A pictorial, artistic glimpse of women. “I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.” ~Ralph Waldo EmersonTumblr (3.0; @alluringparagons)http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwdkdzfMdR1r0v10ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Art: <a href="http://nighthawk101.deviantart.com/art/Complexity-in-a-jaded-world-263027983" target="_blank">Nighthawk101</a></p> <p><strong><span class="body">“The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice.” ~John Dos Passos</span></strong></p> <div><br/><br/></div>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/14379677399http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/14379677399Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:05:00 -0500Deviant ArtDigital ArtJohn Dos PassosPhotomanipulationsurrealArt<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw1xvqg5P21r0v10ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Art: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/annouchkalapirate/" target="_blank">Annouchka Des Epines</a></p> <p><span class="mainquote"><span class="firstword">“I</span> know why the <span>caged</span> bird sings, ah me, when his wing is bruised and his bosom sore; when he beats his bars and he would be free, it is not a carol of joy or glee, but a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core.” ~Paul Laurence Dunbar<br/></span></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/14073852989http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/14073852989Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:26:00 -0500ArtFreedomLonelinessPhotographyPaul Laurence DunbarEmotions<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvyjow3sj81r0v10ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Art: Anka Zhurakleva</p> <p><strong>“Take me far away. Close your eyes and hold your breath.”</strong><br/><a class="mainquote" href="http://www.searchquotes.com/quotation/Take_me_far_away._Close_your_eyes_and_hold_your_breath._To_the_ends_of_the_earth./261085/" title="Take me far away. Close your eyes and hold your breath. To the ends of the earth."><span class="firstword"></span></a></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/13984262991http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/13984262991Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:26:55 -0500Anka ZhuraklevaRussian ArtFemale ArtArtsurreal photography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvygw9cuXF1r0v10ao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Art: Clique Studios, Gold Series</p> <p><strong>“I was born into it. It comes naturally. I’m strumming my own freedom.” ~Jill Scott, Golden</strong></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/13981499085http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/13981499085Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:26:33 -0500Afro artblack artfemale artartphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvyf4f7Kuq1r0v10ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Artwork: presidiacreative.com</p> <p><strong><span class="line line-s" id="line_32">“My persuasion can build a nation </span> <span class="line line-s" id="line_33">Endless power, the love we can devour </span> <span class="line line-s hover" id="line_34">You’ll do anything for me.” ~Beyonce, Run the World</span></strong><span class="line line-s hover" id="line_35"></span></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/13979840583http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/13979840583Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:48:14 -0500digital artbeyonceFemale artart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvyeupX72S1r0v10ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Artwork: Presidiacreative.com</p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span">“Wait, you should know that if you come any closer,</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> I’m not letting you go</span>”<span class="Apple-style-span"> - <em>No Strings Attached <br/></em></span></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/13979597491http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/13979597491Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:42:24 -0500Digital ArtWarriorArtFemale art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvbdwngcpZ1r0v10ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.” ~Danny Kaye</strong></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/13394763683http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/13394763683Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:17:00 -0500Danny KayeBlack ArtPaintingArt<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvbd9cN7Gz1r0v10ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span class="body">“But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.</span>“  ~Anne Bronte</strong><br/><span class="bodybold"> </span></p> <div><br/><br/></div>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/13394501417http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/13394501417Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:03:12 -0500Female ArtBody PaintRosesFlowersArt<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpv7rfcM541r0v10ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Art: <a target="_blank" href="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs43/f/2009/081/3/1/31108be836e7e42758e3f58d0a7866bc.jpg">Muslim Women </a></p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Freedom that does not acknowledge religious ideas and feelings, and that does not serve as the ground for virtue and morality, is like the desire to scratch oneself. Communities afflicted with this desire eventually become restless and wander off the common road of humanity.