a little place to call my own (art and fashion blog)

I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves or figments of their imagination, indeed, everything and anything except me.                        Ralph Ellison ,  Invisible Man What inspires you? I may have mentioned that I'm a book lover. I have so many books in my home that I stopped buying them and these days I mostly rely on libraries. I love reading...Call me old fashioned, but I prefer to have a real book in my hands. So, perhaps it is no suprise that I get inspired by books. My outfit today was inspired by a cover of Ralph Ellison's novel. To tell you the truth, I'm struggling to find the words to describe what does this novel mean to me. I took my time with reading this one and I really tried to catch all of its subtle messages. It is su