Self-Love

[wlotus]

"I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don't like myself, there's no reason to even live the life. I love the way I look. I'm fine with it. And if my body changes, I'll be fine with that."
~ Gabourey Sidibe, the star of Precious


Joie de Vivre
17 February 2010

Comments

[beautyofgrey.livejournal.com]

This is my most favorite photo of you. OF ALL TIME.

[astragali.livejournal.com]

IAWTC. It's an awesome picture, W.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I spent an entire afternoon working on self-portraits, and this shot came at the point when I had finally found my stride.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I had a lot of fun making it.

[balmofgilead.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good movie. I think I'll put it on my list of movies to see.

Great picture! And I've never said it before but I love your dread locs. It makes me happy when people let their hair do natural things instead of straightening it.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

It is a good movie, but it is a difficult movie to watch. It is brutally raw in its portrayal of the abuse the main character suffered.

I like your hair, too! A while back you were tossing around ideas of what you might do with it; did you settle on anything, yet?

[balmofgilead.livejournal.com]

I'm still punting on the hair, supposedly until I adjust to how I look in contact lenses since I think glasses change how someone looks. In the meantime I'm wearing a lot of bandannas :)

[warkitty.livejournal.com]

I'm with beautyofgrey. This is the best photo of you I've ever seen! I LOVE it!

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[lilrongal.livejournal.com]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS!!!!!!

[lilrongal.livejournal.com]

And holy crap your hair grows fast!!!!!!

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

It's been 2-1/2 years since I cut it chin-length. I was thinking of cutting it shoulder-length, but after I washed and groomed it I liked it so much that I couldn't bear to take scissors to it. We'll see how I feel, come summer.

[audrabaudra.livejournal.com]

What an amazing portrait. Beautiful. 'Joie de vivre,' captured perfectly!

[scream4noreason.livejournal.com]

I love this picture so much!

[kdotdammit.livejournal.com]

That is one terrific quote and one terrific photo!

[tracied.livejournal.com]

This post makes me happy. :)

[ginamariewade.livejournal.com]

I love the quote. I love the photo. I like the motion in the photo.

[rockbirthedme.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you left this post unlocked, because I wanted to show it to Bigglest. So for your delectation, the 16-yr-old boy in my house said, and I quote, "WHOA!" It was absolutely a compliment.

Oh, and because I just know I will forget otherwise, happy birthday to the happy woman in the photo! Thank you for being my friend, because having you as a friend is one of the wonderful things in my life.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

I am honored.

[lapetitediva.livejournal.com]

I think both this pic and the tam and scarf one would make good icons. They look like they could be easily cropped to 100x100 dimensions :)

Happy birthday(2 days early, but still...)!

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...that's something to ponder. Thanks for idea and birthday wishes and gift!

[ginamariewade.livejournal.com]

Oh, and happy birthday!

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

Thank you!