#9

NSFW. 18+. Strange things happen here.

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[Self-portrait: Laina Vandekieft. July 2015].

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Memoria in aeterna. [Self-portrait: Laina Vandekieft. July 2015].

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[Self-portrait: Laina Vandekieft. July 2015].

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Polyphony. Sound-shapes grow and meld into galaxies written on skin. Eyelids flash up, eyes meet across a crowd and there, there it is: connection. Right then, we both forge ourselves into what we need to be. Entangled, convergent. 

[Photog: Anonymous/Laina Vandekieft, Model & Manip & Writing: Laina V].

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Anesthetic. Paralytic. Put the needle farther in. Pull it out, out, push it in. Loudspeaker, woman’s voice: “This is revolutionary technology. Revo-revolution.” Do you want? Make me what you want. Push it in, in, pull it out. Loudspeaker, loud-loudspeaker: “She has been crafted to the highest specifications, with meticulous detail paid to aesthetics and sexual function.” 

[Self-portrait/writing: Laina Vandekieft. July 2015.]

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“No record, no record remains of previous experiences. Unit imprints upon initial insertion. Proof of prior consent for the release of this unit’s non-programmable humanity is available, please request documentation from Box #2. Assertion of ownership is pending upon complete payment. Please sign below. You have our full and legal assurances that no recording devices have been implanted in your unit." 

[Self-portrait/writing: Laina Vandekieft. July 2015].

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"There is total silence. Upright in overgrown paths stands the scent of bygone colour. The sky holds back a long hard rain The leaves climb stairways through the air" –R.M. Rilke, trans. Damion Searls 

[Tie/Photo: Laina Vandekieft].

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Catalyst. [Self-portrait, Self-tie: Laina Vandekieft].

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Maelstrom. [Self-portrait, Self-tie: Laina Vandekieft].

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I’m not entirely sure what’s going on here. 

Self-portrait/Laina Vandekieft, June 2015.

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She slipped away from me like a moonbeam, or a wistful smile, like that one you were telling me about. The one in the park. She looked like a dream, you said.

Model: Jess LaFae, Photog: Laina Vandekieft.

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It bumped into our legs when we were swimming. We thought it was a fish at first, but then….“

Model: Jess LaFae, Photog: Laina Vandekieft.

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Sometimes it's easier to go under. Separate, disintegrate. We can't find ourselves if we're lost under there. But remember, my love, that we also found sunbeams under the water. 

Model: Jess LaFae, Photog/Caption: Laina Vandekieft.

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Self-portraits, Laina Vandekieft. June 2015.

Please do not reblog without credits.

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Photog: Laina Vandekieft

Please do not reblog without credit. Unless attributed otherwise, captions are by Laina Vandekieft.

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Self-Portrait, Laina Vandekieft. July 2014.

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I am more than a number. Release me. 24 Feb, 2014

Self-portrait, Laina Vandekieft.