Some of the most touching beauty we encounter in our lives appears as the exposed innards of fellow humans who most generously turn themselves inside-out for the world to smell, sting, and join.
Without guts and deep nostril shots rupturing the slideshow of timid attempts at prettiness, we'd all feel way more pressure than we do already to cover up our humanity.
My friend Sam Kelly is a mighty kind and expressive person who churns up some deep humanity over on her Face Flash! blog (she also had a wonderful blog over the summer called sam kelly, chao! which chronicled her experience as a volunteer tudor in Ecuador). On this day in 1984, her mom Cindy asked her mid-wives to throw on some reggae, then proceeded to give birth to Sam, no doubt, while making faces that would rival some of Sam's best (or worst) work.
May my own bloggin' and livin' be as gutsy, fun, and kind as Sam's.
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