Have you seen a lily grow before rude hands have touched it?

[pellnell]

Have you ever seen an image so frank and beautiful that it moves you to tears?

I have.

It's a self-portrait of Diane Arbus, one of my major artistic influences, that was taken when she was 21 and pregnant with her daughter, Doon. Patricia Bosworth, who authored the most well-known book on Arbus, wrote a piece a couple years ago for Vanity Fair

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[lonelytourist]

The fictionalized film about her life, Fur, was critically-maligned, but I think it's absolutely stunning.

Completely agree! lol I'm actually watching Secretary as I'm typing this.

[pellnell]

Ooh, that's one of my favorite films of all time. I love the interplay between James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal.