Angel or bird

You swim up from the past, of all our set
the one most rosy, elegant, and tall.
And your transparent profile – how it sways
through carriage windows! Why does memory insist?
Angel or bird – we argued which you were.
The poet said you were his girl of straw…

(Anna Akhmatova, A Shadow)

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18 thoughts on “Angel or bird”

Virgilio Gavia on 04/10/2013 at 09:53 said:

so nice…and that cat…wow!

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- karijeppesen on 04/10/2013 at 09:57 said:
  
  (…smiling…) Thank you so much, Virgilio!! She really likes to do photoshoots with me…
  
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Lisa on 04/10/2013 at 12:06 said:

I love these shots – and the cat too! Such a patient little creature ;).

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- karijeppesen on 04/10/2013 at 12:39 said:
  
  Thank you so much, Lisa!! and the little Flor loves photos, it was her idea to be in this shots… (…smiling a lot…)
  
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  - Lisa on 05/10/2013 at 15:20 said:
    
    She’s quite the model ;).
  - karijeppesen on 05/10/2013 at 21:11 said:
    
    Oh! yes, she is…(…smiling a lot…)
Malin H on 04/10/2013 at 12:10 said:

As always… beautul, very beautiful. And I love the presence of the cat in the background.

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. (Luciano De Crescenzo)

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- karijeppesen on 04/10/2013 at 12:47 said:
  
  Your quote is so true, yes, without the embrace, we are nothing, we can´t fly… Thank you, dear Malin!!
  
  Well, my cat became my witness, so it was more than fair to included her…(…smiling…)
  
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Benoît Beaudry on 04/10/2013 at 20:21 said:

The deads can dance? Or the living? We dont know for sure with this ghostly series… I like these dances you do in awkward spaces a lot . And I dont know exactly what it is, but I really often see paintings relations when I look at your images. You sure have a great eye for composition and a strong presence as your own model!

Bye Karina and say hi to Flor (I saw the name in the comments!)

(Now I think I’ll do a picture or two with my cats someday just for fun…)

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karijeppesen on 04/10/2013 at 21:40 said:

Benoît, Benoît, merci, merci beaucoup…
I like always your comments, they are so rich to me… Thank you… (…smiling a lot and radiant…)

I will say hi to Flor, of course…

And I will be waiting for those pictures too…

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KOH　 on 05/10/2013 at 01:28 said:

Attempt valuable~ love it !!
Have a happy day~

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- karijeppesen on 05/10/2013 at 09:26 said:
  
  Thank you so much! and for you too…
  
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MrsDalloway on 05/10/2013 at 11:33 said:

…with a hot traces of memories…
Memory is constantly to filtered, but we need have this extraordinary impulse, off specific moment of the past, then all come back to us: the smell, the taste, the feeling,
the best of part of our memory is beyond us
sometimes, I with difficulty think about this, that after something with past, not left of trace
you again prompted me to think (…smiling to you…)

greetings to the models on your photos(…smiling a lot)

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karijeppesen on 05/10/2013 at 12:36 said:

…yes, my dear you are so right…I take all memories in my body… (…smiling to you too…)

…I will send the greetings to my models, of course…

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Jack Brewis on 05/10/2013 at 19:03 said:

I wish this would cover my wall; top to bottom. So beautiful Kari.

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- karijeppesen on 05/10/2013 at 21:13 said:
  
  …we could arrange that…ha, ha, ha… Thank you so much dear Jack!!
  
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littledogslaughed on 06/10/2013 at 17:41 said:

This is terrific Kari! I love the kitty cat too-he looks like he is just taking it all in-

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- karijeppesen on 06/10/2013 at 21:56 said:
  
  Thank you so, so much, Meg!! yes, you are right, but she is quite comfortable with cameras and tripods…
  
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