This body
Of petals and freckles
Softness and submission
It glistens.
It listens.
Yielding to a man made tide
Stealing, with a smooth, suede stride
Maintains its sternness
Sustained and earnest.
This body
Without a single gesture
Or pressure
It speaks to me.
It weakens me. 2017-12-02 02:31:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Just writing to say thank you to my patrons who are still pledging to me, even during a holiday month. I cannot adequately express how deeply appreciated I feel, considering that you would prioritize me among your loved ones this season. I do not take for granted how fortunate I am.
As always, if there is anything that I can do to facilitate an e...
2017-12-02 02:04:40 +0000 UTC View Post
A shot from The Desert Adventure in April 2017.
This will be part of an upcoming series, to be featured on Tumblr.
Although the light is harsh, I will assure you that the wind felt like ice that day. I was shouting profanities of encouragement to Sekaa from behind my camera, because she clearly commanded the elements, and made it look effor...
2017-11-30 04:47:25 +0000 UTC View Post
This image is from October 2016 during The Desert Adventure.
Sekaa and I were on break and took some shots of each other with my iPhone7s. I had just recently discovered 'Live Photos' and was obsessively taking photos of Sekaa to capture her in motion, and also the light and shadow in motion. She took a couple of me, such as this one.
Some ...
2017-11-29 04:08:52 +0000 UTC View Post
This morning, I just want to wish you all a happy Thanksgiving; and talk about the gratitude that I am celebrating today. I hope you are all somewhere warm with your family, whether that means blood relatives, friends you just met, or even furry creatures.
Firstly, I am grateful that I woke up this morning in good health, and did not receive any ...
2017-11-23 15:47:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Tumblr is full of goodies from The Desert Adventure.
Even some of the recent posts have been revamped.
Check it out. Link & password in the previous post.
xo.
Photo by R.Yokomoto
2017-11-21 21:43:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Password: p4tre0n
*note; this is a NEW password.
Some brand new Moab content up on the blog & more to come.
2017-11-19 22:30:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Password: patr3on
*note; this is a NEW password.
Some brand new Moab content up on the blog & more to come.
2017-11-19 22:28:48 +0000 UTC View Post
A first look at brand new images from The Desert Adventure. This one taken by R.Yokomoto.
An update; I'm about 50% finished sifting through behind the scenes shots, and editing some of my own shots that I took of Sekaa during my breaks. Those shots will be accompanied by a short literary piece.
Moreover, you will have the first look ...
Here is a candid image shot in the jeep on the first morning I ever awoke in Moab, Utah. October, 2015.
2017-11-18 03:59:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Behind the scenes images up on Tumblr!
Many more to come in the next few days.
Enjoy!
I am still hard at work sifting through and editing images. The October Desert Adventure will feature soon up on the blog. But for the evening, I have shared a few various images taken by John Gorecki over the last few years, in Utah. Some of them you may have seen, and some of them you have not.
Enjoy.
Tomorrow will be getting Moab up on the blog.
The Desert Adventure, behind the scenes, as well as finished images.
Tonight, here is one fresh off the press, by R.Yokomoto.
Being shown first here.
xo.
2017-11-13 01:26:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Tomorrow will be getting Moab up on the blog.
The Desert Adventure, behind the scenes, as well as finished images.
Tonight, here is one fresh off the press, by R.Yokomoto.
Being shown first here.
xo.
2017-11-13 01:24:17 +0000 UTC View Post
If you follow me on IG, you may have seen a short clip of me singing a Vance Joy cover with my insanely talented little sister.
I don't share this type of thing often, and it's an area in which I'm less confident.
But if you know me at all, you know music is one of the primary driving forces in my daily life, and I'm always sing...
2017-11-10 05:22:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a little something I made with Photosensualis a while back.
Up on Tumblr, some behind the scenes from my stop in Avon, CO while en route to Moab.
Check it out; password in previous posts.
Below is a journal-esque post that I made on July 10 and intended to share with my patrons. For whatever reason, I had second thoughts about sharing, and deleted it. I just found it hiding in the 'notepad' of my iPhone. And I don't really understand why I couldn't share this before. So here you go.
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Yesterday was the f...
Today was my first day home.
We had an unseasonably beautiful day today, (80 degrees Fahrenheit) which was a very serendipitous welcome home.
I spent the entire afternoon with my grandfather. We were supposed to have lunch and go for a walk. Every time we returned to his house and I made for a departure, he asked me if we could go fo...
I just returned home to Jersey after a long month away for the Desert Adventure. I am turning in for the evening, as I'm right back in the grind of getting my sister to school in the morning, addressing long neglected emails, and picking up my grandfather for our afternoon walk.
Tomorrow I will be posting a more thorough and cohesive note, b...
A little extra something.
www.persephonean-pipedream.tumblr.com
Password: patre0n
A little set from my snowy morning in Avon is now up on the Tumblr blog.
www.monique-patreon.tumblr.com
Password: p4treon
Password: p4treon
First feature of the Fall Desert Adventure.
More to come tomorrow.
xo.
Here is a shot I snapped of Sekaa during a break today. Today was the last day of the adventure.
Tomorrow I will spend the afternoon sharing with you on Tumblr.
This morning we awoke in the Colorado mountains to a gorgeous frosted landscape. We made some images to document the morning before moving on to our final destination; Moab.
This is an experimental edit.
Images to feature in a series soon on Tumblr.
📷 JPGorecki
Edited by me.
This morning we awoke in the Colorado mountains to a gorgeous frosted landscape. We made some images to document the morning before moving on to our final destination; Moab.
📷 JPGorecki
Edited by me.
2017-10-22 06:04:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Up on the blog; my little jaunt up to NYC to celebrate the work of David Aimone in the Alternative Process exhibition in SoHo Photo Gallery.
Scroll back a few posts to find your link and password. ($5+)
Shown above is a kallitype print David made of me about 5 years ago in Upstate New York.
Your first look at an image I made of Sekaa during a break at The Desert Adventure, this April.
Eventually, this image will be part of a series of images and writing in which I draw a narrative upon an etymological connection between Sekaa's name and ancient myth. The symbolism attached to her name bears an uncanny semblance to the nature o...
2017-10-20 22:46:17 +0000 UTC View Post
MonSekaa has made it to the colorful mountains of Colorado. It's been a long two days of driving, especially still fighting this infection. Nebraska is certainly not my favorite place, but the drive through Colorado makes up for it, and then some!
Staying in beautiful Avon tonight, sharing a meal or two at Northside Kitchen, and then we continue ...
2017-10-20 22:08:05 +0000 UTC View Post
In case you're wondering what I've been up to...
I'm in Minnesota with my partner and colleague, and with my best friend, Sekaa, who just flew in to meet us a few days ago.
I only had a few photo sessions here, and one of them cancelled. So I took up shifts as a cocktail waitress for a charter boat on Lake Minnetonka to make up the lost i...
Just thought I would share this with you all.
The photo hanging on the left is Charis Wilson, photographed by Edward Weston.
The photo hanging on the right is yours truly, in the same exact window, photographed by Lance Pressl.
It is a distinct honor to see these two images hanging side by side in Lance's home. I cannot adequately exp...
2017-10-16 19:38:10 +0000 UTC View Post