Blog #2

    In Kristine Fleckenstein’s piece Incarnate Word she brought up the idea of The Body as Text. This was something that was extremely interesting to me. “Catherine’s unconventional textual imagery highlights the degree to which women, even those barred from discursive and nondiscursive expression, have consistently challenged a culture’s dominant conventions to carve out spaces for rhetorical authority” (Fleckesntein, 2009). Catherine did everything she could to establish this. Positive body images for women in the middle age was little to none. “She sought to mirror physically the textual body of the Dialogue, thereby rendering her unconventional corporeal imagery holy” (Fleckenstein, 2009).

    I thought that this was a very important concept. I believe that it still is prevalent in today’s society. We have an unachievable standard of beauty as we are able to constantly look into the personal lives of celebrities and models on social media. We believe that they are the standard of beauty and people will go to ultimate lengths to achieve it. It seems that we only highlight external beauty now adays. Catherine showed that she had a mind body connection that was inseparable. She created writings that mirrored exactly who she was as a person. She showed that looks weren't the most important thing a person had to offer, but rather who they were as a person sowed their beauty.