KENYAS MOST VISUAL MAGAZINE february 2015 ISSUE No. 3
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Beauty is EVERYWHERE.
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February//March 2015 #03
beauty is simple
CONTENT
HOLDIN’ IT DOWN PAG 8
YOUNG & FEARLESS PAG 6
WHERE IT ALL BEGUN PAG 14
FEARLESS IVY ADRIANA
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BODY TALK CANDY
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MSKJD SONYA B.
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THE SKIN D.
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THE PIONEER MEG-C
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PHOTO GIRL JAILEE
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The Contents of this magazine were compiled with your visual pleasure as the first priority, the images you will be exposed to are of purely and uttermost beauty with very artistic angling captured under superb lighting by the most experienced photographers in the game. Enjoy. 4 | PHOTO iCON
MORE CANDY PLEASE.. PAG 18
ITS REALLY HARD TO STOP NOW!
SMOOTH SKIN SHOWOFF PAG 22
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GRAPHICAL AMAZEMENT PAG 27
BEAUTY.. Beauty is simple,
It is not a pretty face,
It surrounds us all,
With a light complexion.
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But many don’t notice, Beauty in the soul.
My dear fellow friends, The world is absurd,
Beauty isn’t clothes,
Beauty is now defined,
Not a size four,
By all the wrong words.
Not the colour of your skin, Or the last make-up you wore.
So, come closer, I’ll give you a clue,
Beauty isn’t flawlessness,
About where beauty lies,
Nor is it perfection,
And its definition too.
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Beautiful things everywhere open your eyes, happiness is right their
Fashion walks, beach resorts Nice weather, beautiful people City breaks, country retreats Exotic animals, spiders and snakes
YOUNG AND FEARLESS
YOU DONT SCARE ME
And on that cheek, and o’er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!
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She walks in Beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes
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Life is too short to keep sweet sentiments tucked under the covers of fear.
MSKJD
ONLY ONE QUEEN...
so this beauty queen kissed me she left a stain the red was pure and bloody vain she grew up and stretched out my whole way of thinking she kissed me and all i see is enemy ships sinking blood roses grow within beds of lovers the shady curtains, the safety covers the hovering clouds of darkness creep in but my soul is bound to her luminating spirit it freely roams unkown worlds she, my north star. i, her mobile home hold her when she’s afraid she’ll spill her insides onto the window sill
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Life is too short to keep sweet sentiments tucked under the covers of fear.
pardon my inadequacy, i’m always two steps behind or a mile ahead, and yet i find myself drifting along the sea of people, catching parts of lost souls and blurring corners of conversation
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And your quaint Honour turn Nor would I love at lower rate.
to durst;
But at my back I always hear
And into ashes all my Lust.
Times winged Charriot hurr-
The Grave’s a fine and private
ying near:
place,
And yonder all before us lye
But none I think do there
Deserts of vast Eternity.
embrace.
Thy Beauty shall no more be
Now therefore, while the you-
found;
thful hew
Nor, in thy marble Vault, shall
Sits on thy skin like morning
sound
glew,
My echoing Song: then Worms
And while thy willing Soul
shall try
transpires
That long preserv’d Virginity:
At every pore with instant
Music that helps me heal what i’ve been through Your the closest nebulae that i really wanted to carry When everytime i’m out of balance in life Your one of the most irreplaceable skip beat to my heart PHOTO iCON | 13
THE CONQUEROR
MEG C
iNTERViEW You founded the game before there was any vera sidika or huddah monroe. Why did you choose to quit?
Some artists have late-night jam sessions or brainstorm in the car. How do you write your songs?
