Even Angels Have Their Wicked Schemes

Under the pink Harlequin sunglasses strawberry dangling charms, and sugar-frosted eyeshadow she was really almost beautiful.
Photographed by: Tricia Gosingtian
(Feather Vest: Zara | Lace Top: Topshop | Skirt: Glitterati)

"She stood barefoot on the gravel watching clear droplets fall to the grass, hitting her freckled shoulders, adorning her hair. Drenched from tears and rain, she spun around like a fairy in a sea of poppyfields.

Magic can be found in stolen moments.

Magic can be found in stolen moments.
Photo by: Tricia Gosingtian
Hair and Makeup: Me
Tunic: Glitterati | Beaded dress: Glitterati | Shoes: Aldo

Stories are like genies...They can carry us into and though our sorrows. Sometimes they burn, sometimes they dance, sometimes they weep, sometimes they sing. Like genies, everyone has one. Like genies, sometimes we forget that we do.
Our stories can set us free...When we set them free.

Amazing Lace.

Between Sheets.
Photo by: Tricia Gosingtian
Hair and Makeup: me
Lace Tutu Skirt: Moonshine | Corset: Glitterati | Lace vest: Bayo | Accesories: Forever21

Sometimes you fall, spinning through space, grasping for the things that keep you on this earth. Sometimes you catch them. They can be the hands of the people you love. They can be your pets- pups with funny names, cats with ferocious old souls. The thing that keeps you here can be your art. It can be things you have collected and invested with a certain sense of meaning. A flowered, buckled treasure chest of secrets. Shoes that make you taller and, therefore, closer to the heavens. A suit that belonged to your fairy godmother. A dress that makes you feel a little like the Goddess herself.

Sometimes you keep falling; you don't catch anything.

Sometimes you fall, spinning through space, grasping for the things that keep you here. Sometimes you catch them. Sometimes you don't.

Sometimes they catch you.

I want to be the girl with the most cake...

(Photographed by:Tricia Gosingtian)

Wear your real eyes
No you don’t realize
What you say yes to
But you say yes too

-Lasso, Phoenix

Never realized my eyes were THAT big until this shoot. I always thought I was semi-chinky eyed and quite Chinese looking (I am after all at least 35% Chinese) but now I guess I understand why people mistake me for Korean (Ulzzang!) or Japanese almost 90% of the time.
Also this makes me realize, the power that lies behind big doll doe eyes.... you get what you want most of the time if you use 'em to your advantage.
Think Puss In Boots in Shrek... who couldn't resist those eyes? Haha.

Note: Pardon the vanity. Tricia just did a really awesome job shooting me, I cannot help but share. More photos soon!

Now here is my mantra and the inspiration behind the name of my blog. It's a quotation by Anais Nin:

"I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason.
I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me.
Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go.
Reality doesn't impress me.
I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another.
No more walls."

Her eyes stare out...

Dress: Nicole Dress by Glitterati
Studded Headband & Belt: Urban Warrior Belt by Glitterati
Shoes: Studded Strappy Heels by Zoo


Photography by: Tricia Gosingtian
©Tricia Gosingtian. 2010.