LOVE IS THE MESSAGE Love is more than a feeling—it’s a way of seeing, a process of uncovering, a journey of becoming oneself. For the debut issue of @notes_on_beauty_, we asked: What does it take to truly see yourself? To love yourself? To unlearn the myths we’re told—and reclaim beauty on your own terms? “Like most women, my relationship to beauty has been fraught. My experience has been particular, I started modeling as a child at the age of 12. I learned early in my life to think of beauty primarily as a commodifiable asset. It’s been over twenty years of working as a person who sells my image; my beauty. It’s only been in the last few years, after making things, after becoming the artist instead of the muse and after becoming a mother, that I’ve started to think of beauty in a more expansive way. It’s really just the beginning, though.” —@emrata @emrata photographed by @inezandvinoodh with @yad1m, Style Director @ronbreezy, and @jimmypaulhair. What have you unlearned to become who you are? Drop your answer in the comments—because love is the message. Photography by @inezandvinoodh. Editor-in-chief and Creative Director @nickvogelson. Beauty Director @yad1m. Style Director @ronbreezy. Hair @jimmypaulhair at @susanpricenyc. Manicure @theguythatdoesnails @seemanagement. Lighting technician @jodokusdriessen. Art director @makroop. Digital technician @akabriananderson. Production Director @lisaolssonhjerpe.
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