Who sees who?
Who sees who? Often called one of the most beautiful women of the 20th century, Lee Miller was used to being gazed at – by her father*, by fashion photographers, by lovers like Man Ray and artists like Picasso. Look deeply into Lee’s eyes however, and you see her power as a muse to turn the male gaze back onto itself. “I would rather take a photo than be one,” Lee once said, and so she did. She became a photographer.
So, let’s stop being blinded by her beauty for a moment. Let’s zoom in on Lee Miller’s biggest talent: her unflinching eye for detail, her ability to really SEE. Looking through her eyes, a landscape becomes emotional, a war scene poetic. Her vision never ceases to move us. The Surrealists’ celebration of Lee’s eyes may have been playful and sometimes even erotically obsessive, but such terrific tributes they created: from Man Ray’s metronome featuring a picture of Lee’s piercing eye to Picasso’s portrait of Lee which depicts her eyes as vagina-like. (Lee was able to laugh at Picasso’s sly reference to the voracity of her gaze). Are you ready to lift the veil and look beyond the superficial? There’s always more than meets the eye. Dare to see!
*He took nude pictures of Lee starting at seven years old
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Building bridges
From the Erasmus Bridge and the Mercedes-Benz Museum to Qatar’s metro network; Ben van Berkel’s iconic landmarks bring people together in rapturous beauty, again and again. I talked with the Dutch architect and educator about sensuality, ‘healthy’ buildings and the remarkable parallels between our designs.
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More than a feeling
Don’t ignore your emotions; they are much more powerful than you can imagine. By linking the magical world of emotions with hard science, Dutch scientist Pierre Capel, professor emeritus in experimental immunology, shows us the consequences of our feelings and the power of our minds. The message: we can do much more than we think. “Meditate. It’s the single best thing you can do for your health.”
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Keto curious?
The fact that I feel bikini-confident all year round is, of course, a nice bonus. But for me, the biggest payoff of following the keto diet is the way it optimizes my health and gives me tons of energy.
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Super (skin) food
‘If you can’t eat it, why put it on your skin?’. I pretty much live by this beauty adage. After all, with your skin being one of your body’s largest organs, anything – and I mean anything! – you put onto your skin will end up in your bloodstream.
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