Well, I was actually a musician trying to keep
Well, it’s not a technique, there’s no set way. So-
up with my music which was alot of work trying
metimes it comes to me, like I’m having a conver-
to juggle the two. When I was around 20, it was
sation and I have to leave for a second because I
a huge time in my life that shaped who I am. I
need to write down my thoughts.Sometimes it’s
like to find people that focus on motivating and
just chords or melodies circling in my head that I
telling others that you can do it, nomatter what
don’t have words for and sometimes it’s a million
your situation. There are so many people out the-
words and I have no idea what it’s going to be, or
re telling you what you can’t do and shouldn’t do
how it is going to become anything. And maybe
and what you’ll never be able to do as opposed
for five years it’s nothing and then suddenly it’s
to everything that you can do.
something. So there isn’t a specific way it happens. And every time I think I know how I do it, I’m shown that I don’t. And I am shown how much of a blessing words are to me. And then it’s like ma-
What music does, It calms the heart...
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gic, you know? And you don’t know how it will come but when it does, it’s great and it’s there, and you’re like “Wow!” So, that’s sort of how it happens.
My heart is the beatbox My mind is the maestro My soul is the song My body is the instrument
There are so many scandals in politics and the entertainment world that it’s hard to find a good role model. Besides you, of course, who is a good role model? I think there are a lot of different people for a lot of reasons. You can’t really compare people. That’s one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned, because comparing yourself to someone else really stops you from being who you are. I tend to choose people who aren’t alive, people I don’t know. For instance,there’s a woman named Assata Shakur who was a black panther. A lot of people disagree with what this group did but I take what she stood for and how she stood up for what she believed and apply it to parts of my life. I take parts of peoples’ lives and apply them to my own.
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In a lot of your writing you use the term“Real Man.” What defines a real man, and how is that different from the “Samsonite Man” you talk about in one of your songs? So, a “RealMan” implies a person who is trustworthy, who is noble, who says what he means and means what he says, and a person who loves. All these things you look for in a person you really know, so there is nothing secret about him, and he is very much a stand-up kind of a person.
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you’ve got to find that groovy soft spot with the space between and listen..
now you have the spot. now you slowly fuck the groovy soft spot in the sound take care to take your time all in rhythm, with a slow crescendo the flare will happen by itself It’s clear that faith is important to you, and a certain set of values, as opposed to what you were just talking about, all the distractions from what is important. How does religion affect your life? I pray a lot. I think prayers are like affirmations, things that you speak out loud and therefore they can come to you. I believe a lot in the power of words. That’s why I love them so much. I feel like at onetime in my life I would say, “Oh, just
that I didn’t really like. But I kept saying, “Well, you know, that’s my luck,” so I was affirming that my luck was negative and that something bad would come to me. But when I changed that around and started saying, “Well, you know that’s going to work out because I have fantastic luck!” I found that those good things happened. So prayer and giving thanks and being connected to something greater keeps me very humble and makes me realize that it takes a lot to find space inside of you that makes you strong and confident and comfortable and a good person.
my luck” or“You know my luck” or “Well, you know how things happen with me.” And I was wondering why things were happening to me
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THE SEDUCER
who doesnt like
candy?
members only
so sweet, so soft, so smooth. Your taste, so addicting, so dangerous,
My heart is the beatbox My mind is the maestro My soul is the song My body is the instrument
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Words that flow, are gentle on the ear
I’m sweet and loving on the
Sweet and sour
outside,
just what you are
I’m a flower; a soft, pretty
sweet to my eyes
thing,
sour to my heart
I’m very kind to almost everyo-
sweet with your lies
ne I encounter,
sour when you try
Even those who, harm, bring. I try too hard However, inside is a different
I make myself believe
matter,
things
Too dark for flowers to grow,
that are not real
Images dance of blood and
things
murder,
that were never here
The dance of screams is sweet
things
and slow.
that will never happen
My sweetest dreams are created from the remnants of your kisses lingering on my lips
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Harsh beats brought me to your soft heart.
