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Is feminine beauty not an homage to God?
A keen follower from the Philippines, who has previously engaged me in a discussion about God and 'godliness', just wrote this to me. She said: "Is this related as to how you show respect to women especially women from Seychelles? By making them subject of your photos/blogs, is it the best way to promote how dignified they are? Your blogs for your two sons are very wholesome and so nice to read but when I checked out the other sections of your blogs it made me unhappy as I did not expect you to do that......all the while as I remember that the other side of Gilbert Pool is kept in a "black album".. I respect your being "god-fearing" for that matter..".
Although being a woman, she obviously has a distorted view of the female form and beauty. Is it not more beautiful and pious that rebels taking hostages, communities being neglected, young women being sold on the streets and in bars? Or are some people not able to tell the difference between an embrace and a crucifixion?
I have a few things to say. First of all, Seychelles has a pure natural beauty which is rare in today's world. Where else can you stand in a lagoon with a few feet of crystal clear water whilst a 1 metre shark swims confidently between your feet? Or walk to within a few metres of a tree inhabited by literally thousands of birds. And they don't fly away. Gilbert is of this place. I have exoerienced it with him. And his photographs of the women of Seychelles reflect this pure natural beauty. In this world a woman's breast is to be admired. Not to be frowned upon. It is not "dirty" just as those sharks are not "dangerous". An erotic innocence I guess. It is precisely this kind of beauty that inspired us in creating the advertising line "As pure as it gets" which Gilbert was party to.
ReplyDeleteDon't ever lose it Gilbert!!