In Bluem ~ Kimbra Audrey

Kimbra Audrey is an American artist living and working in Paris. After modeling for nearly a decade, Kimbra was frustrated with the superficial images constantly created of her, and working in an industry that was not at all in alignment with her values. She has struggled with depression her entire life and began taking self-portraits as a cathartic way to create images of how she actually saw herself. Kimbra shoots exclusively on film, which she develops and prints herself at home. She does not retouch her images and finds beauty in the natural imperfections that occur from shooting film. 

With our infatuation with her art and soul, we couldn’t wait to explore self love through her unique point of view. 

That is a challenging question, the short answer for me would be taking care of oneself, physically and emotionally, while not sacrificing your own needs to please others. I also strongly believe self-love can mean something else to others and can look very differently as everyone has their own unique ways of caring for themselves. Self-Love is nuanced and unique to everyone, to me it means always prioritizing my needs and well-being and not settling for less than I deserve.

I believe self-love and self-worth are deeply entangled, I don’t think you can have true self-love if you don’t value yourself highly and have a clear understanding of what things, people, spaces, etc. are worthy of your time and energy. Another important aspect of self-worth that is connected to self-love is how you treat and care for your physical body, how hydrated and nourished are you, how you feel in your physical body affects everything. Self-love is vast, it encompasses so many things and can look and feel completely different to others but I think that’s part of the beauty of it. 

I think nature does speak to us constantly and loudly but not everyone utilizes their abilities to listen deeply and actively. I think a lot of people don’t know how to listen to nature, but I believe everyone is capable. Nature constantly communicates through sounds, weather and elements. There are so many examples of nature screaming at us, for example the wildfires that have been taking place globally in the last decade. The planet is screaming and burning, begging us to take better care and be more respectful. Nature also communicates more gently and subtlety with the whispers of wind or rain, I take as gently reminders to be more soft and present. I think talking a walk barefoot on the earth is one of the best ways to connect and listen.