Good morning kiss.

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Hold fast to dreams

 For if dreams die

 Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly

 Hold fast to dreams

 For if dreams go

 Life is a barren field

 Frozen with snow.

- Langston Hughes

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In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.  

-Aaron Rose

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I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.

― Stephenie Meyer

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The time I kill is killing me. 

- Mason Cooley

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How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? 

- Dr. Seuss 

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Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music. 

-George Carlin

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Walking is a virtue, tourism is a deadly sin. 

- Bruce Chatwin

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Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it.

- James Arthur Baldwin

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If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.

- Mark Twain

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Believe

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

- Oscar Wilde

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Model: Helena Costa

Say what?

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Photography & Edition : Helena Leão

Photography & Edition: Helena Leão

Models: Nelson Reis & Helena Costa

Photography & Edition: Helena Leão

Model: Bárbara Gomes

Photography & Edition: Helena Leão

Model: Helena Costa

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Photography by: Marcos Silva

Edited / Model : Helena Leão

Photography by : Helena Leão

Tea Time 茶

 Photographer: Helena Leão


According to legend, tea was first discovered by the Chinese emperor and inventor Shennong in 2737 BCE. It is said that the emperor liked his drinking water boiled before he drank it so it would be clean, so that is what his servants did. One day, on a trip to a distant region, he and his army stopped to rest. A servant began boiling water for him to drink, and a dead leaf from the wild tea bush fell into the water. It turned a brownish color, but it was unnoticed and presented to the emperor anyway. The emperor drank it and found it very refreshing, and cha (tea) came into being.

Segundo a lenda, o chá foi descoberto pelo imperador chinês e inventor Shennong em 2737aC. Diz-se que o imperador gostava de beber água potável fervida, assim estaria limpa, e os seus servos assim o faziam. Um dia,  durante uma viagem para uma região distante, ele e seu exército pararam para descansar. Um servo colocou a água a ferver para o imperador, e uma folha morta de um chá selvagem caiu na água. Ele ficou com uma cor acastanhada, mas passou despercebido e foi apresentado ao imperador dessa mesma maneira. O imperador bebeu e achou muito refrescante, e foi assim que o chá passou a existir.

Flashing Lights

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Mutation

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Temptation

I hear the silence in me and that's enough.

-Ana Carolina

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Beautiful Hangover

Life is a party, the reality a hangover.

A vida é uma festa, a realidade uma ressaca.

-Roger Lima

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Dark Room

Cast out the lights, the definitions.

Say what you see in the dark.

-Wallace Stevens

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