Wednesday

There have been some recent drastic changes in my life.

One of those changes I will not discuss here.

The other change is that I cut my hair off. Rather, I paid to have someone cut it off for me. I have never had hair this short in my life. I am rather fond of it, it suits me, and it's inspiring.

As a woman it is interesting to me how much of my sense of identity is tangled up in my hair. I don't think it is as critical to a man's identity as it is to a woman's. The current image of beauty seems to be long hair. What does short hair on a woman mean? Is she older? Is she controversial? Is she less feminine? Is she a lesbian? As a woman I am always aware of people looking at me. You need only go to art to prove that.


I feel different with this different hair. I dress differently, I carry myself differently. People treat me differently. Am I behaving differently because I identify myself differently? Do I identify myself differently because people are treating me differently? Am I behaving differently because people are treating me differently? Am I being treated differently because I identify myself differently?

What do you think?



Another change is that my lease on my current place is up at the end of the month. I am not sure what is going to happen next.

I am going to Europe for two months starting the end of September. I have enough money for a ticket, but I need a little bit of extra money for continental travel, lodging, food, and museum admission. So I have decided to start asking for donations.

You can donate either $1.00, $5.00, or $10.00. In return you will receive one of these three prints.





For more information or to make a donation you can go here.