Bravo, Blog Post 7: Cripping the Environment
Cripping the Environment ( Beauty, Deformity and Disability; Riva Lehrer) As I was going through Riva Lehrer art work, it seemed so bizarre and strange but yet so beautiful and unique. Out of her entire work, this painting struck out to me the most, we see this disabled women who has scoliosis and scars along the line of her spine. We see this interpretation of the environment that is beautiful along with the water and scenery but we see the women who i s disabled body. Putting these together, the disabled can be something beautiful to embrace. Just as revealing the beauty of water as this woman was able to reveal her inner beauty and is not ashamed of it, we are able to see her true self, which the clarity of the water defines that. Riva had revealed how disability and the environment are related to one another and are linked a way we do not see to realize. Nature itself can be unusual and not something typical you would see daily, but it can be unique and beautiful in the sense ...