Making the Outside Match the Inside

Expression is a beautiful thing.  For me, my body is my art.  It's another way I can show my true colors.  To this point I've done this through body modifications (piercings and tattoos), flashy hair colors, and my own wonderful style.  It's just a part of who I am.

When I think about myself, I think of vibrancy, beautiful colors, happiness, love, and plenty of positive energy.  I think of myself as being rather bright.  As much as I used to be a Goth when I was younger, but now I'm realizing that all of that darkness just doesn't suit me.  I'm not a melancholy person.  I know I can be, but it's not the kind of self I wanted to be.  I want to express the lighter side of myself.

One thing I love about being an artist to my core is the ability to express myself.  I may not be able to do it on paper like so many painters and other artists do.  I can often do it through words.  However, more often than not, I thrive at self-expression, through dance, through appearances, through just being myself.  I love to write.  I love to move with the music.  I love the idea of using my body as a canvas.  It's just one more surface to explore vibrant colors and my wild nature.  It's just one more part of who I am.

I'm really looking forward to the changes that will be happening in my life.  I've got hair dye in right now after bleaching (I know...oh so healthy and natural!) and then we're going to be starting my dreads.  I'm excited.  When I'm done with that, I'm finally going to feel a lot more like the person I think I should be, and not just one more face that blends into the crowd.  It's not about standing out, it's about being true to myself.  It's about being a bellweather, perhaps not by inspiring other people to copy my wild style, but in encouraging others to be true to themselves, to act from their own heart, from that grounded place inside themselves.  I'm starting a new trend, and I'm even noticing that others are following along to.

This isn't about standing out, being different, or being wild and crazy.  This is all about being who I am, whether people accept that or not, whether they like that or not.  It's all about making the image on the outside match the beautiful picture painted within.