Body is Art

            

             This week I searched for videos for Dove.  Dove is a line of personal care products but their foundation is geared to raise women’s self esteem.  I found many videos that dove has posted for their Self Esteem Movement. 

One, asked women what their least favorite body part was, and women were quick to give an answer with a reason.  Next, they asked women what their most beautiful body part was, and the answer took much longer.  This video was to show to women that they need to stop having negative outlooks on their body and think more about what makes women beautiful. (Video at bottom of blog, Titled: "Dove: Inner Critic")

Another, was geared to show what are on young girls minds when they think about their bodies.  Many of the topics that came up were very negative like, anorexia, ugliness, too fat, too skinny, too tall, too short, having no friends, etc.   Some even were quick to say that in today’s society no one cares about personality it’s all about how sexy a person is.  Society is full of pressures and this generation has to deal with the thought of not being good enough.  Dove’s ending remark was that “things won’t change until we change them” and I think that has a lot of meaning.  Today young girls need to feel beautiful because this generation always thinks about the negatives about a person and that needs to change.  Girls need to start believing and thinking that everyone is beautiful because they are.  It may sound super cliché but I believe that everyone is beautiful in their own way and we all have something to bring to the table, to help one another out. (Video at bottom of blog, Titled: "A Dove Film- Girl's Self Esteem")

This goes hand in hand with art.  I think that the body is a beautiful thing and although I do not have a favorite artist I have found what speaks to me the most.  Artists that show women how truly beautiful their body is.  I have also found an artist who is well known in controversial photography, Oliviero Toscani.  Some of his art may hit close to home to many people I do believe that it clearly gets his message across.  He is the artist that took photos of the anorexic model, Isabelle Caro to send the message that being skinny isn’t as beautiful as people think.  Toscani also has photography that deals with race issues like the picture of three hearts with the captions of white, black, and yellow.  All of the hearts look very similar but some feel that they are not equal. 

 This art may hit close to home for some people but I love the messages that are being sent.