“More than Perfection”
What is beauty? Let’s see. Beautiful
eyes, straight nose, pouty lips, perfect hair, skinny, tall, full bust, fair
and flawless skin, slender limbs, and the coca-cola figure—WAIT. Those
features, they don’t even exist in one body (unless it’s a “Thank you Dra. Vicky Belo” product).
And
I blame the media for corrupting us.
A lady in two-piece; flaunting her
ever-so-perfect body—or so we think? This image of her, is a big fat fallacy. A
corrupted idea that is being installed in the minds of everyone. So, I have
decided to draw reality with those bold, black lines. A lady, with freckles on
her face, a slightly flat nose, messy hair, just-enough bust and a curvier and
healthier figure. And at the right part of the poster, I wrote: “What makes you
less perfect, makes you perfect.”
Because
that is the truth.
Media; the ever-so-powerful system
that should’ve been the teacher to everyone, has failed greatly. I was ignorant
of these things when I was younger. But as time passed, I have seen, the way
they exploit women in tv: wearing heavy make-up and skimpy clothes to
accessorize and emphasize their surgically-enhanced faces and figures. And
thus, rather than empowering the minds of women, it discourages them. It makes
them believe that what’s imperfect is ugly. It breaks their confidence, their
self-esteem.
“Beautiful
people get it better.”
I
once encountered this depressing quote from the movie “Beastly”. The sad truth.
But we have to break it. We have to remove it from our system. Women should be
able to accept and overcome their flaws—their insecurities. Wear them proud. A
perfect physique doesn’t make a person perfect. How we carry ourselves builds
true beauty. And, cliché as it sounds, but it’s really what’s inside that makes
us beautiful.
Disclaimer:
This entry is definitely not written by me— beauty
talk? self-esteem? empowerment?
SO NOT ME.
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