Karolina Kurkova photographed by Terry Richardson for Vogue Paris October 2001.
No One Shall Win This War by Dan-ah Kim.
“From the Hindu parable Ramayana, the Lord is represented by the incarnate Ram, who is accompanied on his adventures by his devoted servant Hanuman, depicted as half man, half monkey. In a revealing conversation Ram asks Hanuman: “Do you know who you are?” Hanuman candidly answers, “When I forget who I am, I serve you, when I remember who I am, I am you.” -Alan Cohen
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Imagination by Jennifer Davis.
Les Raboteurs de Parquet, 1875 by Gustave Caillebotte.
Question: How can I judge myself less harshly and appreciate myself more?
Ram Dass: I think that part of it is observing oneself more impersonally. I often use this image, which I think I have used already, but let me say it again. That when you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You appreciate it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree. The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying “You’re too this, or I’m too this.” That judging mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.
Ciwidey Highland, West Java, Indonesia by Hengki Koentjoro.
Photographed by Ruven Afanador for Vogue Paris September 1999.
