So, the first three are of disney characters... Thats because ever since I was little, I loved all the disney movies and my mom always told me that the princesses were really pretty. My mom also called me princess all the time, as do most parents with their young daughters. So I always just thought that princesses in disney movies were very pretty.
The middle two are of the Henna and regular tattoo's. I think that both of those are very amazing ways of displaying your thoughts, beliefs, and memories on your body. Also, the ways that Indians decorate their hands for their weddings and other important cermonies I think is very cool. And the designs are so intricate. Its very beautiful.
The last two are of Native American women, the little girl's name is Standing Holy, she is Sitting Bull's daughter, which is one of the people that we are related to. I think that my idea of beauty mostly comes from these pictures. I mean, not these particularly, but the idea of a beautiful native american woman is one that I've had for a very long time. Although I get caught up in what I guess you could call "mainstream beauty", I always think back to pictures I've seen of Native Americans, and I always, always think they are much more beautiful and lately I've been trying to revert back to a natural form of beauty, because I don't think it would be very normal is I dressed the way they used to, now days. Ahahahah... it would probably be a little weird.
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1 comments:
I respect that you wrestle with notions of mainstream beauty as opposed to your roots. You're a thoughtful person and a beautiful one too-- trust that you can be whoever you want to be, dress however you want, and if people know you-- they will see beauty.
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