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[jacaldwellphoto]

7.18.16 @jacsfishburne in the studios available natural light in garments from @amtvintage i think i wanted to call these photos #inthekeyofrobert clearly inspired by mapplethorpes photos of patti i guess i didn’t tag them as that or maybe i tagged them as something else. this is for me an example of blending MORE is MORE & LESS is MORE i used references i sourced the wardrobe i planned ahead. jacs & i styled her using the references & then started shooting. i went primitive just a bounce & window light for a lot of it. i had been in my own head a lot about the work i was creating & keep trying to get to less technical & worry mostly about wether or not if i was actually creating photographs. SO... if you want to play with your own genders or lack there of, express some fluidity be whatever you want & maybe make some photographs in an environment that is accepting & as judgement free as i can be please LETS make some portraits. #isthismyartiststatement #makeportraits #afistfulloflife #pumpingmyheart #believeindoingitanywayyoucan (at The Heights, Jersey City) https://www.instagram.com/myphotographslie/p/BuRdRzXnEhf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ikvsxk3337he

[josephbrooksjewelry]

#pattismith is all I can think of listening to today after looking at the front page of the paper and the air quality here from the fires. I need some musical spiritual uplifting this morning! #icon #legendary #poet #groundbreaker #seaofpossibilities #pumpingmyheart #takemeup #whereanythingispossible #butnotmine #peoplehavethepower (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFADHIFprPz/?igshid=1o9yc8tbr9dkk

[slayerforbreakfast-blog]

oh I see you stare spi-pi-pi-pi-pi-pi/spiraling up there & ho oh into the center of my brain & baby come baby go & free the hurricane ... & my heart starts pumping my fists start pumping upset total abandon you know I love you so #pattismith #pumpingmyheart this portrait from last March fell on my 35th birthday during our honeymoon trip to Hawaii. almost a year ago I was too shy to post this so I forwarded the image like a giddy secret to @mamanicoledavis & she published it without my identity & with my comfort level safely in tact. by handing over this experience of my sexuality as a pumping mother I didnt have to own it. a lot changed this last year, hasnt it ladies? not so very much in actuality - but certainly in our awareness of that actuality. outlandish & obscene censorship of our feminine power rages on & what felt comfortable a year ago no longer fits: censorship of our menstruation, censorship of our sexuality, censorship of birth, censorship of breastfeeding, censorship of our natural aging: censorship of the feminine. today I am not the one who denies or hides our magical fucking powers - I bleed without dying, I touch myself to climax, I birthed my son after 37 - thirtyfuckingseven - hours of active labor without pain management, I breastfeed anywhere & everywhere, I love my crows feet my grey hair my stretch marks (despite being totally self-conscious about them). I know Im not alone but my first instinct always defaults to censoring my truths about these MAGICAL feminine experiences. shared experience creates connection & we fucking need connection right now to empower & rise up together. tonight I work & then I run to the circle of sisters - a convention organized by women in recovery from addiction. I am beyond excited that I carved out this little chunk of space & time for myself to get vulnerable & connect. I will be without Brixton & tomorrow I will cross the threshold of 24 hours away from my son for the first time. Sunday our breastfeeding journey will cross the milestone of 18mo with my sights on an inevitable finish line I both crave & spurn. & for the first time in a year & a half I didnt pack my pump xox

[pointer8708]

#radioethiopia #pattismithgroup ##ivankral #jaydeedaugherty #richardsohl #lennykaye #pattismith #jackdouglas #briansperber #rodobrien #samginsberg #jaymessina #vicanesini #bobirwin #georgemarino Photography: #lynngoldsmith I love how she put under the band photograph #freewaynekramer - a very very Patti record, with my favorite producer of #aerosmith . This album encompasses all that is Patti, great esoteric ramblings of a brilliant beautiful poet , this is Patti. I am playing as I am so jealous that my buddy #joeshanahan had Patti play his Chicago Temple of music #cabaretmetro . The last show pre-pandemic we saw was Patti Smith was at Disney Hall in downtown LA ( thanks Karen ) and it was a great show, Patti’s voice was so amazing and she played with the remaining members of her group who were still alive and 2 of her children from her marriage to #fredsonicsmith . Love this record great songs #pissinginariver #pumpingmyheart #asktheangels - make sure you see Patti when she tours, you’re never disappointed Enjoy (at Hollywood Hills) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdw-dIIOJlS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[slayerforbreakfast-blog]

oh I see you stare spi-pi-pi-pi-pi-pi/spiraling up there & ho oh into the center of my brain & baby come baby go & free the hurricane ... & my heart starts pumping my fists start pumping upset total abandon you know I love you so #pattismith #pumpingmyheart _____________ this portrait from March 2017 fell on my 35th birthday during our honeymoon trip to Hawaii. a year ago I was too shy to post this so I forwarded the image like a giddy secret to mama nicole davis & she published it without my identity & with my comfort level safely in tact. by handing over this experience of my sexuality as a pumping mother I didnt have to own it. a lot changed this last year, hasnt it ladies? not so very much in actuality - but certainly in our awareness of that actuality. outlandish & obscene censorship of our feminine power rages on & what felt comfortable a year ago no longer fits: censorship of our menstruation, censorship of our sexuality, censorship of birth, censorship of breastfeeding, censorship of our natural aging: censorship of the feminine. today I am not the one who denies or hides our magical fucking powers - I bleed without dying, I touch myself to climax, I birthed my son after 37 - thirtyfuckingseven - hours of active labor without pain management, I breastfeed anywhere & everywhere, I love my crows feet my grey hair my stretch marks (despite being totally self-conscious about them). I know Im not alone but my first instinct always defaults to censoring my truths about these MAGICAL feminine experiences. shared experience creates connection so lets share our unedited experience, connect, empower & rise up. #fbf from my international womxns day post, March 8th 2018 - happy friday xox #stopcensoringmotherhood #wildwoman #embraceyourself #bodypositive #divinefeminine #motherlyinstincts #wildwomansisterhood #motherhoodrising #honestmotherhood #motherhoodunited #normalizemotherhood #caulbearer #badassmotherbirther #freethenipple #powertotheperiod #agingredefined #breastfeedwithoutfear #toddlerbreastfeeding #ourcandidlife #raisethemwild #sobermom #justfortoday #odaat #wedorecover (at San Francisco Bay Area) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrnYl6lnPji/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2jxkwi5hfcnh