</strong> ~M. Fethullah, Pearls of Wisdom</p> </blockquote> <p><span><br/></span></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8862371851http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8862371851Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:54:50 -0400Muslim artDigital ArtGirlReligion<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpv6u0ss011r0v10ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Art: Aissata</p> <p><strong>“I guess my mom raised me right. She was very celebratory of her body. I never heard her once say ‘I feel fat’…I felt gorgeous! I would take my clothes off in front of the mirror and be like, Oh, I look like a woman. And, I felt beautiful, and I never tried to lose it, ‘cause I loved it.” ~Christina Hendricks </strong></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8862087269http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8862087269Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:34:00 -0400Afro ArtChristina HendricksDigital ArtWomen<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpv5hbMAou1r0v10ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Art: Phat Puppy Art</p> <p>“Your appreciation of life will make your world a little bit brighter.” ~JATH</p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8861687745http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8861687745Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:05:35 -0400digital artPhoto manipulationwomen<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp9uxmQOCI1r0v10ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><span>“I guard my heart like some kind of castle. I don’t let them in when they want. I wait until<br/>they’re long gone, then I realize they were the one i wanted all along.”</span></strong></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8358573160http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8358573160Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:08:10 -0400Digital ArtAsian ArtPinup ArtSamuraiAlexander Butler<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp5algbxSo1r0v10ao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Art: Makan “Max” Emadi</p> <p><strong><span>“You’re really lovely<br/>Underneath it all<br/>You want to love me<br/>Underneath it all<br/>I’m really lucky<br/>Underneath it all<br/>You’re really lovely” </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span>~No Doubt, Underneath It All </span></strong></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8254927988http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8254927988Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:58:00 -0400Max EmadiMuslim ArtPolitical ArtPinup ArtModern Art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lowlykisYM1r0v10ao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Artist: Dan Conway</p> <p><span><strong><span class="body">“But before looking to the future, let’s glance back at the road we’ve traveled…because that is the source of much of the optimism we are all feeling about the future.” ~Linda Lingle</span> </strong><br/><strong><br/></strong></span></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8052210822http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8052210822Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:25:00 -0400AsianAsian ArtDan ConwayOptimismDigital Art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lowgmpo3Ex1r0v10ao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Art: Gil Elvgren</p> <p><strong><span>“Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels.” ~Faith Whittlesey</span></strong></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8047962946http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8047962946Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:30:00 -0400Vintage ArtPin Up GirlFeminismEmpowerment<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_low63sNQj31r0v10ao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photo: Derek Blanks</p> <p><strong><span> ”I’ve tried hiding my sorrows, and covering the sadness in smiles…and what I’ve learned is that when it hurts this much inside, your heart always has a way of showing it, no matter how many masks you wear.” ~Unknown</span></strong></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8041764867http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8041764867Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:43:00 -0400Alter Ego PhotographyComedian Mo'niqueDerek BlanksMaskSadnessBlack Art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_low3cee5HG1r0v10ao1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photo: Carrie Musgrave</p> <p>RIP Amy Winehouse</p> <p><strong>“<span>Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” ~</span><span>Norman Cousins</span></strong></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8040670295http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8040670295Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:43:00 -0400Amy WinehouseDeathDepressionPhotographyFemale Art<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_low2i5n1nZ1r0v10ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photography by Deviant</p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><strong>“My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.” ~Oscar Wilde</strong></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8040362870http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8040362870Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:25:00 -0400DeviantFashionOscar WildeWomanEditorial PhotosPhotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_louuaqfZQI1r0v10ao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Art: Monica Stewart </p> <p><strong>“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.”  ~Lorraine Hansberry, <em>A Raisin in the Sun</em></strong></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8012786493http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8012786493Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:30:00 -0400Black ArtWomanMonica StewartSolitude<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lout73yxXh1r0v10ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>By: <span><strong>Sergejj Bizjaev</strong></span></p> <p><strong><span><em>“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”<br/>- Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi)</em></span></strong></p>http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8011930926http://alluringparagons.tumblr.com/post/8011930926Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:06:00 -0400Surreal PhotographyArtWomanStrengthSergejj Bizjaev