falling (Free Write)

Slipping 

mean Tripping 

Sad dancing 

lazy walking 

Avant garde view of gravity

lips look like two match heads 

my frame is scriptures scrabbled on some loose leaf 

we shouldn’t…

doesn’t mean i don’t dream of making bonfire 

of making home of a flame and my bed in the cinders 

sweet film strip 

you burn so we can remember 

you are blind to the world so we can see 

true love can only be measured by the sacrifice 

what have you given up lately 

not out of duty, but so they’re heart could flutter 

NN

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Thank you for the clarity. @erwinmcmanus

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Favorite moments from June 26th Battle of the Bands @ Free Candy 

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Photographer: Nicholas Nichols

Model's Instagram: @bris_fro

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Photographer: Nicholas Nichols

Models Instagram: @bris_fro

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Subtle Comfort: Håndværk

In a culture of fast-paced fashion and trend driven market, Håndværk is going against the grain, and the untrodden path is paying off remarkably. In the words of America’s master communicator and a...

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Kinfolks: a journal of black expression - Vol. 1 / Issue 2

Kinfolks: a journal of black expression is dedicated to thinking about blackness in its infinite permutations by publishing the work of established and emerging black artists. The journal’s ethos is centered around the notion that black creative life and the cultures of the African Diaspora provide us with models of collectivity, commonality, and kinship that have been and will be central to the story of our world.

One of my photos was featured in the last issue. Check out all the other dope contributors 

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Always Looking...

for dope people to work with and learn from. That means MUA, Hairstylist, Model, etc. 

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Taking "Try" out of my Vocabulary

"He imagines you to imagine; He created you to create." - Erwin McManus

I work hard for what I have, I've been blessed with too much not keep pursing my dreams, I've written to many poems to not know the power of my voice and taken too many pictures too know the power in an image. I will be working harder everyday. I will do from here on out. 

~proclamation of a young man 

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From a recent shoot I did with the dapper duo Genteel Flair. These two are incredibly talented brand consultants. Check out their website for the full story soon: http://genteelflair.com 

Photo(s): Nicholas A. Nichols

Models: Thierry Augustin (@genteelflair) & Stephen Obisanya (@stephenobisanya)

Styled: Thierry Augustin (@genteelflair) & Stephen Obisanya (stephenobisanya Studio: West St. Studios

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Recent shoot I did with the dapper duo Genteel Flair. These two are incredibly talented brand consultants. There site is: http://genteelflair.com

Photo(s): Nicholas A. Nichols

Models: Thierry Augustin (@genteelflair) & Stephen Obisanya (@stephenobisanya)

Styled: Thierry Augustin (@genteelflair) & Stephen Obisanya (stephenobisanya Studio: West St. Studios

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(Untitled) (free write)

The room turns into melting wax 

Bodies fold into eachother like origami   

Brown skin papyrus woman 

Smells of sweat and spirits 

She's tipsy from the tongue down 

She tells me my future can be found at the bottom of this bottle...  

So drink up.

By: Nick 

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2014...

will be about what Faith is and how it moves in my life. I'm nervous, but hopeful. 

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Always grateful for the people who end up in front of my lens. #portrait #photography

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I never get tired of doing portraits. #photography #portrait #plphoto

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High For This (An Erasure)

"High For This"

You

 know   here 

Close  eyes

      beside me

Hold tight for

    protection

 alone

       need attention

your hand

 scared

      here

     you don't 

Trust 

    this

Take   off

 off

 what you're feeling

It's okay 

beat      breathe

I swear  right here

be good

            so good

I'm right here

Trust me girl

  be         this

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I Killed A Man...(Prompt Free-Write)

i killed a man…

i’m not proud of it, 

but that doesn’t mean i didn’t enjoy it. 

Seeing the velvet ribbons he swallowed 

seeping into the ground of the prison cell. 

Reminded me of spilt milk

he was a stain here and after.  

Still see what’s left of him in my uniform 

We wear our mistakes here,  

i only see it fitting to wear your accomplishments.

the most disgusting thing about a stain is the removal 

the rinse and scrub of it all 

he smiled as i tore into him 

eyes howled like hungry dogs for me to split him deeper 

I don’t know who enjoyed the rape more

this sick fuck or my blade kissing the sweet spot in his kidney 

he was a brave man

i can say the least 

he never looked away not once 

each plunge could have shattered his spine like glass 

but he remained 

along with that childlike smile 

but he was no child 

he was 174 lbs of wine stain on persian carpet 

he was a sick man

i a conscious lover 

this was at it’s best mercy. 

Call it euthanasia 

By: Nicholas A. Nichols