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posted by [personal profile] mutecornett at 07:55pm on 03/02/2007 under
I have wide hips, small breasts, plump arms, and a tummy, and (and, not but) I like how my body looks. I was really into classical paintings--Bouguereau in particular--when I was a kid and the tummy, the arm fat, the small breasts, the wide hips, they're all there. I found my own body reflected in their beauty; the painter thinks they're gorgeous and it shows.

I think all women are gorgeous--for their bodies and their voices and their minds. I hope it shows.

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posted by [identity profile] roguewords.livejournal.com at 05:36am on 04/02/2007
Awesome.

When I was younger, (before my breast reduction) I was very fond of Rebun and Rubenesque women. Because they looked like me. And I guess they still do, or rather I still look like them, with my 40Ds.

YAY for you Loving the way you look. I think we should all be surrounded by classical paintings that show all different size women. It's one thing to hear that we're all different and that's ok, it's another thing to see that it's ok.
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posted by [identity profile] sandalstrap.livejournal.com at 05:56am on 04/02/2007
Oh, how fun. I love this, and if I were braver I'd make something like it. You are lovely, and I hope at some point I'll be as comfortable as you are in my own skin.

-- and Bouguereau is one of my favorites, too!
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posted by [identity profile] steammmpunk.livejournal.com at 07:16am on 04/02/2007
Oh, COOL! BIG YAY for you loving the way you look. I hope there'd be many more of women who can say that. I also second you on that all women are wonderful, and I love the way you portrayed it on this. *g*
 
posted by [identity profile] tardis80.livejournal.com at 08:42am on 04/02/2007
YES. Hurray for you. ♥
 
posted by [identity profile] hermine.livejournal.com at 12:46pm on 04/02/2007
you just made me smile - thank you!
 
posted by [identity profile] karmic-circuit.livejournal.com at 06:48pm on 04/02/2007
Aw, yay! Her freckles are absolutely adorable. :D
 
posted by [identity profile] druidspell.livejournal.com at 06:00pm on 05/02/2007
I love this picture, and the paintings where women with curves were beautiful. I have a body that I see in those paintings--paintings done when size 20 was the epitome of beauty. My body is soft, but it's strong, too.
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posted by [identity profile] reflectedeve.livejournal.com at 04:14am on 06/02/2007
Aw, she's so sweet. Loving the rounded face, the pose, the freckles, and of course, the proportions. The tentative expression, too. Lovely.

And have I mentioned that you have a real knack for color scheme?

Maybe I should look at the great painters for inspiration. Learning to draw from comics hasn't been all bad, but I'm not very good at drawing different body types; including my own.
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posted by [identity profile] clayeer.livejournal.com at 04:25am on 07/03/2007
ok im friending you. because even if your journal wasn't so full of little sga lovelies, your art is adorable and it makes me smile. same thing goes for this wall paper <3
 
posted by (anonymous) at 08:38am on 27/03/2007
I just wanted to say thankyou for this. I also have large hips and smaller breasts and this has always been an issue for me, especially as both of my best friends have bigger breasts and smaller hips than me. Added to this I am quite tall....and this is no time for me to whinge and complain to you! The point was that I recently lost some weight that has my family in a bit of a flurry but that for several months i tried to convince was just my job had me standing around all the time, and this post not only shows that a) it isnt at all nescessary for me to be worried at ALL, and b) only ill can cme from having that mindset. Not that I havent realised tht before, but it didnt seem to help that I tought I looked better like that.
But thank you for posting that comment, becasue, like another commenter said before its easy to say 'all body shapes are beautiful' and then get knotted up inside about HAVING hips and not having 'good' cleavage. Your picture and Bouguereau's painting (I'm looking at 'The Bather' at the moment!)
I agree, women are beautiful fo thier bodies, minds and what they have to say.
So thankyou.
Judith
 
posted by [identity profile] eavanmoore.livejournal.com at 04:05pm on 22/04/2007
I think I found a little bit of validation for the shape of my body in medieval pear-ladies. The ones who sway around with little tops and round bellies.

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