THE tender skin
SKIN SO SOFT.. first is seen the beauty of the face it’s the greatest at the start but before its dead it can swell your head and leave you naught but a broken heart all and all a rare find is the beauty of the mind it grows and flowers with each season it’s one true love is love of reason if this beauty grows to great it can see the need for love too late if too much of this you own expect a hard thought life alone the most amazing of all is set apart it’s the deepest beauty of the heart traces found almost everywhere it’s on the wind and in a prayer you’ll find it anyplace that’s wild and in the laughter of a child its the beauty that will never fade still found today as god first made when this beauty you can confess you’ll find true love and happiness
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Perfect skin…. Fair complexion that glows with a hint of pink Flawless, perfect skin… that undulant white skin What an expensive soft and supple skin Luxurious facial and skin treatment… At expensive spa somewhere... Her skin so fair… Worth of a stare…
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PHOTO GiRL expo Why is your skin so soft? Why is your skin so soft that i cant stand not to carress you, to kiss you, to hold you. Why is ur skin so soft that every time i place my lips upon you, as i pull away i feel my addiction on the tip of my lips.
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THE INNOVATOR
I claim that I am Beautiful Within as well as without
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I wonder what it’s like to be the skin on your wrist, wrapped so tightly around your veins, clear and soft and smelling of you.
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full release Her eyes are dark, Like the abyss, Her Hair is black, She’s such a bliss; Lips like cherry, I’d love to kiss, And her cheeks, You wouldn’t miss;
THE SCIENTIST
the power of the gorge
Whoever knew? That kisses could fall So randomly Then melt away Into nothing at all Right back Where you started.
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I’m going to have to get used to the way you breathe. Sort of heavy and fast. Surprising for such a small girl. I like it though. I like your skin too, it’s soft. My hands move so lightly on your skin. I’m going to have to get used to that.
The feel of your kiss So sweet and passionate The feel of our bodies together Are all something I miss
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am not new to this
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THE BEAUTY
Tripping on your wires, tangling myself in you. 1HAIR
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Her hair was long Down to that place where ass just barely meets back
2EYES Her beauteous almond eyes- the biggest, the brightest.
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3LIPS As if I’m drowning, I choke on the logic spilling from my lips.
4SKIN My soft touch on your soft skin.
5EARS Sticking out errogeneous zone, nibble freely.
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FOR THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY.. And nothing seems to me so wild and bold, As with one kiss to touch thy blessèd cheek.
Your a dime Dont let them waste your time Even though your different Your difference makes you shine
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beauty in everything, in everyone
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I want to feel your lips pressed
Do you know how deeply it
All you’ll ever be
up against mine when the only
hurts to miss someone even
Is something I’ve built you into
thing on our tongues is alcohol
when they are sitting right
Dying for our sins
and the only thing we are wea-
next to you. I’ve been on a sad-
On your kitchen counter cross
ring is skin. To be against you
ness lately that’s uncurable. My
Leaking liquor
and see you in another light.
chest feels empty and hollow
Those stigmata wounds
You may not believe in a cer-
and everything is dark. The
Your shattered pulse melting
tain religion but I could have
dark can be peaceful and soo-
into my hand
sworn you were a Christian last
thing but when you’re missing
Your deafening presence
night as the word God rolled
someone like hell and feeling
Best paired with silence
off your tongue over and over
alone, it’s a suffocating atmos-
Begging, my eyes
again because you couldn’t
phere. Sometimes I just want
Bring your pleas to the floor
remember the syllables of my
to grip you by the shoulders
With my knees
name.
and yell out that I miss you, I
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miss you terribly. You make me
Just like arsenic
happy and lately the sky’s have
Lust laced with cyanide
all been a saddening blue.
Kiss me and you’re crucified Just like Christ With your sinful, selfish sacrifice All you’ll ever be Is something I’ve built you into
The more the beautiful the girl, the more I wonder what other defense she contains to keep her emotions latched She wanders with a ponderance of an unfulfilling existence . It’s like she missed the instance when life was handing out purpose. She became subverted by her own thoughts. Self-image contorted like spaghetti noodles or dreadlocks. The simplicity of existing has become brutal. She keeps the gold within vaulted like Fort Knox. That protection is like an island preventing her journey’s beginning.
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