..."She did not have dresses with lace bodices or bonnets decorated with velvet ribbon;
She did not own jewels or cashmere shawls...
But Louisa knew she had something far more luxurious within reach:
a thick stack of paper and ink in a well.
In the quiet of the evening she could hold
the blotched sheets in her hands
and marvel that she had once again captured
and set down in words
the thoughts and images
that careened through her mind.
There was something deliciously permanent
about these sentences on the page.
The world could take
an awful lot away from her,
but it couldn't take those words.
As long as she had her ink, her paper,
she told herself, she was content
with her lot and yearned for nothing....
...in the early morning to a pale sky
and the whispers of raindrops....
...She had never been the kind of child who kept her emotions to herself. Always wanting, yearning, for some intangible thing that she could not identify or understand, let alone strain"...by Kelly O'Connor McNees
Here's a song I like by a band called Brocade.
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| I'm on the left, & my friend is on the right. We met when I was 16, in drama class. |
She did not own jewels or cashmere shawls...
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| My mom made the brocade jacket I'm wearing. She also made my necklace & earrings. |
But Louisa knew she had something far more luxurious within reach:
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| Metallic Brocade BOW Pumps 1960s |
a thick stack of paper and ink in a well.
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| Black Silk Brocade Trousers |
In the quiet of the evening she could hold
the blotched sheets in her hands
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| Red Peacock Brocade Handbag |
and marvel that she had once again captured
and set down in words
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| Vintage STUART WEITZMAN Brocade Tapestry Boots |
the thoughts and images
that careened through her mind.
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| 1940's Vintage Brocade Platform Shoes |
There was something deliciously permanent
about these sentences on the page.
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| Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 RTW |
an awful lot away from her,
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| Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 RTW |
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| Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 RTW |
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| Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 RTW |
with her lot and yearned for nothing....
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| Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 RTW |
and the whispers of raindrops....
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| by Kelly O'Connor McNees |
Here's a song I like by a band called Brocade.
