Must Have Been Those Butterflies

About the Book

Must Have Been Those Butterflies is a collaboration of poetry with photo art strongly influenced by Nicole's personal experiences with lust, infatuation and love. The words and images shared in this book are real notions, created by her highly sensitive, emotional psyche. An expression of her most intimate, deepest thoughts, shared vividly and freely, meant to entice, inspire and enlighten an open minded, curious and emotionally intrigued audience.

The emotions in both the photos and the poetry are a reflextion of her complex personality--sensual, sexual, artistic, sadistic, intimate, aggressive, strong, sensitive, impatient, analytical, friendly, carefree, funny, loving, trusting, considerate--intertwining, toying and tangling her in and out of relationships.

The intention of this poetry and photography book is to express the emotional torments that tease the soul and taunt the heart on behalf of the millions of hidden, shunned, shamed, unexplained, damaged, jaded, sorry, degraded, sad, angry, betrayed, forgotten, and alas, broken, hearts. May the reader find comfort and encouragement, inspiration and realization in her words and images; rest knowing one is not alone in the lonely world of lost loves. Although she's had her fair share of emotional battles and scars, she vows to never lose hope in finding true happiness, as she follows hers: Butterflies.

About the Author

Conceived in Staten Island, NY, then raised in Monmouth County, NJ, Nicole Cavaluzzi is the epitome of a "Jersey Girl". She's experienced the many lifestyles of NJ living in college towns, cities, beaches, and farms as well as working for private industry, mass retailers, public corporations and government entities on military bases. Nicole has delved into everything from volunteering at theaters, to participating at art shows, and performing in martial arts, dance and music. She attended Rutgers State University of NJ for Communications, Public Relations and English and later Brookdale Community College for further education and career advancement in Computer Aided Draft Design and Engineering.

By those who know her personally, she is a legacy amongst a family tree decorated with a collection of writers, artists and musicians...inevitably destined to have unlimited creative drive in the arts including writing (novels and poetry), sketching, painting, photography, dancing (jazz/ballet/hiphop/club), singing and martial arts. In addition to her love of the arts, she enjoys traveling, hiking, bike riding, cooking, socializing, networking and scary movies.

Nicole is a dreaming achiever, heart-broken heart-breaker, independent yet, longing for a relationship, both introvert and extrovert, with the unique ability to connect with the human psyche through her art and writing. She is destined to open the gateway of the neglected, unexplored dimensions of the emotional mind.