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:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
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!
- Lord Byron
This gallery was in my queue, but a very respectful visitor of this website has convinced me to feature it now.
If you are a regular visitor of Graceful Nudes or any other website offering tasteful nudes then you probably are familiar with Stefan Soell, the photographer who is well-known for his ethereal works and beautiful photographs. It's his settings and the fantasy world that he creates that make him truly stand apart from all of the other photographers.
Famous for sets with very few and handpicked images he sure cares more about beauty than anything else; very few sets of his deviate from his high standards. This gallery is a perfect example of what a man who is searching for beauty can achieve.
Shooting a model next to a waterfall is an old theme, he has done it before with Corinna(it was a blue waterfall), but if you compare any other set of his with this one you will find that they are very different(except maybe for Nebelwald, but this one was shot in a cloud forest, and had more green). My favorite picture in this gallery would be the 7th one(counting the cover), in which Lia is looking up to something with shimmering lucid blue eyes, it's as if she's found enlightenment or had a revelation about how to ease the pain in this world; my guess is that it was how she is indeed helping change the world by not loathing her beauty.
It's easy to connect the dots, draw some lines, and then to see those images come to life. It takes a very skillful photographer to produce an image that is that awe-inspiring.
But then I remember that this is a Stefan Soell work, with fantastic beauty.
Keep imagining!
We often search for miracles in the wrong places; looking for them in the sky or in trivial everyday coincidences, but we rarely inspect the beauty around us to learn that this beauty is the best miracle of all, not that it's rare, but that it's a true gift of nature, not to its bearer only, but to those surrounding him/her.
Looking at this amazing gallery of Corinna you can't help but notice her beauty and charisma that permeate every image. She has got what it takes to be a beautiful woman: self-confidence, a radiant smile, and the willingness to share that smile with the rest of the world, that's true divinity.
No matter what happens, we should always be glad to have women who are as beautiful as Corinna in this world.
I hope that you will enjoy this gallery by Stefan Soell.
It would be very cruel to deprive humanity of beauty. Imagine being locked up in a room starting the day you were born and allowed to see nothing but a single tree. Psychologists say that you will start to be depressed and even to imagine things. Your ancestors loved beauty, poetry would be much poorer if there were no flowers, a brown featureless moon, and no green meadows.
Some people claim that women should cover their bodies up and to "save" their beauty for their lovers or husbands, the same people probably believe in the presence of a God who has created those beautiful female bodies. Their God has created nature in its splendor to show off his greatness and to help human beings appreciate his efforts, yet he tantalizes them by putting one of his best creations off-limits.
It may be true that special things(I am by no means trying to liken women to inanimate objects) are rare, and that this rarity is to be respected by putting valuable things away. You simply don't throw gold on the streets, but you certainly wear your ornaments and feel proud of sharing their beauty with the world.
An artist doesn't hide his works unless he has some psychological problems, and a perfect God simply doesn't need a have a problem with people showing his greatness by letting the world see how a great "designer" he is.
They also claim that female beauty is there for a female's partner to exclusively "enjoy", which contradicts with another belief that marriage is for reproduction. They probably will be very grateful for living in a world full of females who look the same as long as they have ovaries, fallopian tubes, and a uterus. If their God has created women to reproduce then why did he equip women with a superfluous energy-consuming design?
If beauty is there to help a woman reproduce then why doesn't it manifest itself only when a coitus is about to take place or when she's most fertile(a visual display of ovulation?).
It all comes from fear of that beauty, some males simply find it irresistible and fear that other males who have better qualities than the former ones possess and therefore replace them. Beauty is treasured and therefore they tend to be overprotective about it, all those irrational beliefs are a direct result of centuries of harboring irrational beliefs and making up excuses to make sure that every male won't waste energy by raising up children that aren't his.
Thus, beauty is turned into a curse instead of being a bliss. A woman is born to bear the shame of being beautiful, being over-protected by every prospective partner and having her fidelity frequently questioned.
It seems that we have become very accustomed to challenging nature that we are starting to challenge our own nature. I am not aware of any sound scientific theory that says that the distant ancestors of modern humanity copulated all the time simply because the fur didn't cover it all.
For all the reasons mentioned above such a belief sounds very absurd, it has no solid grounds and serves as a shield for the insecurities of some males which are translated into a dress code, which are natural for patriarchal societies in denial.
Enjoy beauty, don't fight what's natural.
There's no story without a beautiful woman playing a central role in it. Beauty makes any story more inspiring and more exciting, there are even old mythological stories about women who affected the Gods with their beauty and charm.
There's no novel, story, movie, or tale without a beautiful woman adorning its plot. Patience Heatherstone in Children of The New Forest, Louisa Gradgrind in Hard Times, Helen in the war on troy myth...just to name a few. Every author throughout history was aware of the effect that a woman can have on a plot; a novel that's devoid of a woman's beauty is just transformed into a boisterous and course one: beauty has a soothing effect on human beings and female beauty is the ultimate beauty.
We may be more fortunate than the older generations in that we can inspect beauty in its full glory, the telecommunication revolution made it easier for us to enjoy art from multiple sources. You don't have to go to Paris or visit a German museum to enjoy artistic masterpieces. It also has its disadvantages in that most of us don't take the time to inspect that art, it's like living in Paris and never going to the Eiffel tower. It's there and will always be there, we start to take art for granted without taking the time to appreciate it. It also gave some misguided people to underrepresent female beauty in disgraceful ways.
There are a few websites where artistic or inspiring beauty can be found. FEMJOY definitely is one of those website, they may have a lot of erotica but they have a lot of masterpieces by Stefan Soell - my favorite artist till this day. This set is one of his many masterpieces that I greatly enjoy and hope that you will love as well.
