Happy Friday, deerlings! Today I’d like to present something I’ve been excited about for a long time, the first issue of Be You!!!
Be You is an inspirational photo journal meant to reflect and explore the universality of life’s ups & downs, the depth of human emotion, and of course the eternal search of self. Too often we focus on becoming rather than being – so let this be a celebration of who we ARE. Love yourself, laugh often, and be thankful for the things that allow us to be:
…expressive
…gleeful
…high fashion
…lost (img via FadedFilmStrips)
…accepted (via Liebemarlene vintage)
…indulgent
…mysterious
…adventurous
…silly
…thoughtful
Deerlings: what describes YOU today?
I am: creative, pretty, wishful, idealistic, hopeful, new, enchanting & juvenile!
how lovely! I have a special folder of images I’ve found on my internet travel that I even carry on my phone, to cheer me up and/or inspire me!
Today, I feel accomplished – I’ve managed to pay my bills, write a blog I’ve been carrying in my head for a while, download songs I’ve been wanting for ages (one of them yours m’dear ;D) and upload a video to youtube for my family to see (I’ve moved into a new flat and my family live in Wales, so I keep them updated via vids!)
And I’ve not left the house yet! I’ve still got more planned!
SQUEE!!
This is beautiful! I love your visual collage & will definitely be saving some pictures to my inspiration folder! Where do you source such wonderful images?
Today, I am radiant, energetic, thoughtful, and passionate! Having just posted about living passionately on my blog, and performing theatre for the second night in a row tonight, I feel incredibly open to possibility :D
Becca Rainbow Reply:
February 5, 2010 at 3:55 pm
I wish more people described themselves as “radiant” :)
Doe Deere Reply:
February 5, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Please do, that’s what they’re here for! :) I find them all over the internet and put them in my own ‘inspiration’ folder as well :)
Beautiful pictures! So artistic:)
Today I want to describe myself as:
Lucky, ulykkesfugl (Norwegian word that means: accident bird. The accident today wasn’t that big, but it was problematic since it happened during my Modern Norwegian-test), creative, happy, smart (because I think the Modern Norwegian -test went pritty well, altough the problems that happened during the test).
I am happy today.
In general I’m: intelligent, creative, sensitive, sympathetic, whimsical, sarcastic, unconventional, independent, deep, complex, and proud.
I’m lazy today. It is enjoyable.
These images make my heart sing out from inside of me! My favourite is the one with the letters wrapped in ribbon. I want to send that to one of my friends!
Hurt. Lost. Confused.
i just discovered YOU. and i <3 you.
Doe Deere Reply:
February 7, 2010 at 1:28 am
Welcome to the blogazine. Enjoy your stay :)
Too often we focus on becoming rather than being
I love this idea!
I’m honestly lost, I was always lost and I’ll be always lost. My head’s just filled with too many emotions and thoughts and ideas and imaginations that I can’t concentrate on any of the worlds that I’m living in: the real world and my ideal world. Sometimes I mix things up and live here and there, but don’t know where to exactly settle. I’m too old to ask who I really am, I’m already too mature to doubt myself, but I don’t know when I’ll ever be happy because there’s just no way to make me happy. Success doesn’t make happy and solace doesn’t, either. I want ppl to stare at me and go like ‘Oh, I adore everything she does and she’s SO arcane’ yet I don’t want to be the person people stare at. I just don’t know what I want.
I’m lost.
Josine Reply:
February 6, 2010 at 12:03 pm
I feel exactly the same… You’re not alone :)
Tarren Reply:
February 7, 2010 at 2:34 am
i know how you’re feeling; like she said, you are not alone.
Adina Reply:
February 7, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Ack! This is EXACTLY how I feel. Always.
*sigh*
I agree with dana! this idea is fantastic. :D
I feel gleeful, cool, warm (at the same time :), and curious. :))
Love you Doe!
AWESOME!! living in an extremely narrow-minded country, I’m all about fully expressing my unique self without shame (or apologies) and encourage others to do the same.
Today I am artistic, mischievous, radiant, quiet, daring, indulgent, expressive, loved, incomplete, ethereal, magical, funny, enigmatic, dark and always gorgeous!
Awesome idea and great photo choices!
I am: confident, excited, learning, eager, outgoing and sexy.
I mentioned Candyfuture lipsticks on my blog today. (I’m wearing D’Lilac in an entry about vintage clothes.)
Doe Deere Reply:
February 7, 2010 at 1:29 am
It looks very intriguing on you. Great choice!
Hi Doe,
Could you please put where you found your photos (that are not your own) in terms of sources? I personally know the model and photographer in the fifth photo. While I’m sure she’d be thrilled that you showed her portraitures, she’d be p.o’d and deeply hurt that you didn’t link back to her site or give her credit for the photo. As a fan and really good friend of hers,
I’m going contact her and tell her she’s not getting the credit for the photos if the credit is there in 24 hours. Please give her credit for taking the photo! I do not take kindly to art theft.
