"...{ ours bodies } are here to be a piece of art,

to keep us going,

to show everything that we've done

and everything we've been through,

they are like our canvases in a way,

and as we go through life,

you get paint splattered on them

and you get marks,

you get cough up and torn and sewed back together.

They are art.

and art is not ment to be pretty,

art is not ment to be pleasing to the eyes all the time,

its ment to make you think,

it's ment to make you feel.

And that exactly what your body does,

without your body you wouldn't feel anything.

Like think of being afraid or exited,

What is it that you feel when you're happy, scared or sad?

It's all in your body.

You feel your heart race,

You feel your stomach have butterflies,

you know you get cold hands,

or clumsy hands or whatever.

Everything we feel is in our body,

Everything that we are,

Emotionally and physically,

Our past and future,

Is all tied to this,

To flesh,

To molecules all tied together.

And no mather how many times you get caught up and how many markings you have on it,

It's not going to make it any less amazing.

If anything it will make it even more amazing.

..."

-The clarity project, Body Image Lessons from a Sick Kid