“Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away”
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flowers
“No rain no flowers”
choice
“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for. It is a thing to be achieved. ”
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invictus
“Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul. ”
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sun kissed
“The Earth would die
If the sun stopped kissing her”
Photo by G. Lieuw. Taken at 8 The Experience.
island life
When your friends organize the best (sun)days. Today we spent the afternoon with a group of lovely ladies at Koraal and 8 The Experience - cause cocktails and self-care go well together ;)
Gaby and I are taking this very serious.
Picture by K. De Freitas
Perfect Aveda gifts to take home.
phenomenal
“It’s in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me. ”
laughter
“Laughter is the language of the soul”
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interior inspiration
interesting
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encounters
epic
“You can’t do epic things with basic people. I’m lucky enough to have epic people. ”
Image from own collection. Number Ten, Curacao
slowly
“A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born”
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shadows
In Tokyo there was one shop I wanted to visit; a book store, of course. T-Site Tsutaya, in Daikanyama, Tokyo is my heaven-on-earth. A wonderous sanctuary to lose myself in. A world within worlds. A marvel to be explored but never truly discovered. It is here, in a tiny section of the shop where one may find an English book or two, that I found “In praise of shadows”, by Junichiro Tanizaki. A piece of literature that is unquestionably art. I have, indulgently, read it numerous times already. Returning for its beautiful prose, its exploration of shadows and it’s devotion to the Japanese culture.
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for the love of tulips
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joy in the ordinary
Photo from own collection. Villa Maria, Curacao
“Into the wild I go:
Losing my way, finding my soul”
cuyana
Cuyana. I love this brand and what it stands for.
“Fewer, better is the philosophy behind everything we do. We create timeless collections for the modern woman through carefully selected fabrics, precise silhouettes and attention to detail.”
I recently gifted myself a coat from Cuyana. Completely in love with it. So soft. So warm. So chic. Next up - perhaps the shirt dress :)
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comfort zone
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone”
Photography by KDH Photography. Taken in 2013/2014 at the Drag Strip in Curacao while working on the clutch of Piss’d Off Pete.
flowers
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so close
“so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep. ”
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