A collusion of wind, sea, and sky
I am strung out, set to dry all too soon
My canvas
Chin to toe, seen through a chink in the eye of the mind
Breathless, a restlessness stirs up vortical checklist
Paint laid out to an ear’s deafness
I find myself wandering still
Wind-washed, lent footsteps, stepped back from me
Never following through
Left this teeter-edge sky to hold balance
But all too soon stumbling
Rolling with the tides and thunder
Which waters will wash my hands?
Which wind will weather my will?
Watercolours are the fashioning of thoughts luminal
Laid out on paper liminal
Such a space I inhabit,
Habitually
So I peel all the acrylic ever covering my eyelids
And spread, body wash primer
Blues launched into blues, fell through
And lie
Spread self and soliloquy into Spring susurration.
My form became a flower
Excerpt from the creation of Mother Earth
Model | Amie Hampsheir-Gill @monamiepics
Writer | Arran Olk @a_ok_poet
Photography | Bettina Bautista @ysa.gb
📍London, United Kingdom
MORE ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER:
Bettina Bautista is a London based photographer who shoots in both film and digital. She has been keen in photography for a few years thanks to her mother's love for landscapes. Although she tends to gravitate towards fashion and portraiture, she does not mind taking the occasional landscapes. Her work is greatly influenced by her love for late 20th century music and movies.
You can find her on Instagram: @ysa.gb
MORE ABOUT THE MODEL:
Amie Hampsheir-Gill is a London based model, who integrates stories and emotions into her work. After partially losing her memory to the treatment of her Ulcerated Colitis in 2014, she perceives modelling to be acting without words, and endeavours to continue conveying tales through her art.
You can find her on Instagram: @monamiepics
MORE ABOUT THE WRITER:
Arran Olk started writing at 15 and has kept it up for the last 6 years. Arran is poet whose work never falls far from the natural world. His work often charts the personal stresses we experience daily, exploring this vast topic through personification of nature.
You can find him on Instagram: @a_ok_poet