Feel Beauty!
India, the colorful land of enchantment, spices, magic, and exotic spices. It's easy to remember India when such a vibrantly colorful gallery is seen, with all of its exotic cultures, traditions, and beauty.
Desiree isn't an Indian, and an Indian visitor of Graceful Nudes has told me in an e-mail that nudity isn't tolerated there even though some of the Indian temples have statues depicting explicit sexual acts. Therefore we will be deprived of the beauty of the Indian women for some time. However, this gallery is just as colorful and beautiful as any gallery that could be produced in India.
Personally, this gallery reminds me of the scandinavian folk tales; Desiree has blond hair and looks like a beautiful fairy who's taking care of nature and the forest in which this gallery has been shot. The only thing that prevents this gallery from being perfect is the fact that Desiree isn't smiling in any of the images, we all know how beautiful Desiree's smile is and it could have added a lot of meanings to this beautiful gallery.
I hope that you will enjoy this beautiful gallery of Desiree from MPLStudios.
Fragile rose on a field
Merrily swaying with the breeze
Sharing her beauty with the world
Not caring about anything
A harsh wind suddenly blows
Determined to deprive the world of that beauty
Thinking that innocence isn't there to stay
Not caring about the rose's pleas
The rose clings dearly to the ground
Trying to defend her beauty
No one care to help her
Of this cruel world she is suddenly aware
And slowly realizes the no one has ever been there
And surrenders to this horrendous grim fate
The helpless ocean rages in the distance
But he knows that he can't help
He knows that he can't help
It's over and another innocence has been raped.
Save beauty!
There are three types of nudes: Disgusting nudes, tasteless nudes, and tasteful nudes. Each type has its distinguishing characteristics that make it more successful/popular than the rest of the nudes. I support tasteful nudes and the reason is quite simply that it's more superior to the other two types.
The first type is disgusting nudes. Those can be found almost everywhere and can be easily obtained. Those types of nudes don't have any aesthetical appeal and are rather more appealing to those who are used to pornography. Their main goal is to generate that sacral parasympathetic electrical activity, and not the hemispheres. I find those nudes very repulsive(and not even sexual) because the producers of those nudes don't care about the personality of the model or spontaneity. Their sole goal is to sell more, regardless of how bad they may be like. I find this type an inferior type of nudes because it will never give me the mental satisfaction and the sense of freedom that I always look for in any nude picture.
Tasteless nudes are nudes that are produced in haste by the photographers and the websites in order to satisfy their customers(daily updates, you rarely find those updates being described as quality updates or tasteful updates). These nudes have already infested a lot of websites out there, including websites that have the potential to produce wonderful tasteful nudes. I find those nudes more dangerous than disgusting nudes because of their insipid nature that dilutes the effect of tasteful nudes that may be present on the same page. Their arid and non-creative nature makes them a true waste of resources. I personally hate those nudes because they don't inspire and they don't have any meaning or hidden symbols to be deciphered. They don't arouse the mental activity associated with tasteful nudes and sometimes they can belong to the first category in being horrid.
Tasteful nudes, my favorite types of nudes, are nudes that will always fit on my schedule and sometimes give me the power and determination to make my dream come true. Those are nudes that ameliorate the hardship of the mundane daily life. Few things do give me the same inspiration or make me feel glad to be alive as tasteful nudes(except maybe for reading and helping others), those are nudes that can be placed on your screen as a wallpaper while you're reading a good book, that will help you have a clear mind and lucid thoughts. They communicate through spiritual and mental channels to inspire and amend the mental state. They are full of values and symbols and can easily fit the walls of a museum. Though great as they are, they are hard to find and rarely come in abundance. There may be only one tasteful image in a whole gallery or even on a whole website, but it is this tasteful image that will make the hours spent on that website searching for it worthwhile.
I do believe that tasteful nudes are the pictures that should be found on all the nudity-related websites on the Internet if the inherent greed and demand pressures were abandoned by the webmasters. Beauty is far more powerful that just making pictures of naked bodies, and knowing that you're producing something of a value to the world is far more satisfying that having some colored pieces of paper that supposedly can buy you happiness.
I hope that you will enjoy this tasteful gallery of Desiree from MPL.
The last week has witnessed the debut of Desiree on two new websites, those websites are Met-Art and MPLStudios. It was great to see her on those websites, but my favorite images of hers are those found on Domai, those of you who have been visiting Graceful Nudes for a while already know why. Those who don't can click on the Domai link under the "sort by" menu and they will understand why.
Anyway, her appearance on MPLStudios have given me a little piece of information about her which is that she's a nudist, which explains why she's very comfortable with her nudity. I just wish she works with photographers who aren't that inclined to producing erotica as I believe that erotica destroys her beauty. There are some pictures of her that aren't erotic though and those are the pictures that I always try to show here at Graceful Nudes.
I hope that you will enjoy this gallery of Desiree from MPLStudios.
Whenever I see a cover of a gallery of Desiree the first thing that comes to my mind is her remarkable flowing golden hair. This long hair is rarely found these days and make Desiree look very natural, but this long her isn't the only beautiful thing about Desiree who have a heavenly beauty.
Unfortunately, she mainly works with Arev, and even though he's a very good photographer he has a tendency to make his images erotic in nature, and this eroticism completely destroys the beauty of otherwise perfect images. She has more simple nudes galleries at Domai, but I still appreciate seeing her pictures on FEMJOY, mainly because Arev sometimes makes wonderful nonsexual images with her. A gallery with Desiree simply can't be ugly.
I hope that you will enjoy Desiree's beauty in this beautiful gallery from FEMJOY.
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