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The Naked Truth
My little city has a wonderful library.
I was walking past it last night, and
I happened to glance, as is my
usual custom, at
the statue erected
near the entrance.
It is called “Mother
and Child,” and is
carved from some type
of shiny black rock. The
mother is looking down
with what I have always
interpreted as great
fondness at her
little stone child,
and grasping him by the arms as he
reaches up to her.
The statue was always a subject
of some interest to my children when
they were small. This was likely due to
the fact that both of the figures in the
statue are completely nude.
Although I have never been
uncomfortable with the subject
of nudity and always dealt with
their “body” questions with what I
considered matter-of-fact answers, all
four of my children made no secret
of the fact that they found the statue
disgusting. They started out by asking
why the sculptor would want this pair
to be naked? What was the point? Why
should they have to look at that? After
repeated exposure to the sculpture as we
went past the statue and up the library
steps, their comments eventually were
pared down to a mumbled, “Ewww.”
Apparently, they were not satisfied
with my explanations and displeasure
still needed to be expressed.
by Corrina Austin, St. Thomas
from Daytripping May-June 2004
That statue was around
when I was a kid. I must
confess, I was mildly
repulsed by it, too. It
was not the nudity that
offended me. It was just
that I thought the mother
was, well... fat. Her
stomach was paunchy,
and her buttocks wide
and big. Although she
was made of stone,
she looked awfully
“soft” to me.
It’s funny how
my perception of her has changed over
the years. All those years of baking in
the sun have not made her any worse
for wear, and she has bravely suffered
through the months she has had to
spend with her bare feet shoved into
snow drifts (a misfortune I could never
have abided). The fact that her son
has not grown an inch has left her
seemingly unperturbed. But she must
have lost some weight.
After I had my first couple of
babies, I recall thinking, as I went past,
How could I ever have thought she
was fat? She’s just a little overweight.
Nothing serious.
After two more kids, I looked up
at her with real consternation. This is
weird. She looks fine. She’s not fat at all!
Now that I am in my forties, it’s
even worse. Now, I tend to think, Shoot!
I wish I had a body like hers!
And lately, I seem to notice a
change in her expression, too. She
looks almost smug.
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