I feel that it is our generation that we have discovered and very much tested the idea that appearance has become our canvas of self perception or perception in general. Maybe we have defined ourselves as the visual generation, because we have taken it upon ourselves, with great pains, pleasures, and will power,to wear what we perceive ourselves as or what we desire to be perceived as.

This notion really resonated within me after reading Jenny's last entry. I feel that in the course of humanity there have been multiple series of constructing and deconstructing normalities based around some skin flaps and behavior tendencies.

Which brings me to an almost oppositional idea (but really I feel its much more of a companion): What are we to do with this skin flaps, behaviors, and even more ideas that we have been told to have and become. And as I often do and feel
one must shake what their mama (did or did not) gave them.

This means we, as a generation of intellect and action, can make malleable what we are given, warp it, preserve it, subtract it, or simply play with it. We can do this with clothing, mannerisms, posturing, and speech. Gender identity now can be taken into our hands, and we can do with what we see fit. Though we are coming to understand the true equity of the human species, this does not me gender roles need to eradicated. they can be reassigned, re-envisioned, redefined, into just roles, without specific groups requirement to follow them.



my final thought is this: that the true self will always find its way through.
I believe ultimately humans have a core encoded with their true self, and no physical boundaries can inhibit this, in fact they should come to embody this core. We are defined by our actions, but our actions are defined by what is within ourselves. And we cannot, we will not be limited anymore. We can work with what we are given to become what we really are. Which in reality is a handful or two off loonies. Gorgeously original class A loonies.