dahil diyosa ako [ehem, ehem]



Hindi ko alam kung nagkataon lang or matagal nang plano, pero mayroong exhibit tungkol sa Arcadian/ancient Greek Fashion sa Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Goddesses" presents a couture version of Arcadia, late-18th-century Europe's sanitized re-creation of a Greece that never was. Gamboling Graces. Primavera. One hundred and forty variations on the theme of nymphs wrapped in gauze. That's the harmonious and sisterly conceit.

Sa Hum II class ko dati, ang sinasabi ng prof ko, ang idea ng beauty sa Greece ise all about symmetry. Ang beautiful nose is centered sa isang oval face na may high forehead. Ang head ay 1/6 ng buong body. Or something like that. Ang pinakasimple ang pinakamaganda. Wala nang etsebureche. At bakit hindi eh ang average life span lang pala ng Greeks noon ay 32 years. Thirty two! Tipong teenager ka pa lang may midlife crisis ka na. Saka you will die beautiful because 32 is still quite young, at least compared sa life span ngayon.