The lights are on 💡

But no one  is home ... 

      Ever think about reality as it is construed, artificially illuminated and purposefully manipulated, as if to imagine that it's reality ... 

I want to touch on a tough subject for women. The idea of our gender as it is constructed on consumerism... No judgements... And I have been both marketed to and the marketer ...  

This creation of beauty that passes for able bodied and forever young leads many to an, inferiority complex. So as if to say that if your not these things, than you're not really thinking. Your not really thinking about the hard work that we have put into construing beauty . And than if you can't appreciate that work, well how will you ever appreciate beauty? Pick up a magazine...

The positions of scientific research behind the lotions. The inner locutions of your 'celebrity divas'

and their potions. 

That's what the ultimate marketing  rationale of beauty is ; conformity. 

Even if your a rebel at heart : they have a brand for that too!! Don't you worry , we're all divided into niche market segments. And it is so real. 

And so my goal, has been to go within myself to create safety. To save my energies for better things. By alienating the perception of innocent beauty. Putting aside and dissecting it's meaning upon introspection... After learning to live without magazines, tv, catalogs and even the mall....I wanted to know how to nurture beauty... The kind that's not for sale. 

It's not exactly marketable. It has more to do with your own standard that fitting into a standard. 

You see I get tired of the effect of societal values because I am seeker of truth. A lover of beauty... And a full able bodied thinker...

It's purview, societal values, more today than ever is to allow everyone who thinks they are different to find a brand they identify with... Not to create your own segment but to create incentives to belong to a segment... And this is because society values money ... 

That standard that says to every women; beauty has a regime for you - it just doesn't alleviate my experience of pain. And yes, beauty is pain because it's goal is transformative . And every part of it, is painful yet nurtured by the experience of being birthed,  into reality. 

So this idea that pervades our mixed messages in beauty, fashion and cosmetic marketing : Find an image, a skin type and a style that suits your class - and don't come out of that box. Believe in your limitations and you will achieve perfection!!! It stuck a whole bunch of women , who I might meet, on a daily basis;  in a box ...

You know the saying; the lights are ON but no one is home? Adaptive preference on fashion and style. So I'm here like; girl the lights are on and I'm not home right now. Because I'm actually home, but I'm free; to say that I'm not home when I'm busy ....

      Even if I wanted to come to the door: I can't, because I decided to get in that box you put beauty in, and start drawing on it and paper machè-ing in it, and colouring it and designing it into rectangles and squares and than not giving a &$&! What you think about how it looks because, it felt right to me.

And that is how I deal with the people I meet, who want to believe in their life's perception.... I say you know what... it's okay... I do not have to come to the door ... As long as it looks like the lights are on ... Someone will think we're home... And that's a safety feature; that we call adaptive preference . Excuse my elective presence ... I'll be reckless and dangerous before I'm void of substance and creative energy. In this elemental pathway i am creating beauty . And its presence, makes me feel like I  am safe. It can't be seen only felt. And so before I  walk into any bodies house, I make sure I know if all their lights are on. 

Because in order for me to create I need to know ; do they want me to

Think they're home or are they're lights really on because they know they need light to create ? Or maybe if it's dark, I'll let myself in because than I know, what I may percieve to be real,

it can be felt, not seen. And that is what I believe in .

Check me out on IG:@flyhighaesthetics

Also be sure to check out my favourite body lotion : AHAVA MINERAL BOTANIC VELVET BODY LOTION 

I'm currently using the honey suckle and lavender scent and it's gorgeous !!