Most of us go through life trying to elicit validation for our humanity by having other's say, "You're beautiful and everything about you is beautiful." There's nothing more liberating than declaring for yourself that only you will be responsible for this validation and not others. It's equally refreshing to see more women declaring for themselves that they are beautiful and believing it without worrying about the caustic criticisms from others.
There's nothing like taking a good look in the mirror and loving what you see. For those of you who are still out there looking for a muse, the muse is YOU... so conquer any insecurities that you have a about yourselves and do you! To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing it's best to make you into everybody else...Do you!
(Photos: Derek Blanks)
