Body Art
I’ve seen a lot of art with beautiful representations of the human body – drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture.
But I was really made to wonder the other day
when a friend pointed out that
the human body itself is a work of art.
How wonderful is that?
Each of us is our own art museum open to the world
with the displays constantly changing.
Makes me want to expand my understanding of beauty,
how to recognize it, how to appreciate it, and
how to share it.
Opens doors.
Because each masterpiece involves so much more than
how it appears to the eyes or ears or touch.
Each of these masterworks is its own process,
not its image or impression to be admired later or from afar.
Each is now.
Such a work of art doesn’t merely embody how it is
from the beginning to the end, even if including
all the mental and emotional processes involved.
Each one has its own unique presence and
its relationships with all other creative expressions
in their ubiquitous spheres.
Each is a dynamic, synchronistic, interactional,
quantum phenomenon that requires
a revolutionary transformation of perspective
in order to be appreciated.
Imagine being able to admire the beauty of that!
Guess I’ll have to try, now that I stepped in it.
Even baby steps look daunting.
Think I’ll look in the mirror and start there.
Photo by Daniel Apodaca.