06/30/2026
When you see yourself as a work of art, your whole perception of you shifts.
There’s a reason we see the human form in art museums, as sculptures, painted figures in all forms. What our bodies do for us is astonishing, so why not celebrate it like a piece of fine art?
As dancers specifically, it’s so easy to get caught up in constantly fine tuning our bodies and seeking perfection; always working toward the “a little bit better if...” dialogue.
The more time passes though, the more I look back at photos when I was at a place in my life where I was dancing for 8+ hours a day and I want to shake that girl for thinking that she needed herself to look better in order to ___fill in the blank here___. And the present person I am can still use that reminder.
So why not start viewing your body as artwork? Don’t wait until you’ve reached a certain level in your dancing to take the summer program or class you’ve wanted to try; don’t wait until your body is at “peak athleticism” to get photos taken of your dancing.
We are constantly craving more and tend to miss even when we do achieve a goal or milestone.
Because our bodies truly are a work of art, they carry so much power in the things it does for us, we may as well celebrate that body and who it is now.
