#InTheRaw

#InTheRaw

I recently had a conversation with a good friend that inspired this post. Sometimes we get in such a hurry and that day was no different. We had a short but deep and insightful conversation. He is a very talented individual who's art has been exhibited in local museums. He told me how his most popular pieces were the ones he did in one night as opposed to the ones he took his time on trying to perfect. I told him it was because we don't identify with perfection because we are all flawed. There isn't anything interesting about it, we relate to the raw piece the one that gives us away. The one we don't have time to go back and try to cover up how we were feeling. I mentioned to him how sometimes when I write I'm not really sure what I'm feeling until I go back and read it over. Often I find myself shocked because I had no idea I felt a certain way until I got it down on paper. I wish more of us had the courage to present ourselves in the raw. How beautiful would it be to wear your scars and imperfections with pride instead of using expensive products to cover them up. Don't get me wrong makeup and photo filters can be a form of art as well and I'm not saying that its wrong to use them I would just simply like to see who is brave enough to show the things we are often self-conscious about. I love everyone's rough edges it makes us unique if God or whatever higher being you believe in had taken the time to perfect each and everyone of us and trying to fit us into the perfect mold we would all look exactly the same. We were left in the raw for a reason imperfections are beauty. I challenge all of you to take a selfie in the raw I will include mine here, on facebook, and on Twitter using #intheraw let's celebrate the flaws that make us human, the flaws that aren't flaws at all but simply rough edges left there to make us each a unique piece of artwork. Thanks friend for being an inspiration! 

Good day and goodnight from my computer to you I wish to you love, laughter, and happiness. 

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