thoughts.
I am in a Women’s Studies class this semester and we often talk about images of women in the media, which has stirred some thoughts in me!I saw this ad the other day that said “parentheses are always helpful, but not on your face.” And they had ( ) around the woman’s mouth. This was an ad for some wrinkle reducing cream or whatever. This really made me think. Why is it that wrinkles and grey hair are not beautiful? I hope that when I am older I have smile lines on my cheeks and crows feet at my eyes from smiling and laughing…evidence that I have truly lived a joyful life. And what about the ones between your eyes that come from deep concentration and though…why is that not a beautiful symbol of wisdom?I just don’t want to buy into the thinking that younger is beautiful. I want my body and my face to be a reflection of my age and my years, a picture of the things God has carved into my life. Why should I paralyze the muscles in my face just to look younger? Or inject weird things through my body to make things more plump or toned?So those are my thoughts. There is beauty in age…why not display it?
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