Yeah, I wrote that I'm trying to get the saga before the saga back, and that is true..but I still love who I am and what I've got...
...a couple of years back, I visited Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. If you're a long-time reader, you remember me writing about this, right?. If not, click the link, or check the Travel Archives.
I thought I brought a lot of things back with me, including a healthy appreciation for other cultures. But two things just popped back up into my head this summer: Color & Curves.
The Curves: I didn't take nearly enough pictures (I felt a lil weird about snapping other women's booties), but the Brazilian appreciation of the body is well documented. But it's not just about some big-bootied perfection. We saw shirtless Grandfathers, and Grandmothers in bikinis. People were really comfortable with ther bodies and their curves, with their cellulite and fat thighs, and non-flat stomachs and it was very freeing. I almost wanted to don a bikini!
Now, here I am rethinking my feelings about my body. There are parts I really am enamored with - namely the parts that still point to the sky ;) And when I think about fashion and think about what's flattering, I know that the sum look - the total package, weighs more than the individual parts. So instead of focusing on the things I should hide and living in MuMu land with big oversized non-fitting dresses and baggy pants, I embrace my curves, my jiggly parts and enhance the parts of my body I really love.
The Color: I am a fan of black, but it's so heavy and so wintry! And when I think about my trip to South America, I think about all the variances with life here in America, about sand & surf and morning runs on the beach, about dancing & living "Da Vida Brasileira" and about embracing color. Bright blue on my fingernails, and yellow on my toes!
Even in clothes - my favorite fashions for summer are the ones that add color! My pretty maxi dress in its varying shades of blue that mimics the ocean, my black cocktail dress with the huge red poppies at the hem, or even simply adding a dash of teal eyeliner for a pop of color on the face. It all reminds me of the costumes at La Plataforma:
Colorful, curvy, beautiful, and deserving of adoration - that's my reminder of my trip to Brazil, and to me that's summer and that's y I luv what I've got. :-)
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