the art of loving yourself
today i feel sadi got out of bed and i found myself madat the fact i wasn’t dead the bird singing out my windowleft when i criedfor him to go the sun pierced out from behind my shuttersi’d rather blackoutcause now my head hurts i went down to have breakfast but i didn’t have enough time i wanna go back in the past when nothing ever had to rhyme so i went to brush my teethbecause society and peo...
Pressure
Original song written by Gillian McMahon and recorded by My Voice Music.
Cast a Spell
Original song by Gillian McMahon and recorded by My Voice Music.
Flowers that Bloom in the Dark
A Flower that bloomed in the darkA outlier of its kind.A outlier that grows in concreteA rare specimen indeedIt’s power grows regardless of natureThey’re dangerousDangerous in the terms of power and opportunityMaking situations that seemed impossible look as easy as cutting butterIt isn’t as simply explainable as you thinkToo evert power in the most unsustainable of situationsI believe that is...
“Aura in The Auroras”
The powerful shift of her reality was the start of a lifestyle change. The realm of reality was just a home to a consciousness of self. In order to live authentically is to live in oneself for oneself.“The connection to self is a powerful source”“Isn’t that too much thinking?”“The conscious thought is what we alter into words”“I’m confused?!”“Try to become one with yourself, don’t try to find t...
Bold power based self portrait
First self portrait shoot inspired by the combined styles of Jordi koalitic and tsoku maela
My Hijab Makes Up Who I Am
Often times in the media the hijab is misrepresented as just a piece of cloth or the women wearing the hijab are oppressed. The model was able to talk to me about her journey wearing the hijab and she said it was her own choice to wear it. It is not apart of who she is and she has no doubts of ever taking it off. She has experienced discrimination with wearing her hijab, but it encourages her m...
Classics have all the power And are all the rage even now
‘A word after a word after a word is power.’- Margaret Atwood.
For many readers, The Handmaid’s Tale (2010) and Margaret Atwood’s creation of Gilead remains a dystopian society they still think about. It terrifies, when one thinks about the world globally, how close we are to having such a society on a smaller scale.I would say one of the only things preventing its birth is our awareness of our...
Warrior
My “I Am A Warrior” EP has themes of empowerment and self-confidence, as well as overcoming hardships by fighting for yourself. The EP also has an underlying theme of female empowerment, of rising above society's assumptions and expectations of how women should act and feel, and finally realising you can also become a warrior, no matter what others may perceive of you. The first track on the EP...
Classics have all the power and are all the rage even now
A word after a word after a word is power.’- Margaret Atwood.
For many readers, The Handmaid’s Tale (2010) and Margaret Atwood’s creation of Gilead remains a dystopian society they still think about. It terrifies, when one thinks about the world globally, how close we are to having such a society on a smaller scale.I would say one of the only things preventing its birth is our awareness of ou...