Model Amra Novak appears in ‘When No One Is Watching’, an online editorial for Schön! Magazine December 2021, lensed by photographers duo Palma Llopis [IG] and Lotte Thor [IG]. Olive Duran styles Novak in Balenciaga, Kenzo, Tom Ford and more./ Hair and make up by Naomzz

Schön! asks a question that AOC struggles with: What do we do when no one sees us? Do we allow ourselves to satisfy our darkest and most unspeakable desires? What if someone turns on the light and catches us? We all have a strictly private and intimate dark side, so there’s no shame in that..

The common words “dark side” trouble us. Historically women’s very identity is associated with the moon and the darkness. Woman as temptress; woman as siren. . . As I age, my anger level rises over women’s freedom and sexuality being associated with the devil and darkness.

If you are like me and have almost single-handedly used Anne of Carversville to save the lives of women either being brutally whipped for having an ankle showing — or — condemned to be beheaded, your tolerance level for male-lead discussions [with major support from obedient women] around sin and sexuality becomes a quiet, constant fury.

Oh wait!!!! The Furies were three Greek goddesses of vengeance and retribution who punished men for crimes against the natural order. Clearly, the Furies were daughters of Lilith and vestiges of an earlier time. Hmmm, that thought inspires deeper thinking and a walk along the water. Thanks Schön! Magazine. Anne