
Black Socks with Three White Stripes
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Black Socks with Three White Stripes
Tattoo Art in Motion: Part One
“Our problem isn’t that we’re individualists. It’s that our individualism is static rather than dynamic. We value what we think rather than what we do. We forget that we haven’t done, or been, what we thought; that the first function of life is action, just as the first property of things is motion.”
― ahe Education of the Stoic

Photographer Unknown, (A Matter of Male Adornment)
Photographers Unknown, Ten Men from the Black and White Collection
“I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony. I do not crave security. I wish to hazard my soul to opportunity.”
― Peter O’Toole
Heliobel Tranio, Titles Unknown, (The Yoga Master)
Reblogged with many thanks to a great site: https://luccanudes.tumblr.com
Photography by Dusty St. Amand
Dusty St. Amand is a New York City-based photographer who focuses on male portraiture and events..
Artist site: dusterzdeux (Instagram)
Hands and Feet; Manibus Pedibusque
“Just take my hand, lead, dance with me…and I will simply follow the blueness of the water, the white waves rolling free…where the earth beneath my feet and stars make my heart whole again…in long and priceless moments of shared solitude…”
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Wonder in Two Views
“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
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Photographer Unknown, Photo Shoot, (The Bathrobe)

Photographer Unknown, (A Multi-Colored Universe)
“Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8 color boxes, but what you’re really looking for are the 64 color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64 color box, though I’ve got a few missing. It’s okay though, because I’ve got some more vibrant colors like periwinkle at my disposal. I have a bit of a problem though in that I can only meet the 8 color boxes. Does anyone else have that problem? I mean there are so many different colors of life, of feeling, of articulation.” – John Mayer

Photographer Unknown, Title Unknown. (The Grazing Horses)
Photographers Unknown, Beguiling the Senses and Enchanting the Mind: Photo Set Six
“Be happy, cried the Nightingale, be happy; you shall have your red rose. I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with my own heart’s-blood. All that I ask of you in return is that you will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, though he is mighty. Flame-coloured are his wings, and coloured like flame is his body. His lips are sweet as honey, and his breath is like frankincense.”
–Oscar Wilde, The Nightingale and the Rose

Photographer Unknown, (The Art Studio)
“When you start working, everybody is in your studio- the past, your friends, enemies, the art world, and above all, your own ideas- are all there. But as you continue painting, they start leaving, one by one, and you are left completely alone. Then, if you are lucky, even you leave.” – John Cage
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