Whisper to Yourself ...

 
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

—Havelock Ellis

    Speak quietly to yourself and promise there will be better days.  Whisper gently to yourself and provide assurance that you really are extending your best effort.  Console your bruised and tender spirit with reminders of many other successes.  Offer comfort in practical and tangible ways - as if you were encouraging your dearest friend.  Recognize that on certain days the greatest grace is that the day is over and you get to close your eyes.  Tomorrow comes more brightly…

—Mary Anne Radmacher

    And she seemed to hold him still.  Not with hands.  Not with anything visible.  It was something inside her.  What was it?  He could not divine what it was.  Perhaps her laughter.  He thought there was magic in it because it rang into his heart, arousing things he had never felt before.

—Ngugi wa Thiong’o

    I’m not going to forget you ever.  Please know that.  You might forget me but I’ll still remember everything.  I’m just wired that way.  Of course, a part of me is embarrassed to be the one who never forgets.  Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who holds on to every insignificant detail but at the end of the day, I don’t know how else to be.  If I could turn it all off, if I could let all of my lovers die, perhaps I would.  But that’s not my story.  That’s not who I am.

I will remember your small room
the feel of you
the light in the window
your records
your books
our morning coffee
our noons our nights
our bodies spilled together
sleeping
the tiny flowing currents
immediate and forever
your leg my leg
your arm my arm
your smile and the warmth
of you
who made me laugh
again.

—Charles Bukowski

This afternoon I am beginning an extended weekend as a gift to myself.  In tune with this spirit I took a long coffee hour to induldge my senses with the lush company of a long time favorite render set of my beloved Sylvia. ... She's actually Callad's Sylvia .. but we share her.

Once more we danced while making love in the shadows .. a favorite pastime; as you well know.  I was going to keep the result to myself .. but relented .. knowing some of you derive as much pleasure as I from warm shadows and deep firelight. So .. enjoy these deep, dark moments as you will or wish!

From my warm, wild heart to your own,

Terry

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PRODUCTION : Character & Scene Set up and Rendered Within Poser Pro
POST : Tonal Enrichment, Finishing Enhancements, Film Effects & Framing Within Photoshop
CREDITS : Sylvia - Crafted Character for Victoria IV by Callad [link]
VINTAGE : April 2010 / December 2012