I believe we are all visual creatures, especially women. We oohhh and ahhh at the sight of a beautiful baby, we gush and giggle in the presence of a handsome man, and we are easily persuaded by the offering of a beautiful bouquet of flowers. So why do we make so much fuss when men do it?
I have always found myself drawn to things of beauty. As of late my oohs and ahhs have been directed towards fashion. I have no idea when this fascination came about, because as I've said so many times before I have always thought of myself as a plain Jane when it comes to fashion, hair and make-up. It's always been about comfort for me or has it?
This morning while walking around in my heels I couldn't help but think about how agonizing it must be to walk around in 3 to 4 inch heels day after day for hours at a time. Why would anyone spend their hard earned money on these pricey little torture chambers ? I soon found myself laughing out loud... was it not my hard earned money that purchased the brillant red, Steve Maddens I was stomping around the living room in? Mind you this was not a recent purchase. I purchased these shoes about 2 years ago knowing I would probably never wear them. Why? Because they were sooo pretty and I could not image leaving the store without them. In fact I have alot of beautiful things that I've purchased just because I was drawn to them. I am a visual creature.
Fashion is all about embellishing the beauty that you already have. If you have a small waist you accent it with a large belt, beautiful legs...short skirts; nice arms...sleeveless tops. It's all about finding the beauty in you and building upon it. Sometimes you may have to call on some of your sistafriends for a little help.
What I've discoverd in these initial days of my Metamorphoses is that I can find the beauty in others and help them tranform into beauiful butterflies but I have so much trouble finding my own wings. Don't get me wrong I know I'm a pretty girl and I know what my good and bad features are but I am having so much trouble putting together "MY LOOK". So much so, I often find myself throwing my hands to the air screaming WTH! But I refuse to give up.
I had to realize that sometimes it's easier to analize a situation when you're on the outside looking in. And even though I have been able to spearhead makeovers for others, I may require some assistance with my own transformation. Either way I'm ready to fly and even more I'm ready to "BE FLY and Phabolous"!
You're right. We all are visual creatures. But, I think, we're more big picture visual. Men only see the beautiful woman. Her personality can be real stank and she's still beautiful to him. Women, if we see a fine man with a God's gift to women attitude, he's no longer fine to us. Or another example would be a man marries a skinny woman and the minute she starts putting on weight, there's a problem. A woman marries a man and he could gain 100lbs and that woman would still love that man. We are not just visual with our eyes, we are visual with our hearts.
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