Your Body is Art

Hi.

This project was difficult for two reasons - one, it was messy and cold. My mom had just painted the new room white, and I was deathly afraid of getting paint anywhere. Thanks to this project too, my favorite top is ruined!!! BUT, of course, it was 100% worth it. The second reason, is definetly harder for me to admit - and why this project was so, so important for me to do -  and that reason was self image. I have been struggling with self image since the beginning of time and deathly afraid of being "ugly" or looking even remotely different. I know so many other girls that struggle with this too - and I wanted to speak up about it. I swore to myself this year, that I would be more honest in social media, which trust me, is one of the most difficult things for me to do. It's hard to put a raw, ugly, vulnerable version of yourself online and present it to the world, especially when you're entering a new world and there is a whole new jungle of people for you to meet and that you open yourself up to judgement and thinking that you're funky or a little weird. To me, this is whole new definition of the word bravery. 

The point of this project though, was to show how what you're feeling on the inside can be so beautiful if you could just show it on the outside. This can be so hard. I guess this is all about being true to yourself in society, and showing real, raw vulnerability. The truth is, what you are feeling on the inside, all these colors, are magnificent. All these thoughts that you think of in your head, that are unique to your own shows how alive you are, how vivid each of your dreams are. You are truly a kaleidoscope of colors and of beauty. Showing your colorful "mess" of thoughts in your head shows much more beauty from you than it being kept on the inside.