Project Brief
Blend poetry and imagery in a specific color palette
Client
Personal Project
Concept
Wallflowers and social perceptions
Credits
Creative Conceptualisation, Photography, Styling, Modelling by Rhea Gupte
Styling Credits
Miuniku dresses
Too plain to will, too shy to speak.
They put her in a box,
Did what they usually do with boxes.
Categorised, analysed,
Set limitations when none existed.
They called her a wallflower.
And she believed them.
Crouched down low,
Hands folded, voice meek,
She lived it.
Saw only through eyes blinded.
They called her a wallflower
She agreed the first few times
What good am I, what good could I be
She debated with uncertainty
They called her a wallflower
She questioned, why?
What’s terrible about being quiet?
What’s the matter with being shy?
They called her a wallflower,
When she had birthed wings
Outwardly they saw her struggling
Oblivious to the dream within
They debated her being a wallflower
She was vigorously on her path
Taking decisions, growing mountains,
Leaping to make her mark.
They stopped calling her a wallflower
Capabilities to the moon,
She had persisted, she had won,
Without resorting to hide or run.
Why did we call her a wallflower?
She was fantastic.
Ever striving, ever achieving,
Her journey had been drastic.
Why did they call me a wallflower?
They never saw what I was put through
Looking for that spark within,
When none from the outside came in.
Lay a box labelled wallflower
Woes of several to see
Just because she had been there,
Didn’t mean she lacked company.
Began a revolution to overthrow
The cardboard box from within,
As they pushed and pounded,
They realised how it was thin.
For the box called wallflower
was made up
A figment for them to believe.
It was created by the ignorant,
As a place to be safe and grieve
Those who could not push hard enough
Embraced the confines, it became their bluff.
Discard that box called wallflower,
If ever one should exist,
It is only as large as you make it,
Only as dark as a passing mist.
Learn from experience your own,
Not of those who create boxes.
You have more in you, than you can see
Why let them define who you should be?
This is great. 🙂
Thank you!!
You changed your hair! So lovely! Images are so astonishing and breath taking! Good job as always, Rhea! :))
Thank you so much Ruby! Hope you are doing well. x
This composition is true poetry, adorable and charming!
Thank you! 🙂
Love the concept of the words !
xo Priyanjana
http://www.moonshineandsunlight.com
Thank you!
That’s a beautiful poem … n so personal … m stunned
Love your work… your concepts n visuals are amazing…poetic… have been following your work since some time now and always loved it…
And what’s more….Every time I come back after sometime…. I see a constant growth… great work!
Thank you so much! So glad to read your comment. The poem is not from personal experience but a commentary on how a lot of people are underestimated until they themselves prove to be the opposite.
Inspirational words.
Thanks a lot for sharing.
Consulenza d’immagine
cheers
Thank you!
Such a great poem and photography!
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Thank you Adeola!
very inspiring
Thank you!!
The best thing I saw and read this morning. Thanks for this beauty, Rhea.
Thank you so much Jahnabee!
Hello,
How do you do your own photography? Love your work!
Thank you Shubhangi! I set it up on the tripod and use a remote to shoot. 🙂
This is beyond beautiful. This is art.
I love the colors, the imagery and the poetry.
I truly can’t find the right words to describe how amazing it is.
Keep inspiring always
xx
Charuta
http://www.modayalda.com/
Thank you so much Charuta! So kind of you!!
Stunning pictures. What software it is that you use to edit your pictures?
Hello Nisha! Thank you! I use Lightroom and Photoshop.