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`MissShyly
The sea bean.
United States
Current Residence: MI
Favourite genre of music: Bad 80's hair rock.
Favourite photographer: Imogen Cunningham
Favourite cartoon character: Does Miss Piggy count?
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Thank you for the DD love!

Tue Oct 13, 2009, 8:27 PM


I obviously don't check in here with the frequency that I used to, so I only just got caught up on the DD that I was so kindly given last month.  Thank you to !XenoPhotography for the suggestion, and to ^Nyx-Valentine for the selection.  I was astounded and delighted to see this older image chosen.  Thank you.  

I very much appreciate the thoughts and feedback that people have offered on that image, both good and bad.  It is clearly not one of the "prettier" images that I've been part of creating, and it was difficult for me to look at for a long time for that reason.  Many of you have expressed a similar sentiment, and I understand that.  It's a shocking kind of visual, even for those of us who have spent years seeing a reflection like that in the mirror!

For a long time as a model I wanted to be pretty.  I wanted to show that all different kinds of people could be pretty.  But that's such a subjective standard, varying so wildly depending on the perception of the person viewing, that it's kind of an insane thing to aspire to.  I think it's better to aspire to be joyful, and fulfilled, and loving and beloved, valued and kind, and all those other happy-ass things.  When I was barely 18, I got a tattoo that says "Joy," so that I would have something to remind me of what I was striving for in life, what my goal was.  It seemed inconceivably far away at the time.  It's not, now.  There's a lot more of it, now.  

It's quieter than I thought.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to paint my toenails and pluck my eyebrows before I go to bed.  ;)

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~LadyBelva Dec 24, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
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Hello dear! How are you? :hug:
I'm just passed here to hope that you will have a wonderful Christmas full of happiness, gifts and all the beautiful things!!
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:iconxxxam0rem0rtexxx:
As a fellow fattie, I love your gallery! Thanks for sharing your beauty with us! As confident as I am with my body, I always feel awkward in front of a camera- But you look so natural and graceful in your pictures. Beautiful!
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*Zombiena Oct 25, 2012  Hobbyist
Your self-confidence has infected me.
I am a corpulent woman and I have always admired the thin.
That's over. Thanks to you! :heart:
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~princesscarrina Oct 11, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
You are beautiful, just fyi. :)
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:iconelizawyatt:
I just wanted to say you have a great gallery. Your pictures are really helping me study figure.

Incidentally, do you mind if I use some of your photos as drawing reference?
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:iconpohlmannmark:
Congratulation for the good stories told in your photo. Very suggestive. Hope to see more soon.
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:iconmarkus65:
I love your artwork. You are a beautiful model.
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Mood: Wow! *ForestDwellerHouses Apr 23, 2012  Professional Artisan Crafter
Awesome gallery and beautiful talent!
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~KatieStanley Apr 23, 2012  Student Photographer
Your bang tidy.
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:iconkatietw17:
i think so too ;)
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