V
O
L
U
M
E
6
STAND MAR - APR 2017
All images are owned by their respective photographers and all images are provided with permission. Credit is given on each image according to what is provided by contributor. STAND is not responsible for incorrect information. STAND and the STAND Lookbook are owned and operated by CRAPPY CHICKEN PRODUCTIONS, Inc
TENDER CREATION
tendercreation.com
// from the Editor Being Fearless in Your Creativity. Creatively Fearless. Being... Writer’s Block....crap. It happens to the best of us (even those of us who aren’t writers). It’s when you have the best intentions to do something creative and you have that spark of thought that should send you into a full flame of artistic madness. And then...nothing. You hold a camera in your hand and can’t figure out what to shoot. You sit in front of a blank computer screen. You can’t figure out exactly why you should put your brush to the canvas. And in this very case...trying to write the From The Editor page. I knew I wanted to write something about being creative and fearless and nothing will come out. But here’s the thing...it’s ok to draw a blank from time to time. I’m reminded of the Simon and Garfunkel song “Cecilia”. Paul Simon wrote “Cecilia, you’re breaking my heart You’re shaking my confidence daily Oh, Cecilia, I’m down on my knees I’m begging you please to come home” For many years, I assumed this song was written about a girl who left him. Then after watching a documentary on their album “Bridge Over Troubled Water” I learned that Cecilia was a goddess of inspiration and the song was instead written about having writer’s block. And that feeling that Simon felt is the same one that we all feel. When our inspiration has left us, our confidence is shot and we beg it to return. And, damnit, that Cecilia just won’t listen. As artists, we often feel the need to always create. That we are only as good as the last photo we took or picture we painted. And sometimes that pressure that we put on ourselves gets in the way of the creativity and our muse leaves us. We can try to lasso her back, force her to help us to create, but the thing is, that will never work. Inspiration comes when it wants to come and nothing we can do can force it. So instead of getting down on yourself and trying to force something to happen, just let go. Go for a walk. Do something fun. Do anything that takes your mind off of what you feel you “need” to do. Because you never know what is going to trigger your muse. Go out and live your life. Enjoy the things that you love and just let go. Before you know it, it will hit you smack in the head and your muse will return. THEN you can grab that pen, that brush or that camera. Then you can be creatively fearless. Which I promise I’ll write about as soon as I get back from a walk. Live fearlessly, my friends, Sharon Wright Editor-In-Chief thestandmag.com All images are owned by their respective photographers and all images are provided with permission. Credit is given on each image according to what is provided by contributor. STAND is not responsible for incorrect information. STAND and the STAND Lookbook are owned and operated by CRAPPY CHICKEN PRODUCTIONS, Inc
Submit your images for the chance to win CA$H prizes! STAND is proud to support the PNW BJD Expo
thestandmag.com
thestandmag.com
doll: NARCISSUS / ANOTHER SECRET photographer: DARIA WADAS-MODRZEJEWSKA
thestandmag.com
doll: POULPY / CERISEDOLLS photographer: SHIMIRO
thestandmag.com
doll: OOAK NADIA / INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: WIL HEROLD
thestandmag.com
Natalia Loseva Dolls
