Sunday, June 7, 2009

Sunday self-portrait


This isn't a very good picture but I like what it means.

This? It's muscle and fat and scars and callouses and faded words that I write on my feet in Sharpie.

It's real, I suppose. It's life. And I'm starting to see that "real," in history and in self and in the cracks in the pavement, can be more than beautiful enough, if I will have the discipline to learn to recognize it as such.

6 comments:

  1. I think that though beauty can be searched for, true beauty can be recognized without the "discipline" you say you need more of.

    My word verification is "sings" and I wonder if it's truly coincidence.

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  2. Promise me you will always be my friend and you will always say this stuff to me, as my actor-life conspires to trick me of the opposite, and it's so dang easy to feel...less than happy about myself.

    But this is perfect for what I needed just now.

    (word verification: applere...cool new word. must give it meaning.)

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  3. Q - For me it takes discipline sometimes. Not always. But sometimes it does have to be conscious and cerebral.

    Erin - Always, always. <3

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  4. Ditto what you said to Q, btw.

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