You’ve heard the statistics.
You wear pink in October.
You race for the cure.
But have you seen the art cancer has inspired? In Virginian Linda Weatherly’s art exhibit “Exposure,” she “reflects how [her] body and psyche felt as well as the emotional struggle of coming to terms with feeling less-than-whole as a single-breasted woman,” according to the exhibit pamphlet.
Definitions of exposure are: “to lay open, to view, not shielded or protected.” Yes, I felt physically bare, singled out and unprotected. I also identified with other nuances of expose: “to unmask, to bring to light as something shameful.” Yes, I felt a terrible sense of shame and vulnerability. What bad thing had I done to cause this cancer? And yes, there was unmasked OUTRAGE. The fact that society wants me to pretend that I’m still “whole” by wearing a prosthesis or getting reconstruction surgery! What is wrong with the way I am?” –Linda Weatherly
In the above exhibit, “What Shall I Wear Today,” Weatherly portrays the idea of how “what we wear is a creative expression of who we are” through prosthetic breasts made of various textiles and patterns.
“I have this funny belief that in the morning when we stand at our closet to decide what to wear, it is like putting on our costume for the day,” Weatherly said in her exhibit pamphlet. “This is all in jest, I don’t really wear them.”
For more, check out her website.
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