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velvetlea
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[2010-05-21 23:52:04 +0000 UTC]
"... and fear is not danger ..."
(Australia)
# Statistics
Favourites: 457; Deviations: 216; Watchers: 44
Watching: 91; Pageviews: 14361; Comments Made: 1115; Friends: 91
# Interests
Tools of the Trade: ~ technical, or my self? Seamstressing only requires my hands. Random pencils and pens. Canon S5 IS; SX600; Ixus 105; Kodak CX7330; first camera, my Dad's SLR, in my childhood, with which I explored extended exposure. My imagination and my experiences ...# About me
... her earliest dreams were to be a writer, a musician, an artist, and an animal carer (all of which, coincidentally, she already is and always was) -- not especially fitting dreams for a little girl from a working class background and growing up on the east coast of Australia -- bush baby -- since then, she has spent much quality time in Dublin, Paris, London, Sweden, and most recently the States -- her life's journey has so-far included severe post traumatic stress disorder, amongst other injuries, that she has survived, caused by having been a victim of serious crimes twice-over -- her immediate goal is to be as confident as some of the best people she has met through her world travels -- which continue right now -- she is a musician since toddlerhood (guitarist, flautist, and pianist, songwriter and composer since early childhood) -- and her current work is as a writer -- she is also a photographer, has won photographic (as well as writing) competitions and has been published on the NG website, and she sells her nature photography as well as erotica -- she is also a jewelry designer, handcrafts and sells her one-of-a-kind wire-wrapped jewellery creations -- she also enjoys sketching, painting, sculpting, designing and sewing, and creating art in all mediums -- her lifelong lack of confidence is just beginning to assuage enough for her to dare to call her creativity *her artworks* ...# Comments
Comments: 300
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π½ Thank you! Very much! As is yours π Love from Australia πππ
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Hiya ππ I'm baaack! In these strange days and scary times, I wish you happiness and safe days where you enjoy all your moments βπ¦οΈπ And I think I might begin to visit dear old dA again more often π Thank youuuu my friends ππ½ππππΆ Stay strong and keep your kindness and courage π€π½
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P. S. I'm just right now playing with and learning more about how to work this new version of the dA app ~ nice! π¨π³πππ½ππ
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You haven't upset me? The only thing that is slightly upsetting to me is talking about things like shootings (obviously. Coincidentally, "settle down" is not an appropriate comment when someone just explains to you they have been a victim of crimes) - but now you have an answer to your questions on my header's quote - to which you wanted to keep asking!
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Did all these guys accidently stumble onto dA when they were looking for tinder?! Swipe left! Hey, guys ~ women are here for creative expressions ~ not here for you to be so thirst-desperate-predictable!
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... Actually, it's not, after all ...
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Yes, that's true ... but fear can also prevent people from doing anything -- things that they should take the courage to do -- and that might be worse, and happens more often ...
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Yes ... and we can be mindful of both possibilities ... when one has survived traumas, one can fall into either, I suppose ... but the failure of frozen inaction is more common, no?
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ΒΏ I didn't say fear is not dangerous. ΒΏI should say something like "fear is not danger"? But that is my exact quote!
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No, that was not exactly what I meant. Why have you seized on this quote by me, I wonder? Which was something I really said inside a larger conversation. I know I don't owe you an explanation, but I'm glad to explain it -- but at least please get my quote right! I said "fear is not danger" in response to someone saying to me that *pain is not harm* -- and I said, "fear is not danger," and had a sudden illumination about my ptsd that I've suffered for 20 years since I was trapped in a mass shooting for five hours. The thing is, we live or lives in so much constant fear that is only produced by our own worries and is not actually danger that is present. So this little quote of myself is a reminder to me of that conversation, and a reminder to myself that my anxiety disorders and symptoms that debilitate me sometimes are not anything but nightmares that I should not actually consider real present dangers ... I'm sorry if my quote with no context has upset you, because you interpreted it in a different way, which is an interesting construct, too.
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Thanks for the Β Fav on my Journal entry Summer.
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:-D You're very welcome, my friend π You know that I like your writing, your choices of subjects, and your style π
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TrΓ¨s belle galerie qui invite au voyage ! mais de tous ces paysages, tes selfies sont quand mΓͺme ceux qui attirent le plus le regard...
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Merci beaucoup :-D Tes bonnes mots me donnent aussi un sourire ! π
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Avec plaisir ! et merci beaucoup pour le "watch" !! Β
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Thank you : ) And you, too.
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π Thank you for all your faving and comments, too ~ much appreciated! ππ·
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Okay. Hiya. I just got the dA android app. π So. I've been *fully nude*. And I've been around the world again. And I think I'll start posting some more of my photography, and my erotica and my writings here again! π
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Wow ... it's so ironic that a person who admins/moderates a group actually named for *respecting* models/artists is so disrespectful toward women approached with good will!Β Β
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P.S. Yes, there are nude photographs of me on the internet, and in published fetish/art magazines in hardcopy, too ... and some of these photos are for sale now ... and I've had some beautiful and good experiences, and some not-so-good, as usual ... and/but, as usual, just like before, I'm still at a place in my thoughts, in my mind and in my heart, where I don't know whether I want to continue to explore and express and develop my artistic side, or just worry too-much about narrower people's judgments and opinions, again, as usual ...
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And it's my sister's birthday, too ... Happy Birthday, Darling, always, always ... I miss my sister, so, so much β¦ the more years pass, the more she is missed by us all, and the more she should be doing, living her life ... it might feel more resolved β not resolved, but respected and corrected, a little, at least β if the authorities cared to keep murderers in jail ...
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Your welcome!!!
And wow you would say that about me??! Thank you so much; you just made my day!!!Β
I hardly get told that!
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You're very welcome, Gorgeous
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Hello, and thank you for joining !
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We are attempting to spread brightness through means of a few kind comments, or words on artwork. The goal is to reach at least five Deviants a day: this includes friends, family, or even total strangers!
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For more information about the group, please read this journal . If you're interested in having an admin position, please note either dAy-Brighteners , SolidMars or myself (WeirdAndLovely ).
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Thank you, and we can't wait to get to know you.
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Thank you 
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I'm going to thank you for adding my Baader-Meinhof Journal entry to your Fav's, even though I suspect your finger hit the Fav button instead of the Delete button by mistake.
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The name is, most likely, one that became established locally here and has just caught on in one particular newspaper. It's not some official name for the occurrence by any means. I tend to agree with you that you are more likely to "notice" something you just learned about.
Now that you've verified that your Fav was intentional, I'll thank you again, and for your comment, too.
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