IA#7 PORTRAITS

“Inner peace begins the moment we choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions”. — PEMA CHODRON

“Your inner state is the emotional and intellectual content of your mind at this moment. In other words, it is what is going on inside, whether it’s predominately emotions or thinking (which are interconnected anyway). I would even go a little further and say it’s your whole mental setup you have at any given moment.(myrkothum.com)”

Where there is Freedom, there is Peace. You only live once, yes, we only live once. So, if you want to hug a person or a tree, go ahead and hug them. If you want to jump, do your best and jump. If you want to shout, go ahead and shout. Express what’s on your mind for it will set you free, physically, mentally and emotionally. Don’t be afraid to take a step forward or even a leap. Your inner state will be at peace once you start caring about your well-being.

Title: Curiosity

Model : Hazel Caponpon

10/28/16

INSURGENT

She is young, yes she is a student. She is considered as an Adult now, She knows her rights and limitations.However, even if she is an adult, there are lots of things that she isn’t free to do. Why? Society sees, Parents nag,people judge.

I remember one time in our Aesthetic class, our professor asked us if we own our body. I said YES firmly, yet the photo he showed us shows ‘NO’. I did understand later on when our professor explained it to us. Yes we may be consenting adults already , some may have graduated or for instance, my aunt is already 43 years old. My aunt is a lesbian and she doesn’t have any kids and she is not in a relationship right now, yet, my grandmother is very strict on her. She should be home on or before 11:30. Surprisingly, she never missed it. She always go home and she can’t go anywhere at anytime. It would be so hard for her to go out of town. In short, our parents as well own us, own our bodies. Most of the time they treat us like the own us because they created us, at least they made love and we were born after 9 months. Now, this girl up there is a student, she has fears, she fears her parents, and yet she managed to overcome her limits. She has multiple tattoos and her parents know it. Her parents weren’t happy but she managed to stand on her decision. She is a rebel in the eyes of some but she is a strong woman. Strong woman who can endure the pain, who can face the judgment of other people, who can take a stand from her parents, and lastly, she is strong and courageous because she was able to do what she want. — -what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger : and that my friend is overcoming one’s limitations, at least for me, in my opinion.

Faith : A portrait of Flaw.

How on earth and since when did Faith become a flaw? Isn’t it a strength? Isn’t it a value?

You Have a God and therefore, you are not a God and you need a God.

No matter how intelligent you may be, No matter how strong you may be or how beautiful you may be;In time it will be nothing. In time, you are nothing. Why? Because you are no God.

Faith is believing in something you haven’t seen yet. It is the course of believing on something you yourself is unsure about yet, you stand firmly on your belief that it becomes a religion.

It is a flaw, for no matter how we practice, we won’t be perfect anyway. No matter how beautiful you are, you will get old, have wrinkles and die anyway.

You may claim that you are a prophet, you may claim that God sent you here on earth,you may be the Ms. Universe, You may be the most famous celebrity, you may be the the sexiest creature alive, but all these are temporary. It will die with you.

We are all humans, and we are born to make mistakes. — We are all a flaw here on earth.