{"id":155,"date":"2008-07-26T07:31:32","date_gmt":"2008-07-26T07:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/07\/ideal-beauty-bold-brave-and-in.html"},"modified":"2014-06-23T09:20:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T13:20:45","slug":"ideal-beauty-bold-brave-and-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/07\/ideal-beauty-bold-brave-and-in.html","title":{"rendered":"Ideal Beauty: Bold n’ Brave In Your Underwear"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Perfectly Beautiful Conversation<\/big><\/strong> with Janice Taylor,<\/a> Life & Wellness Coach, 50-pound big-time-loser, and Natalie Fournier<\/a>, photographer and performance artist.
\nJanice:<\/em> You are bold and brave, in your underwear<\/strong> … and clearly making a statement about your body, the collective body and how we see beauty, and about your relationship with Minnie Mouse … please, tell us!
\nNatalie:<\/em> It started early on … Like most little girls, the fantastical world of Walt Disney, with its princesses and fairies, inserted itself in my mind. Those Barbie-like princesses became my ideal of beauty, with their small waist, their perfect legs and long silky hair. As I became older, actresses in movies and models in magazines replaced those princesses.
\nJanice: <\/em> I know what you mean. I was taken with Snow White and now Catherine Zeta-Jones, who could play Snow White! I know it played with my mind, making me feel less than … longing to be that form of beautiful.
\nNatalie:<\/em> Exactly. This picture of what “perfect beauty” looked like contaminated my mind, as well, and played with my self-esteem. After putting myself down over and over again, it became pretty clear to me that I would never be able to attain that ideal (or myth) of beauty. I realized that trying to be something that I’m not is just simply ridiculous.
\nJanice: <\/em> It is ridiculous! Did you know that twenty years ago, models weighed 8% less than the average woman. And today they weigh 23% less. It’s a total myth! Airbrushed photos, you know. Nobody is that perfect, especially in the morning. And now … how do you feel about your ‘real’ body?
\nNatalie: <\/em>Over these last couple years I have learned to love my body, and its every curve!
\nJanice:<\/em> Your work speaks so beautifully to this love and acceptance of self. I admire your ‘performance.’ Your form of expression.
\nNatalie:<\/em> Through my art, I try to expose the absurdity of trying to look like something else than yourself, of the ridiculousness of wanting to fit in a mould of what is
\n“desirable” or “beautiful.”
\nJanice:<\/em> No point in trying to be someone else … as Cornell Wilde says, “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” <\/em>
\nNatalie:<\/em> Great quote!
\nJanice:<\/em> And finally, your reference to Minnie?
\nNatalie:<\/em> Even if Minnie Mouse and her friends don’t think I fit in with them, in my eyes, I am beautiful and that’s that!
\nJanice:<\/em> You are beautiful! And that is that! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your art!
\nFor more Natalie go to Inplainsight.ca<\/a>!
\nSpread the word, NOT the iciing!
\nJanice<\/em>
\nImage from the “Desire” series “Minnie Mouse”, inkjet print, 34″ x 42″, 2007, by Natalie Fournier, Photograph, Performance Artist, currently residing in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ipsgallery<\/a>
\nFor more motivation and inspiration, join the Kick in the Tush Club: Beliefnet Chapter. <\/a>
\nPick up a copy of Janice’s latest: All Is Forgiven, Move ON ~ Our Lady of Weight Loss’s 101 Fat-Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville<\/a>!
\n” . . . . kooky genius ~ see if her idiosyncratic diet plan will work for you.” ~ O, The Oprah Magazine<\/em>
\n\"ART<\/span> <\/a> about Janice<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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