“I’m a young girl with an old soul. I wanted to fuse the two together, the past and the present.” ―Melanie Fiona
Role model
Portrait in progress
Myth Dolly
Inspired by a doll with a mythic past and larger-than-life presence, this series portrays the artist’s impressions of a retro-progressive lifestyle influencer, a timeless role model for Yin charisma, if you will, ever becoming wow in the emerging now.
Mythic Ms
First sassy dolly
Comes alive
Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. —Anais Nin
Bold breakthrough
Anatomically
Breaks the mold
I’m a very positive person, but this whole concept of having to always be nice, always smiling, always happy, that’s not real. It was like I was wearing a mask. I was becoming this perfectly chiselled sculpture, and that was bad. That took a long time to understand. ―Alicia Keys
Now as then
Do future and past
Meet anew
At fifty-four, I am still in progress, and I hope that I always will be. ―Michelle Obama, Becoming
Then as now
Do fresh familiar
Graces face
I’m becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that’s what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time. ―Jewel
Dancing queen
Disco crystal ball
4D screen
Study the past, if you would divine the future. ―Confucius
Innocent’s
Disarmed charm bracelet
Immanent
Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun. ―Don Miguel Ruiz
Comeback tour
Preview of encore
Now playing
I’d tell myself to not feel pressure about time, that every moment you invest on watching, exploring, studying and enjoying what you love to do, that all becomes part of becoming what you want to be. ―Rose
Now again
As never before
Hereafter
The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place. ―Barbara De Angelis
Glory’s glints
Betray memories
Spanking new
I feel myself becoming the fearless person I have dreamt of being. Have I arrived? No. But I’m constantly evolving and challenging myself to be unafraid to make mistakes. ―Janelle Monae
Tall story
Novel diary
Fictive truth
I think my guideline has been to find things that inspire me. And as long as I stick to that, I don’t think I’ll have any problems crossing over to becoming an adult actress. ―Elisabeth Moss
Dear Dolly
Reprise wow’s surprise
Au courant
O blest one hour like this! to rise
And see grief’s shadows backward roll;
While bursts on unaccustomed eyes
The glad Aurora of the soul.
―Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
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GODSLAUGH.ME 
Wonderfully organised and presented, E Sum. Always a lot to consider with your posts. — g.
Thank you for your consideration, George, always appreciated.
Love this very colorful (in poetry, prose, and pictures) post. As a time traveler, I, too, feel the swirl in the interplay of energy, past and present.
Thank you for the interplay of timely energy, LuAnne. I think you might love Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series.