I have chosen to review Pygmalion in Plastic Surgery and relate it to both my fine art practice as well as my future career as a Tattoo Artist. Pygmalion in Plastic Surgery highlights a number of topics from the gender norms and the dynamics between clients and the practitioner to how autobiographies can be both gendered while manipulating the reader to see only the best of you. It is a story surrounding Maxwell Maltz’ life and career containing descriptions of the different versions of the kind of person he was: the Pioneer, the Scientist, the Idealist, the Creator, and the Aesthete.
“This is the story of an adventurous physician who ventures forth into the unknown territory by taking up a new medical specialty. It is the story of a socially …show more content…
They only show the best of their lives, their best assets, and their best features. They show the smart and intellectual but yet funny and compassionate person they can be. We are focused on showing our potential even if in the real world none of these aspects coincide. We have the ability to be anyone we want to be, truthful or not, who is going to know, the Internet is vast, it spans wilder than the planet we live on, our potential in the virtual realm will always be able to exceed what we are capable of in our daily lives. Whether this is creating actual accounts pretending to be another human being (a catfish) or elaborating on factual events to make yourself seem more interesting.
According to Pygmalion in Plastic Surgery Men and Women tell their stories differently – these autobiographies allow us to investigate and understand how masculinity and femininity are impacted in the construction of our ideal selves. Media exposure is linked to women’s generalized dissatisfaction with their bodies and increased investment in appearance. “Historically women have been more concerned with their appearance than men – either they are more naturally narcissistic – according to Freud – or they are under more pressure to comply to cultural norms of feminine beauty.” (Davi, …show more content…
Kathy Davis gives examples in the context of autobiographies, which I think relates to online identities as well. While men are battling forces and tackling obstacles, moving towards a goal with their career and displaying self-assurance – Women are displaying only themes of achievement, love lives, children and friendship, expressing emotions of self-deprecation and uncertainty, focusing on relationships and their bodies as passive objects.
Merging into the tattoo industry and how Davis states most of the autobiographies usual promote the success of an individual by over coming some kind of adversity. People who get tattooed usually get them for a reason, as a symbol to mark a point in their life that they feel they are currently struggling through or have already overcame. They get them to represent events, tell stories, and illustrate their likenesses how they see fit. You could compare tattoos to that of autobiographies but more in an honest
“This is the story of an adventurous physician who ventures forth into the unknown territory by taking up a new medical specialty. It is the story of a socially …show more content…
They only show the best of their lives, their best assets, and their best features. They show the smart and intellectual but yet funny and compassionate person they can be. We are focused on showing our potential even if in the real world none of these aspects coincide. We have the ability to be anyone we want to be, truthful or not, who is going to know, the Internet is vast, it spans wilder than the planet we live on, our potential in the virtual realm will always be able to exceed what we are capable of in our daily lives. Whether this is creating actual accounts pretending to be another human being (a catfish) or elaborating on factual events to make yourself seem more interesting.
According to Pygmalion in Plastic Surgery Men and Women tell their stories differently – these autobiographies allow us to investigate and understand how masculinity and femininity are impacted in the construction of our ideal selves. Media exposure is linked to women’s generalized dissatisfaction with their bodies and increased investment in appearance. “Historically women have been more concerned with their appearance than men – either they are more naturally narcissistic – according to Freud – or they are under more pressure to comply to cultural norms of feminine beauty.” (Davi, …show more content…
Kathy Davis gives examples in the context of autobiographies, which I think relates to online identities as well. While men are battling forces and tackling obstacles, moving towards a goal with their career and displaying self-assurance – Women are displaying only themes of achievement, love lives, children and friendship, expressing emotions of self-deprecation and uncertainty, focusing on relationships and their bodies as passive objects.
Merging into the tattoo industry and how Davis states most of the autobiographies usual promote the success of an individual by over coming some kind of adversity. People who get tattooed usually get them for a reason, as a symbol to mark a point in their life that they feel they are currently struggling through or have already overcame. They get them to represent events, tell stories, and illustrate their likenesses how they see fit. You could compare tattoos to that of autobiographies but more in an honest