i am beauty :: an invitation
self-portrait {kelly}
Yesterday, Kelly wrote: I am giggles. I am love. I am an irish warrior girl. I am everyday simple. I am rare. I am on my way. I am velvety pinks. I am color. I am me. I am beauty.
This month, we are exploring the theme "I am beauty" and all that this phrase can mean to a person. We will be sharing stories about how this phrase came to be one of the most important ones we each turn to, the ways we struggle with believing it, the ways we stand tall in its truth, and a few other good things.
an invitation
We would love for each of you to come along and share your own self-portraits + "I am" poem notes inspired by "I am beauty." To participate follow these steps:
1) Join the Chickadee Road Flickr group.
2) Take a self-portrait (or choose one from your archives) and pair it with words inspired by the prompt "I am beauty."
3) Share your photo + words in the group.
A few times a week throughout the month, we will be sharing a few of your photos + words. (We will ask first and send you a little Chickadee Road love in the mail as a thank you.)
You also might want to turn this into a weekly (or monthly or even daily) practice where you take a photo and pair it with an "I am" statement. Feel free to share these photos with your kindreds in the Flickr group.
We both keep visualizing October as a month where we can all help one another remember that we each are beauty.
i am beauty | in a note from the chickadees
Reader Comments (4)
how wonderful.
i just wrote mine. and i must admit, typing "i am beauty" felt a little awkward. but i'm embracing it. i believe it. <3
Oh! Yay! I'm so in. <3
I just found you today...thank goodness! I'm so in on this flickr group, self portraits have always been hard for me. This will be a wonderful lesson in self love, appreciation, and general kindness to ME! This is just what I need, I'm so happy I found you!
I had to sit with this invitation for a while before responding. Self-portraits were a reach for me at the beginning of this year. It felt vain and it felt awkward posing for photos of myself. However, it proved to be liberating and revealing ... I began to see beauty. ♥