Venus

My body is always with me and all I've ever known. I explore my perception of myself in the many forms, shapes, and layers I take on to feel comfortable. At times hiding and contorting, shifting and conforming. The dialogue between me and my body is ever-changing. I try to view my being, myself from a perspective of love as I know that is all she wants and truly needs. The rest, anything not of love and adoration was not my own doing, only projections of the outside world imposed on me before I even existed. Through confronting this I make peace with it. I realize I was enough all along. Self Portraiture allows me to become the author and subject of this narrative. This is the most empowering part.