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3D Printed Stainless Steel from Delft

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No matter where you meet me, I am only just beginning.

The Expressionist (via tefftheory)

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riley montana for vogue ukraine july 2016

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The brillant album art work of Robert Springett

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The greatest alchemy is turning the darkness of the heart into gold.

Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi (via heyfranhey)

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I remember being teased relentlessly throughout my childhood and my teenage life where people would say that because of my skin I’ll never be beautiful enough, they would even recommend skin bleaching products. So as a child I quickly realised that as a dark skinned girl I was not considered beautiful enough… At that time I didn’t know that it was the negativity from the people around me that was causing me to hate my skin and myself for that matter. I remember a time during school photos where a girl shouted “she’s too dark! You won’t see anything on her ID but her teeth!”, of course everyone laughed it out… And so did I…. Because I didn’t want to make it seem like I was offended… Their feelings felt more important than mine… After all growing up I was always reminded of how unlikely I was of ever being beautiful or finding someone that found my darkness beautiful….. As a 19 year old today I sit here and say “I never gave in to skin bleaching”, “I was constantly reminded of how ugly I was but that only made me love myself even more….. I began considering myself as someone different, someone beautiful and out of the ordinary.” Your skin no matter how dark it is that when you smile you can only see the glow of your teeth is worthy of love, your skin is that of a goddess and you should never feel anything about your skin but self love. I write this to all of the people that have gone through similar and worse, you don’t need to learn to Love your skin, the love is already there… You just gotta unleash it.

I would like to hear some stories of yours if you’ve ever gone through the same thing…. Message me on Instagram. IG: YoungNubiie

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Lil’ Kim’s iconic verse. Hands down. The deliverance and flow in this song was everything!

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Don’t be in such a hurry to condemn a person because he doesn’t know what you do, or think as you think. There was a time when you didn’t know what you did today.

Malcolm X (via heyfranhey)

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Your acts of kindness are iridescent wings of divine love, which linger and continue to uplift others long after your sharing.

Rumi (via abiding-in-peace)

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Don’t settle. Don’t finish crappy books. If you don’t like the menu, leave the restaurant. If you’re not on the right path, get off it.

Chris Brogan (via foxeia)