scars?

[Miss Oatlash]

I think they can add interest to a body- in so many ways. They tell of experience. They can be a fascinating contrast against the unmarred skin.
I often add scars to my characterisations. One story I wrote (I want to upload it but I can't get it out of it's old format, arrgh! was written for a woman I dated, I wrote about her body as i saw it, something like;
"I paid homage to my mistress' body, the finegrained flesh, and the long surgeon's scars- evidence of her greed and willpower- that made her somewhat a Frankenstein's creature..."
Some of her friends were upset that I wrote that, but she was really happy with it, that I faced her scars with realism and love.
Scars mean you've done things, you've survived something. When my 13-year-old son cut his eyebrow open, the other adults were so upset- "It's going to leave a scar!" "Good" I said "He's too damn cute as it is" As it happens the little scar makes him look even more irresistible. I am beginning to worry about the day the girls discover him!

I could not have expressed that better...thank you. For me, scars are stories of life. I met a woman not long ago who was worried about showing me her body because of her scars. I found them interesting, intriguing, and sexy as hell.

 

[dragon_gurl]

Scars

i saw a beautiful photo awhile back, remember seeing the photo of the little girl from Veitnam on fire? Well she is all grown up now and has a baby of her own, she is badly scared. But she posed for a photograph with her baby, she is slightly looking over her sholder and is holding her child, She was so beautiful i cried.

 

[dragon_gurl]

here are the photos

of Kim Phuc

 

[sweetsyn]

scars are nothing one should be ashamed or selfconscious about. They are part of the story of our life and what makes us unique. The only thing about the pictures posted by Dragon_Gurl is that man has not only done such things to one another, but continues to experiment with new ways to do the same and worse. Survivors such as her, are true examples of the beauty around us.
Gabi