https://www.facebook.com/NatalialosevaDoll https://www.instagram.com/natalialoseva_dolls/
thestandmag.com thestandmag.com
doll: HE YE / OR-DOLL/NYX DOLL photographer: (all) DARIA WADAS-MODRZEJEWSKA
thestandmag.com
doll: JURI08 MINIFEE / FAIRYLAND photographer: NEKOMUCHUU
photographer: MALI MAEDER
thestandmag.com
doll: TANIA / IPLEHOUSE photographer: HOE-NIR
thestandmag.com
doll: FASHIONISTA EUGENIA / INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: ZEZAPRINCE
thestandmag.com
doll: LUCY / RACCOON DOLL photographer: SHARON WRIGHT
thestandmag.com
doll: NARCISSUS / ANOTHER SECRET photographer: DARIA WADAS-MODRZEJEWSKA
doll: VICTOR / SHELMA DOLLS photographer: FRECKLEFOXMITCH
thestandmag.com
doll: RANIA / IPLEHOUSE photographer: HUGO’S DOLLS
thestandmag.com
doll: LENNY / KAYE WIGGS photographer: DOLLFANZ
thestandmag.com
doll: SOULKID ARINA / SOULDOLL & CERYOP / APODOLLS photographer: NICTE BELL
thestandmag.com
doll: EUGENIA, POPPY, LUCAS / INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: ASTRAMAORE
thestandmag.com
doll: AVA / KIM LASHER photographer: DOLLFANZ
photographer: BEN WHITE
thestandmag.com
doll: DEILF / DEPTHS DOLLS photographer: SHIMIRO
photographer: LANCE ASPER
thestandmag.com
doll: JIU / SOULDOLL photographer: HOE-NIR
thestandmag.com
doll: OOAK AGNES / INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: ZEZAPRINCE
thestandmag.com
doll: EDITORIAL EDGE LILITH / INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: ZEZAPRINCE
photographer: GEMMA EVANS
thestandmag.com
thestandmag.com
photographer: LANCE ASPER
doll: ZAOLL LUV / DOLLMORE photographer: HOE-NIR
thestandmag.com
doll: GABRIELLA / MAZARINE BLUE DOLL photographer: SHARON WRIGHT
thestandmag.com
photographer: KIEN-DO
doll: CHLOE MINIFEE / FAIRYLAND photographer: NEKOMUCHUU
doll: SHUSHU MINIFEE / FAIRYLAND photographer: NEKOMUCHUU
photographer: SHARON WRIGHT
thestandmag.com
doll: MIYUKI / GLORY DOLL photographer: DARIA WADAS-MODRZEJEWSKA
thestandmag.com
doll: MADDISON / WIZWORX photographer: SHARON WRIGHT
thestandmag.com
doll: MIYUKI / GLORY DOLL photographer (all): DARIA WADAS-MODRZEJEWSKA
thestandmag.com
doll: SOULVITO LESTER & SOULKID ARINA / SOULDOLL photographer: NICTE BELL
thestandmag.com
doll: ANDY / DOLL LEAVES photographer: FRECKLEFOXMITCH
photographer: TANNER MARDIS
thestandmag.com
doll: MARIEN / IPLEHOUSE photographer: HUGO’S DOLLS
thestandmag.com
doll: VICTOR / SHELMA DOLLS (R) GINO / ILLUSION SPIRIT photographer: FRECKLEFOXMITCH
thestandmag.com
doll: LUCY / TRACY PROMBER photographer: DOLLFANZ
photographer: SHARON WRIGHT
doll: NIP, COG, ROCKET SPROCKET PETS/MARBLED HALLS photographer: SHARON WRIGHT
thestandmag.com
thestandmag.com
doll: OOAK EDEN / INTEGRITY TOYS photographer: PATRIZIA MIELE
thestandmag.com
thestandmag.com
contributor contact list The STAND Lookbook is not possible without these incredibly talented people Show them some love and let them know you appreciate their talents.
FreckleFoxMitch https://www.flickr.com/photos/frecklefoxmitch/ Hoe-Nir https://www.flickr.com/photos/hoe-nir/ Hugo’s Dolls https://www.facebook.com/hugos.damen Patrizia Miele https://www.flickr.com/photos/idrusa-ooak/albums Daria Wadas-Modrzejewska www.flickr.com/photos/150925483@N02/ Nekomuchuu https://www.instagram.com/nekomuchuu/
Nicte Bell https://www.flickr.com/photos/shadow_of_nicte/ Shimiro https://www.instagram.com/shimiro/ Dollfanz https://www.flickr.com/photos/75926291@N05/ Wil Herold https://www.flickr.com/photos/128031702@N07 Zezaprince https://www.flickr.com/photos/zezaprince Astramaore https://www.flickr.com/photos/astramaore
Supplementary images are used with permission by photographers or sourced from various CC0 platforms.
thestandmag.com