POETRY:
The world, for me, and all the world can hold
Is circled by your arms; for me there lies,
Within the lights and shadows of your eyes,
The only beauty that is never old.
– James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
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PHOTO: Looking through shoots from a decade ago I found this image of Shantia dancing in my Venice Beach studio. Amazing how an image takes me back in time, remembering it like yesterday; like hearing a melody from an old song, or catching a whiff of an alluring scent still rising faintly from a dry perfume bottle.
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