• Optimistic
• Joyful
• Creative
• Inspired
• Hopeful
• Loved
• Gleeful!
I quite love this collection of photos, and I was especially glad to see one of Rhiannon of LiebeMarlene (the fifth photo, not including cover photo, of the 3 sisters). She has the loveliest vintage blog, I highly recommend you checking it out if you don’t already! ^_^
Today I am encouraged, healed, enlightened, thoughtful and appreciative of my husband and family.
Today, i”m more depressed than ever..
Silly, gleeful, kreativ and motherly :)
Today I feel a bit melancholic.. depressed.. Normaly this is a “sunday-feeling” I often have. :/ Must be from the stress. (Work, work, work!)
^^ But your blog often makes me smile and wanting to do more crazy stuff in life.
This is beautiful! I love it when you do stuff like this. Today, I feel… better, excited, sexy, awake, clean, adventurous, and “new”… a pleasant combination of the lovely rainy weather and being “in love” (aka infatuated) and listening to good music. Life is good.
Rickey
I have something similar that I use for writing prompts when I don’t have any ideas. My creative Non-Fiction teacher required us to keep a journal like this, and I’ve kept up the practice. Today I feel inspired, and determined. Off to the Yarn shop and Hobby Lobby!
I love all the photographs!!!vthe thoughtful one is really cool….
I think I have always been myself, i honestly really like how I am plus, I have a twin… and I guess that makes me cooler! n__n
neat collection.
however, I think you should credit the artists. I know that you are not claiming these as your own, but it would be great to link to the artist.
the “lost” photograph ->http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4332261173_f6ba5c15fe_o.jpg this one, was taken by me.
you can find it on my flickr (fadedfilmstrips) or my main website.
I don’t mind if you keep it up, but in the future, you should try to give credit to the artists.
Thanks!
Rockie
Doe Deere Reply:
February 7, 2010 at 1:27 am
Hey Rockie,
Absolutely! I love crediting people. :) Thank you for taking such a wonderful photograph. :)
This is awesome, and those pictures are rockin’!
I know everyone is happy, but upon serious philosophical conversation with the boyfriend at 4 AM, I’ve decided I’m always polar opposite of emotions at all times, even if I don’t know it.
So today, my polar opposite pair is love and hate, or joy and pain. It isn’t depressing whatsoever, more intriguing. I can never be sad without feeling happy that I am indeed human and capable of these emotions, thus making me more aligned with the ebb and flow of life itself.
Silly, I know.
Annie Reply:
February 10, 2010 at 4:56 pm
I’m glad there’s someone else who feels similar to how I feel – I don’t feel exactly polar opposites, but I swing from one mood to the opposite in mere minutes.
I feel creative right now; I can’t help myself thinking of some clothes I could sew or makeup I could try. And the photo you’ve posted really inspire me Doe Deere =D
This is gorgeous, Doe! I’m so excited to see forthcoming issues :D
TOday I am:
-sexy
-passionate
-creative
-loving
-a little bit sad
I absolutely love the photos that you chose
xox
This is my first comment in here, but I’ve followed your blog for over a year now. and I just wantet to say u are a great inspiration.
I Enjoy reading your posts. and i must say your style is awsome.
and to say things in a simple way: You are who you are, you’re not trying to be someone you’re not. And I really like that. So thank you!
ps: My mood today is:
Happy, and good (I’m starting to fall in love)
Inspired. ALso lost, exhausted by nothing that should be, lonely, creative, a dichotomy of proactiveness and extreme laziness. unmotivated, desperate (for motivation).
The photographs are absolutely, absolutely, absolutely beyond beautiful.
Today, I feel… out of place. I want to say tired, because that’s how I usually feel, but I’m not too tired right now. I want to say either overflowing with energy or moody and brooding, but I just feel nothing today. It’s not a fun feeling. Almost a “sunday evening”, melancholic feeling.
Hopefully I will be back to creative, energetic, inspired & inspiring, musing, bubbly, different and of course, full of GLEE tomorrow!
“The sun will come out, tomorrow! Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you, tomorrow, you’re only a day away.”
Ugh when I feel so full of food I can’t muster up any emotions lol. maybe it is its own emotion!?! lol well that’s what i’ve decided for the world
Thanks for crediting http://www.liebemarlene.blogspot.com/.
Could you please give her the credit she deserves on your flickr account too?
I am really enjoying the theme/design of your blog. Do you ever run into any browser compatibility issues? A small number of my blog audience have complained about my site not operating correctly in Explorer but looks great in Firefox. Do you have any solutions to help fix this problem?