Soften Saturday: Your Body is a Work of Art

One of my favorite ways to spend an afternoon is visiting an art museum.  While at the Crystal Bridges museum, I was struck by the many artistic representations of the female body.

Some are lithe, dancing with light:

The Bubble by Harriet Whitney Frishmuth

Others are young and stoic.

Proserpine by Hiram Powers

And others represent powerful, strong, sturdy women.

Rosie the Riveter by Norman Rockwell

If artists are willing to embrace the many varieties of the female body, we can be, too.  Talk a walk through an art museum and really look at the differences captured.  All are beautiful, all worthy.  Just like us.