Hi Everyone,
I have found a website, The Experience Project, that houses the group "I Hirsutism." There are a couple of stories on there (5 to be precise) that I thought you would like to read.
Hope y'all are well,
A.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Spring Cleaning
So I'm back (again)! And as some of you regular followers (if this blog even has any) may have noticed, this place looks a little different. Yes....I have cleaned and freshened it up a bit and deleted all that nasty spam (I know, I'm so tech savvy).
There is a new picture on the left. For those who aren't familiar with it, it's a self portrait done by the late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954). I will post some more pictures of her and her work, but I encourage everyone to look further into her work and life. To say anything more about her would pale in comparison to how she lived.
And YES! She is a kindred sister! Notice the moustache and bushy eyebrows? To me, she really symbolizes that a woman does not have to submit to or be bounded by society's aesthetic conventions, and that there is far more to a woman than just her body. I know this is something we have all heard before. Something to which we may have responded, "easier said than done." However, her work in my mind is a physical manifestation of a woman that refuses to play by those rules. Her self portraits are interesting in this regard as she always emphasizes the hair on her face, therefore not just making it apparent intentionally, but making it impossible to ignore. The viewer is forced to acknowledge its presence. What a far cry from how I deal with my hair, trying to hide it anyway I can.
I know there is more to me (and all other people as well) than what I (and they) look like - or specifically, how much hair I have. I feel as if I will never find these things unless I begin to focus a little less on this superficial nonsense that keeps me from experiencing life to the utmost, with abandon....
There is also a film on her starring Salma Hayek as Kahlo. Sure its Hollywood (of which I am not a fan), but this film is very well done.
Enjoy.
There is a new picture on the left. For those who aren't familiar with it, it's a self portrait done by the late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954). I will post some more pictures of her and her work, but I encourage everyone to look further into her work and life. To say anything more about her would pale in comparison to how she lived.
And YES! She is a kindred sister! Notice the moustache and bushy eyebrows? To me, she really symbolizes that a woman does not have to submit to or be bounded by society's aesthetic conventions, and that there is far more to a woman than just her body. I know this is something we have all heard before. Something to which we may have responded, "easier said than done." However, her work in my mind is a physical manifestation of a woman that refuses to play by those rules. Her self portraits are interesting in this regard as she always emphasizes the hair on her face, therefore not just making it apparent intentionally, but making it impossible to ignore. The viewer is forced to acknowledge its presence. What a far cry from how I deal with my hair, trying to hide it anyway I can.
I know there is more to me (and all other people as well) than what I (and they) look like - or specifically, how much hair I have. I feel as if I will never find these things unless I begin to focus a little less on this superficial nonsense that keeps me from experiencing life to the utmost, with abandon....
There is also a film on her starring Salma Hayek as Kahlo. Sure its Hollywood (of which I am not a fan), but this film is very well done.
Enjoy.
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